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 FUGLE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $92,150.91 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCARO, GREGORY J | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $92,150.79 | Date 05/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTISON, RODNEY J, II | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,150.70 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WULF, KYLE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,150.09 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROUT, LUANN B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,149.66 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MICHAEL R | Employer name Allegany Limestone CSD | Amount $92,149.65 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBUTT, RICHARD H | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $92,149.54 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, FRANK J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $92,149.03 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEVA, FRANCIS P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $92,148.90 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JENNIFER M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,148.61 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITIELLO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,148.26 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECHTEL, KEVIN D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,148.20 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, W LAVERNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,148.08 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WYNN-BALL, MARY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,147.76 | Date 05/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANA, HEIDI M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $92,147.76 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, DEBORAH L | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $92,147.39 | Date 11/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MATTHEW M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,147.16 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, KEITH J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $92,147.09 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ONA LEE | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $92,146.94 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAR, JACQUE C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $92,146.78 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWY, JEAN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,146.74 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEY, MARK J | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $92,145.20 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESKEDAL, LEE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,144.69 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENHARDT, LINA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $92,144.47 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTHUR, MARY K | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,144.29 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, TIMOTHY | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,144.29 | Date 08/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, PATRICK J, JR | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $92,144.11 | Date 09/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCHERA, CHERYL A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,144.11 | Date 07/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINO, KAREN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $92,143.65 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, SUSAN B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $92,143.09 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDELSTEIN, CYNTHIA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,142.83 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY BLAINE, MARY | Employer name Beekmantown CSD | Amount $92,142.68 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSENS, PAUL M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $92,142.20 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESHICK, THOMAS A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $92,142.06 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSARICQ, MARY F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,141.86 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMAY, ELIANA G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,141.48 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS-WHYTE, CHRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,141.47 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, ALISON A | Employer name Village of Port Jefferson | Amount $92,141.29 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTURE, JEFFERY A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,140.70 | Date 11/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURBIGE, JOSEPH G | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,140.61 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,140.60 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, SCOTT L | Employer name Barnard Fire District | Amount $92,138.44 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,138.31 | Date 02/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUNTAIN-ROSS, LEIGH A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,137.79 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARAWAY, DELTON F | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $92,137.63 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPULVEDA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $92,137.30 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, SHAWN C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,136.76 | Date 10/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRADO, BETH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,136.64 | Date 06/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $92,135.67 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, ROBERT B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,133.13 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANSONE, MATTHEW H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,132.75 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, NICOLE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,132.57 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR, VALERIE R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,132.24 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JACQUELINE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,131.73 | Date 04/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE KALB, MARCIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,130.84 | Date 10/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,130.84 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, JEFFREY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,130.84 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEFIELD, OLIVIA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,130.84 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, PAMELA S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,130.61 | Date 09/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHELL, DAWN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,130.30 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, ALBERT A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,129.82 | Date 06/24/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, CINDY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,129.31 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, RICHARD S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,129.19 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEDER, RANDALL E | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $92,128.56 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEEPPEL, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,128.44 | Date 06/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACIOPPI, PAUL M | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $92,127.70 | Date 02/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE-MATHEW, SARA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,127.44 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIE, LAURA F | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $92,127.35 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHA, MARY A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $92,127.12 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, LILLI A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $92,126.85 | Date 10/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, ROBERT W | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $92,125.82 | Date 01/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, ERROL | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,125.74 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLASCON, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $92,125.64 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,125.57 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFFREDO, RALPH J, JR | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $92,125.38 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAW, VANESSA R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $92,125.36 | Date 06/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,124.08 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SWEENEY, MARY M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $92,123.71 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOESTER, JULIE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,122.91 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKHAM, ELAINE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,122.91 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMAN, PAULA A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $92,121.95 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACHINO, PAUL N | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $92,121.90 | Date 08/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, LISA A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,120.65 | Date 06/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAVRA, EVELYN A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $92,120.63 | Date 08/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ANTONIO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,119.85 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, STEVEN J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,119.03 | Date 03/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUBER, BOBBI-JO M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $92,118.88 | Date 08/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOODIE, CARRIE E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $92,117.73 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYNOV, ALEXSANDR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,117.62 | Date 07/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHLUWALIA, GURDEEP S | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $92,117.61 | Date 05/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKES, STEPHEN | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $92,117.61 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JACQUELINE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,117.32 | Date 04/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, LORI J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,117.21 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMLEY, PHILLIP R | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $92,117.08 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTOCK, WENDY G | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $92,117.02 | Date 04/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MROCZEK, JEFFERY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,116.51 | Date 01/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, REGINA A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $92,116.48 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRALEIGH, TRACY L | Employer name Cobleskill Richmondville CSD | Amount $92,115.60 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $92,114.60 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE THOMASIS, JOSEPH | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $92,114.30 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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