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 SCHAEFER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $91,655.26 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAHER, KATE L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $91,655.04 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, OWEN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,654.90 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLERY, TRACY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,654.27 | Date 11/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERRICO, MICHELE A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $91,654.21 | Date 11/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURER, ZACHARY S | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,653.96 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, MANJU A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,650.37 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAMUT, DANIEL E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,650.31 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPISS, CORY S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,649.90 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGO, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $91,648.37 | Date 07/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $91,646.84 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAFFONE, DENISE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,646.63 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFFERTY, ROBERT B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,644.94 | Date 02/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SENA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,644.16 | Date 08/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, SHEILLA A | Employer name Pulaski CSD | Amount $91,644.14 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, ALEX J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,644.00 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $91,643.09 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $91,642.52 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEANEY, JAMES W, III | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $91,642.10 | Date 03/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINBERG, JACOB J | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $91,641.42 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERER, BETTY-ANN | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $91,641.12 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESO, MICHELLE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,641.09 | Date 01/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLISZ, JOHN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,640.38 | Date 05/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $91,640.08 | Date 03/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, MATTHEW | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $91,639.97 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANFORD, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,639.92 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JORGE | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $91,639.69 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY-BELL, ANNA K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,639.07 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLEY, NADERA S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,638.93 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESOPA, CELESTE C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $91,638.58 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANE, JOSEPH Z | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $91,638.50 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, NATASHA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,638.10 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, ELLEN R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $91,637.97 | Date 04/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, THOMAS W | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $91,637.59 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, AMANDA D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,637.50 | Date 01/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, TRAVIS J | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $91,636.89 | Date 03/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAFFEY, JESSICA P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,635.87 | Date 09/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIEK, MARC C | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $91,635.39 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, GWENDOLYN L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,635.08 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONELL, SHAWN W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $91,634.86 | Date 07/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TESSMER, DAVID M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $91,634.66 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDDIVO, DAVID L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $91,634.66 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIERTAG, MARCIA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $91,634.51 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QIU, XIAO-LEI | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $91,633.76 | Date 06/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROA, MERCEDES L | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $91,632.70 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOSEPH C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,632.36 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNHILL, DEVEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,632.11 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, DAVID J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,631.27 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANZER, BETH A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,630.88 | Date 02/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, KENNETH L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,630.81 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, PAUL A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $91,630.30 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODHOUSE, MARLO A | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $91,630.09 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FIORE, MARC A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $91,629.17 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMERLE, CAZELLA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,629.09 | Date 06/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HISCOCK, TRACEY J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $91,628.88 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTON, ROSEMARY | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $91,628.82 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYDA, DONALD E, JR | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $91,628.65 | Date 02/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNS, SHANE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,628.56 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIMMINO, VINCENT A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,628.07 | Date 07/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADIT, KRISHIN R | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $91,627.78 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMURO, NATHANIEL R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $91,627.54 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ZELDA R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $91,626.23 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLESKOSKI, KAREN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,625.08 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOSOWSKI, LEE A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,625.08 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPP, CAROL R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,625.08 | Date 06/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SCHEPPER, JAMIE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,625.05 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYO, BRIAN D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $91,624.90 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOLDRICK, JAMES D | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $91,624.25 | Date 11/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MARTYN W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $91,623.93 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LEWIS D, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,623.64 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINT-FLEUR, EMMA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,622.79 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PRIMA, TAMMY J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $91,622.15 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, ERIC | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $91,621.98 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EGENES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $91,621.73 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRABEL, TRACIE S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $91,621.22 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAPP, J MICHAEL | Employer name Broome County | Amount $91,620.97 | Date 05/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALHEIDT, PATRICIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,619.89 | Date 11/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, JIANHUI S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,619.83 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULL, THOMAS G | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $91,618.98 | Date 09/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANKMULLER, GABRIELA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,618.91 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, LEZLIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,618.74 | Date 03/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEOCH, DIANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,618.54 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, MATTHEW D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,618.05 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, HUI ZHEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,617.52 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROIG, LILLIAN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,617.52 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATOV, ETERI | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,617.52 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, ROBERT G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,617.52 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,617.25 | Date 10/31/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLING, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,616.76 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDLER, FAITH E.A. | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $91,616.67 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONTILLO, THERESA | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $91,615.96 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $91,615.73 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLGOW-CRISTOFARO, MICHELLE R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $91,615.44 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODFORD, CLINTON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,615.21 | Date 08/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPDIKE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $91,614.68 | Date 05/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAEZ, JUAN R | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $91,614.05 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, BARBARA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,612.90 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFMANN, JOHN C, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,609.95 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, MARGARET F | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $91,609.37 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIELLI, LUIGI | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $91,608.67 | Date 03/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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