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 FROMMER, MARGARET R | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $91,409.91 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, KRISTINA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $91,409.70 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IGBINADOLOR, JOYCE O | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $91,409.30 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANION, PHILIP N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, EMILY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSEAPPLE, PAUL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, MARK C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, DORIS A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 08/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEARITY, CARL T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, CHARLES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERQUA, SALVADORE J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, LENA T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSELIN, RAYNALD J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, GEORGE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIGIELSKI, JENNIFER WEISS | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUSE, ROBERT K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMOL, CAROL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,409.17 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIQUEZ, DEBORAH L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $91,409.08 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRETEL, SHARON L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $91,409.00 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARATO, TRICIA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,407.92 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA WALL, MICHAEL C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,407.62 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRONESTI, LESLEY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,407.55 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,407.52 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYRTHIL, MARIE FRANCE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,406.36 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, MONICA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,406.20 | Date 05/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, CHRISTEL F | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,406.20 | Date 04/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, RICHARD C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSANO, ROSEMARY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZE, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, MICHAEL T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHROP, TINA J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ROSE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, DAVID J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, TERESA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, TAMARA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEN, CAROLYN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHAWN P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERMAN, GEORGIA H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, KENDELL C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, JAMES A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHM, ROBERT | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPTULA, CARLEEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, MARK A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,405.98 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORENZO, JOHN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,405.33 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGLIN, THOMAS D | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $91,405.31 | Date 11/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLAKOSKI, MARCIA H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,404.48 | Date 06/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERMAN, KRIS M | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $91,404.47 | Date 04/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITJENS, MARCIE A | Employer name Center Moriches Public Library | Amount $91,404.21 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMEGELSKY, WILLIAM M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,404.16 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $91,403.98 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYS, MATTHEW | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $91,402.84 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $91,402.55 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGA, KIM M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,402.38 | Date 06/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSAN, JOHNSIE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,402.38 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACK, G EDWARD | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $91,402.38 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DAVID J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,402.38 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEGIACCHI, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,402.38 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, KEVIN E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,402.28 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODHNER, DARYL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,402.28 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLUCCI, PAUL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,402.16 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEVERS, CHAD M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,402.11 | Date 06/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTOWSKI, MARTIN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,402.10 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAUK, ANDREW C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $91,401.65 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ROBERT S, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,401.21 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, RONALD A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,401.00 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLOR, MARYBETH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,400.92 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,400.40 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANBORN, MELODY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,400.17 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HERN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $91,400.07 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOPPERER, LINDA M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $91,399.88 | Date 01/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, YALE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,399.79 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, JESSICA S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,399.72 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, KEVIN C | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $91,399.52 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, ANN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $91,399.43 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, DOREEN F | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,399.16 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, NANCY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,398.55 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGGART, ROBIN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,398.55 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, SADIQUE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,398.50 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEILS, JULIE A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,397.67 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, REGINA F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,397.12 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESSMAN, WILLIAM M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $91,396.96 | Date 01/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREWENCKI, CLIFFORD T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,396.57 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DAVID C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,395.94 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,395.60 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATTEN, THOMAS B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOP, JOHN F | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MICHELE D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEB, JAY R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 05/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSER, MICHAEL L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, DANIEL E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,395.08 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, ANGELA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,394.59 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOY, JASON E | Employer name Town of Van Buren | Amount $91,394.52 | Date 05/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, CATHERINE A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $91,394.45 | Date 09/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDEN, CRAIG A | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $91,394.33 | Date 06/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINARES, LARRY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,394.31 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, ANN MARIE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,393.88 | Date 03/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERMAN, FAYE | Employer name Franklin Square Public Library | Amount $91,393.72 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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