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 THURSTON, MORGAN R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDHAUSEN, STEVEN R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,187.18 | Date 09/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $92,186.95 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OYEWO, TEMITOPE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $92,186.93 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, SCOTT M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,186.68 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALENDER, KRIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,186.63 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, WILLIAM J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,186.02 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN REMMEN, CATHERINE L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $92,185.77 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARUCK, DOMINICK | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,185.60 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVON, STEVEN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,185.40 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,185.31 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, PAUL R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,184.93 | Date 03/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARANNANTE, PASQUALINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,184.92 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, MAC K | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $92,184.92 | Date 11/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWLAK, ROBERT M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $92,183.98 | Date 02/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERBST, MARIE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,183.63 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DEBRA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $92,183.39 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONNENBERG, MARYELLEN | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $92,183.39 | Date 08/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, ANNE H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,183.28 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINOLA, PETER J, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,183.18 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, MATHEW P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,182.21 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $92,181.78 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DANIEL, KAREN | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $92,181.60 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, EDWARD W, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $92,180.64 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREANY, DENISE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $92,180.24 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, NORINE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,179.99 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAZMARK, JOSEPH N | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,179.61 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, NELSON C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,179.45 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTINO, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,178.62 | Date 02/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, EILEEN M | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $92,178.20 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, JOAN B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $92,178.15 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADLIFF, MARY D | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $92,177.87 | Date 08/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTOWICZ, PAULA A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $92,176.71 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, DAVID M | Employer name Greene County | Amount $92,176.43 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, DOREE E | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $92,176.06 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARY L | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $92,175.37 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ROBERT W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,175.33 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASSARO, DAVID M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $92,175.22 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASULA, THERESA L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,174.72 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, DEAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $92,174.49 | Date 05/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALACHOVIC, BRADLEY M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $92,174.33 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORENZO, BIANCA R | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $92,172.47 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEBRA J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,172.47 | Date 04/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIERRE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $92,172.47 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALBERT, PETER M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $92,172.09 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELLY, KRISTINE E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $92,171.98 | Date 07/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDIN, MIRIAM L | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $92,171.87 | Date 03/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBOLEVA, YELENA | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $92,170.65 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTI, DEBRA S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,170.51 | Date 06/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERT, EDGAR A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $92,170.51 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATZ, ERIK L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $92,170.36 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, ANTHONY V | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $92,170.18 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLIN, RACHEL | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $92,169.87 | Date 11/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JASON J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,169.15 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASCO, NEIL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,169.14 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, JOSHUA D | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $92,168.73 | Date 02/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUNNY, JIBY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,168.23 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROFF, KENNETH P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,167.95 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANELLI, VINCENT J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,167.68 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVATER, ERIC L | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $92,167.66 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAL, SUSAN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,167.56 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELLY, TRACY L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,167.56 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CAIN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $92,166.89 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLMAN, ROBERT O, JR | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $92,165.54 | Date 08/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $92,164.02 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JAMES P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $92,163.95 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $92,163.56 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN-DAWKINS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $92,163.40 | Date 12/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BRETT J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,162.28 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHIER, SCOT S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,162.05 | Date 12/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCZYK, LARISSA M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $92,161.89 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIMKUS, MARK S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,161.29 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $92,161.03 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIGNE, SUZANNE M | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $92,160.89 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANESSENDELFT, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $92,160.82 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, HARSHADRAY S | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,160.80 | Date 09/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTY, DARRIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,160.27 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN DEUSEN, ROBERT E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $92,160.25 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, PAUL H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,159.51 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDOCH, DAVID J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,159.08 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, CHERYL L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,158.75 | Date 03/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,158.73 | Date 07/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYCOCK, STEPHEN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,158.70 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORWEGEN, KRISTY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,158.60 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, BRANDON C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $92,158.44 | Date 01/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMPFLER, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,158.16 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCHERA, PETER R | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $92,156.35 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDWELL, LESLEY A | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $92,155.27 | Date 04/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $92,154.42 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, DAVID D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $92,154.22 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCHEYNE, STEVEN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $92,154.22 | Date 06/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DANIEL P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,153.55 | Date 12/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $92,153.30 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, LEONARD M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,153.27 | Date 05/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, GRACE E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $92,152.92 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREE, STEPHEN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $92,152.87 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, MARTIN | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,152.67 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, EDWARD J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $92,152.33 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, ANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,152.13 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARA, LOUIS L | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $92,150.92 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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