What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name THOMAS, ROBERTA L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $68,619.45 | Date 06/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIDEAU, JANET B | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $68,619.42 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFOY, JAMES S | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $68,619.12 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITCHCOCK, HAROLD L, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $68,619.10 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANZARO, FRANCINE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $68,618.70 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $68,618.28 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENKIN, ALICE P | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $68,616.86 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GREEVY, MARYANN | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $68,616.86 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGHAVAN, NISHA D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $68,616.86 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYNES, WENDY | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $68,616.86 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANFER, LAUREN | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $68,616.86 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERLING, DAVID A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $68,616.80 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORETO, THOMAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $68,616.62 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, GERALD A, JR | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $68,616.60 | Date 02/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, BRADLEY M | Employer name Village of Mohawk | Amount $68,616.43 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEACOCK, LA SEAN C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $68,616.19 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ALTHEA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $68,615.27 | Date 11/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST HILAIRE, MARK D | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $68,615.08 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLANT, TARA L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $68,614.99 | Date 01/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, MIRIAM E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $68,614.96 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, BRUCE M, III | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $68,614.87 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, RUDELL | Employer name Middletown Housing Authority | Amount $68,614.76 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAIDES, LAWRENCE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $68,614.26 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLETTI, MARIO O | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $68,613.78 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUNT, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $68,613.54 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $68,613.40 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVERINO, DENISE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $68,613.27 | Date 01/02/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, MATTHEW P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $68,612.65 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYAS, PIERRE A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $68,612.50 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRBY, JONATHAN L | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $68,611.75 | Date 03/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDENBAKER, JUSTIN | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $68,611.16 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODCHILD, JOHN D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $68,611.15 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURIO, DONNA J | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $68,611.02 | Date 10/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATARO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $68,610.81 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIUCA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $68,610.18 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRIPP, CHARLES C, III | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $68,610.12 | Date 05/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, JEREMY M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $68,609.43 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, FRANK V | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $68,609.35 | Date 06/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, ERIC N | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $68,608.91 | Date 08/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YETTE, SARAH E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $68,608.81 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $68,608.32 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, JERAMI T | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $68,608.07 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PAGE, KRISTY L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $68,607.58 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, GUARIONEX E | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $68,607.00 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM N | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $68,606.76 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, RICHARD E | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $68,606.49 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, JENET | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $68,605.86 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JASON L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $68,605.52 | Date 06/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AARONSON, MICHELLE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $68,605.13 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMANUS, MARK J | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $68,604.64 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIELAGO, RIZZA MAE B | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $68,603.97 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, DONNA | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $68,603.23 | Date 11/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, AMY E | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $68,603.06 | Date 04/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEE, SUSAN G | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $68,602.67 | Date 01/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAPER, BRIAN J | Employer name Carthage Wilna Fire District | Amount $68,602.61 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JAMES C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $68,602.59 | Date 05/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, EDWARD | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $68,601.76 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, ANDREW T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $68,601.57 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROL, TRAVIS | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $68,601.51 | Date 12/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORTHROP, DEAN A | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $68,601.43 | Date 03/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUBELLO, RICHARD J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $68,601.34 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUDIER, KENNETH O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $68,600.80 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, LAUREN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $68,600.38 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTEK, ROBERT D | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $68,600.38 | Date 08/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUQUIN, ALLAN J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $68,600.27 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALSTYNE, TIFFANY M | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $68,599.81 | Date 06/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, TAMMY M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $68,599.30 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACKI, DAVID J | Employer name Ballston Spa-CSD | Amount $68,598.55 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $68,598.55 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIRE, PATRICK W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $68,598.22 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRENA, PETER A | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $68,598.14 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITIELLO, DOMINIC J | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $68,598.14 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILHELM, AMBER F | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $68,598.09 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIQUEZ, JUSTIN S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $68,597.96 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, ROBERT W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $68,597.56 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTYKA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $68,597.55 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MARIE | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $68,597.12 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARMA, OUDIT | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $68,596.91 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATIELLO, MARGARET E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $68,596.85 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, STEVEN L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $68,596.85 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MARY BETH | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $68,596.83 | Date 10/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COLA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $68,596.57 | Date 10/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGKINSON, DANIEL E | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $68,596.41 | Date 04/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $68,596.11 | Date 04/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTINGLY, LAUREN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $68,595.66 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONHARDES, HERMAN | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $68,595.60 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVINS, RUSSELL G | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $68,595.49 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NICOLETTE D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $68,594.95 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, SCOTT A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $68,594.68 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILWELL, CRAIG W | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $68,594.59 | Date 03/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALZUPHAR, FAIDHERB | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $68,594.56 | Date 05/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONSTANTAKIS, DEBRA L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $68,594.06 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURLEY, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $68,594.01 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREER, STEVEN W | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $68,593.56 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, LINETTE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $68,593.54 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTINI, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $68,593.45 | Date 02/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, KATHLEEN L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $68,593.11 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUGH, DAWN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $68,592.07 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWIEL, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $68,592.00 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, SCOTT J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $68,591.73 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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