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 CURRY, DANIEL J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,573.32 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JESSICA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,573.32 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATTERTON, LAUREN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 10/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTER, JOY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER-DONNARUMA, CASSANDRA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, IVAN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, LESLIE A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,573.25 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACCO, FRANCINE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $91,572.19 | Date 12/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NDULAKA, MATTHIAS O | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $91,571.68 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMBERG, TRACIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,571.50 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JEANNE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,571.50 | Date 03/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNEISEY, JOANNE E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $91,571.41 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKERSON, JEROME | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $91,570.58 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINEGG, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,570.09 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, JAMES R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $91,569.42 | Date 01/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MATTHEW C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,569.21 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, ROBERT J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,569.21 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADISH, TODD D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,567.92 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRA, BRYAN D | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $91,567.84 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNICA, VINCENT M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,567.78 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, JONATHAN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,567.41 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIERRA, JUAN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,567.29 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, PATRICK M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $91,566.71 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, CHARLES M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,566.65 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ADELITA C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,566.64 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG-BANDAGO, SHELLY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,566.47 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESS, GILDA S | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $91,566.47 | Date 10/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLARD, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,566.02 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MARYBETH | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,565.17 | Date 09/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMANSKI, TRICIA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,564.80 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOHN R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,564.60 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATIVADI, REKHA G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $91,564.20 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLON, STEPHEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $91,564.15 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $91,564.15 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANCHAK, JOHN W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,564.12 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUKNER, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $91,563.97 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, RICHARD K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $91,562.79 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, NEIL | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $91,560.76 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON-REECE, ARLENE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,559.76 | Date 07/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRZONE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $91,558.74 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INFANTINO, LOUIS | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $91,558.29 | Date 03/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, E.SCOTT | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $91,558.11 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,558.03 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, RYAN T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $91,557.76 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELLY, BARBARA FRANKEL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,557.49 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, SANDRA S | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $91,557.21 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDICK, TROY | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $91,556.46 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSANELLI, COLLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,555.70 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, LINDA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $91,555.06 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGDIN, DENISE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,555.02 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, KIM-RORY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,554.63 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLISTE, DEBBY B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,554.28 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Eden | Amount $91,554.22 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LONG, SANDY M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,554.07 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $91,553.43 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEXIS, MARIE D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,552.93 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TAGUE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $91,552.42 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, ELISE | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $91,552.21 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, ERIC L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,552.13 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $91,551.43 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, STEPHEN | Employer name New Paltz CSD | Amount $91,551.02 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMANT, HRISIKESH G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $91,550.77 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, SANDRA J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $91,550.26 | Date 06/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOKUM, GERALDINE C | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $91,549.90 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $91,548.56 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, MARTIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,547.31 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COWER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $91,547.20 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, RONALD R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $91,545.28 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARRELLI, GERARDO, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,544.40 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, SANDRA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,544.24 | Date 06/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSCHENK, RICHARD H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,543.90 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALEWSKI, SUZANNE A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $91,542.46 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIEHL, ROBERT F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $91,541.64 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLNER, JOHN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,541.23 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, MARILYN S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,541.23 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA-FARLEIGH, PATTI | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,541.23 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEGLIA, JAMES R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,540.73 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $91,540.04 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, PATRICIA K | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $91,538.68 | Date 06/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROZZO, TYLER | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,535.80 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIAVOLINO, ERASMO | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $91,535.18 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDOCK, MARK M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $91,534.94 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIPAOLO, CARRIE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $91,534.06 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, JUDITH A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $91,533.72 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZ, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $91,532.90 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANNAN, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,532.43 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, ROBERT P | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $91,532.42 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, SCOTT W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,531.99 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, CATHY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTT, LORENA T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDIOSO, JOHN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWK, JOHN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 09/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, KURT | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIEDE, JEFFREY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,530.31 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, EDWARD J, IV | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,530.17 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENNUSO, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $91,529.46 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, ROBERT M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $91,528.86 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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