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 BESEAU, JOHN J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $92,041.70 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, SELANMON T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,040.85 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLIN, DEBRA L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $92,040.38 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,040.33 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARSHA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,039.90 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, HARDY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,039.74 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $92,039.61 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, WILLIAM D, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,039.37 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BLASI, MICHAEL A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $92,038.78 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, JENNIFER R | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $92,038.54 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, JAMES J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,038.40 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAB, CATHERINE H | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $92,037.62 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBILLARD, SUSAN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $92,036.93 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADET, ANAIKA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,036.74 | Date 08/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILA, MARY GRACE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,036.57 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, AMON P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,036.52 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAVAS, SHANNON N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,036.31 | Date 10/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, PAUL R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $92,035.99 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, SHARIF F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,034.74 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAIG, KEVIN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,034.71 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELVIE, SCOTT R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $92,034.34 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLEY, LISA LYNN | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $92,032.57 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, STACEY R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $92,032.56 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINTON, LAVERNE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, JAMES R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURINA CHARLES, RHODA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEY, JUASADEA K | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARYKUTTY P | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NODELAND, SHERYL | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $92,032.39 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $92,032.07 | Date 06/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, SHERRY L | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $92,031.90 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKER, TODD V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,031.28 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOAN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,030.40 | Date 02/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JOSEPH S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,030.40 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CATHERINE V | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $92,030.39 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASHER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $92,030.37 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGABAR, AMY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $92,029.87 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAKAHUSHI, SHINDO | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,029.71 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTINE A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $92,029.01 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, KAREN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,028.38 | Date 11/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $92,028.10 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCACCIO, PENNI J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $92,027.56 | Date 02/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIGNANO, KARIN M | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $92,027.16 | Date 12/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACQUARIO, LISA-ANN S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,027.09 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPULVEDA, DENNIS P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,027.02 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, MELANIE N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,026.82 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSORGE, WILLIAM J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $92,026.75 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMFORT, MALCOLM H | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $92,026.62 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBERT, JOEL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,025.69 | Date 05/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, NICOLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,025.13 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ST AMOUR-BRADLEY, JANE R | Employer name Spencer Van Etten CSD | Amount $92,025.00 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNER, WENDY L | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $92,024.98 | Date 09/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, RICHARD F, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,024.78 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCZE, JOAN M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $92,023.94 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANYARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,023.92 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANT, RICHARD P, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $92,023.92 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIDALGO, GILBERTO | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $92,023.37 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILEY, DOUGLAS F, JR | Employer name Broome County | Amount $92,023.27 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOUGAL, PATRICK | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $92,023.20 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCONE, JOSEPH S | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $92,023.05 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIEDER, SHELDON D | Employer name Rhinebeck CSD | Amount $92,022.96 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELAN, TARA T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,022.45 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, ARLENE M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $92,021.98 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $92,021.83 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, SHARON N | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $92,021.32 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,020.84 | Date 03/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, STEVEN W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $92,020.80 | Date 07/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, JASON A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $92,020.75 | Date 04/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, JEANNINE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,020.60 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHLMEISTER, WILLIAM W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,020.48 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANFORTH, NICOLE A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $92,018.44 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, PATRICK A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $92,017.70 | Date 03/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPARELLI, JUSTIN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $92,016.70 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAKAL, GEORGE E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,016.60 | Date 05/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MARGARET A | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $92,016.39 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRALAL, DIAWANTIE | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $92,016.29 | Date 08/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRYVANIS, LINDA J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $92,016.05 | Date 04/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, REGINA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,015.81 | Date 05/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AFEE, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $92,015.80 | Date 01/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, STEPHEN G | Employer name Yates County Ind Dev Agency | Amount $92,015.66 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAORO, NANCY G | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $92,015.39 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIR, TANIA T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,014.23 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAU, NEEL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,013.21 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANUSSI, GARRY E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,013.19 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, RANDY J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $92,013.10 | Date 09/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, PATRICIA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,011.17 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITIS, LEMONIA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $92,011.15 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDER, LIAM E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $92,010.96 | Date 08/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATARESE, JENNIFER A | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $92,010.91 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOLODENKO, ILYA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,010.23 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTASZEK, CAROLINE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $92,009.90 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIA, NICHOLAS E, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,009.90 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, CAMERON T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,009.51 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, DARRELL | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $92,009.27 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKLER, MARTIN A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $92,009.16 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $92,008.32 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYJAS, JOSEPH M, II | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $92,008.12 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, MONICA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,007.97 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILITANA, HEIDI C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,007.51 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLANO, CINDY S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,007.06 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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