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 CHAVERS, ARTHUR L, JR | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 09/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENTICE, ANDREW H | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERHILL PREZIOSO, JULIE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 09/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTTS-WHITNEY, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 06/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORENSTEIN, SANDRA R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 01/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, JAMES | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, JANET D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUZICKA, MONICA B | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANNEKLEV, ANGELA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,198.68 | Date 02/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGALLS-BARNO, DONNA L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $92,198.41 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSELL-THOMPSON, RUTH | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $92,198.36 | Date 07/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GRISEL C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $92,198.25 | Date 01/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, CINAMOL | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $92,198.15 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELOWS, CHARLES A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $92,197.85 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KIEFFE, CAMILLE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $92,197.44 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, LISA A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $92,197.36 | Date 02/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELVECCHIO-KLINGEBIEL, ANN M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,196.54 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMEK, JUSTIN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,195.62 | Date 10/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $92,195.53 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, RUSSELL V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERGOSITS, EMERY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 01/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, WILLIAM E | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDET, MARGARET P | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, VIRGINIA R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 06/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLLOP, SCOTT W | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABADIA, JUAN T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 07/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DAVID H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDOLIVA, FRANCIS J, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLFORD, DIANE H | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 06/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLER, WALTER P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 03/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, WILLIAM M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 05/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUCHEA, ELENORE G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 04/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, JAIME M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, PAUL S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKARD, MICHAEL F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPLIN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 11/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COREY, JAMES A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSI, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCE, BONNIE J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/22/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, CHARLES B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 06/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELCHER, JOSEPH T | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 07/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, WILLIAM B | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 11/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUSLER, CRAIG R | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKIEWICZ, CHESTER J | Employer name Department of State | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEKELLICK, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, MARK A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, MELINDA A | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREET, PHILIP J | Employer name Tug Hill Commission | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRINO, RICHARD P | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVOE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 08/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 02/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LINDEN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 03/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTIMURRO, DANIEL C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MARGARET C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDULLO, LOUIS | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIRENBERG, MICHAEL L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEVILLE, DEBRA | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 03/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASHER, MURIEL G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 01/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATZA, ELLICE L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 01/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GLADYS D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, ROBIN D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 08/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBEN, JAMES S | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 04/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUBIC, STEPHANIE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY-LARK, DELORES | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 08/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVIELLO, MARYANN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVES, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $92,194.74 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPUCCIO, PETER F | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,194.67 | Date 02/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUKWUMA, IFEANYI J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,194.33 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLITOR, CHAD L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $92,194.05 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTRICH, JOANNE M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $92,193.70 | Date 10/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, DORRAINE L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,193.31 | Date 10/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEISEL, CYNTHIA N, MRS | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,193.25 | Date 06/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYER, LINDA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,192.22 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MICHAEL G | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $92,192.16 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLINGER, RICHARD J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,191.81 | Date 06/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MARGARET M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,191.78 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYGAR, BRADLEY K | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $92,191.41 | Date 10/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODDS, SAMANTHA D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $92,190.92 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT-OMEL, MARLEINE | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $92,190.92 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, SHARON M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $92,190.92 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, KENNETH J | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $92,190.82 | Date 07/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, JENNIFER M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,190.38 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES KNIGHT, DIANE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $92,190.32 | Date 07/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIMPT, MICHELLE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,190.09 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, GEORGE L | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $92,189.88 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZEKERES, DAVID A | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $92,189.69 | Date 09/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUETSCH, SUE ELLEN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,189.62 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIR, SHAUN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,189.28 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, JEFFREY T | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $92,189.07 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANI, DAVID J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,188.76 | Date 01/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, PAUL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,188.26 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, BRYAN R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $92,188.20 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRZASKOS, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $92,187.98 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $92,187.93 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICALLO, RICHARD N | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 12/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, DAVID H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUBER, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOSA, MATHEW R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, SHAWN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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