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 HAJEC, STEPHEN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $62,316.22 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLVE, ANTHONY R | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $62,316.18 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, NEIL T | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $62,316.08 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATALINO, STACEY L | Employer name Skaneateles CSD | Amount $62,316.00 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCAGNINO, DOMINICK R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $62,315.96 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, DANIEL E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $62,315.60 | Date 11/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANUEVA-CRUZ, LOURDES | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,315.10 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYO, DEBRA J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $62,315.09 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREHER, ARTHUR A | Employer name Town of Clay | Amount $62,314.82 | Date 12/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMARERI, JULIO | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $62,314.77 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, BERTHA J | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $62,314.76 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHAN, OBED DAVID | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $62,314.04 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCHI, KAREN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,313.78 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABAT, MARIGENN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $62,313.52 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DANIELLE S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $62,313.37 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $62,313.28 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSERSMITH, JESSICA M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $62,312.33 | Date 10/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSON, JACK | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $62,312.32 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAHRENDORFF, MICHELE D | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $62,312.27 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,312.15 | Date 05/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEED, TAHEERA Z | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,312.13 | Date 10/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, JOHN P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $62,311.90 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CATHERINE A | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $62,311.72 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, SUZANNE T | Employer name Springs UFSD of East Hampton | Amount $62,310.87 | Date 03/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, PAUL R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,310.70 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTA, GREGORY J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $62,310.50 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $62,309.23 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOY, LAUREEN R | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $62,309.04 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRCH, DAVID J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $62,309.02 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZULLO, LAURIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,308.95 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOSKI, EDWARD F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $62,308.93 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRIES, JASON A | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $62,308.87 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINO, GAETANA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $62,308.85 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUMBO, FREDERICK J J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $62,308.76 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $62,308.52 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, THOMAS G | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $62,308.11 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, PHYLLIS | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $62,308.11 | Date 05/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, GENEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,307.80 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SENA, MARIO M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $62,307.41 | Date 12/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, MARY | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $62,306.84 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $62,306.62 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, MICHAEL W | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $62,306.47 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNAGLE, MARIEA V | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,305.99 | Date 05/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRUILL, CLAYTON ERIC | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,305.80 | Date 07/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, CARA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $62,305.77 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKOSKI, MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $62,305.74 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTT, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $62,305.54 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN-PANICO, KELLI A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $62,305.54 | Date 03/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAM, CATHERINE | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $62,305.54 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREGLER, PHILOMENA | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $62,305.54 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAORMINA, BERNADETTE | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $62,305.54 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KABELKA, LORI M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $62,305.35 | Date 10/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, GINA R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $62,303.32 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, ALFRED S, JR | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $62,303.15 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANZ, JOSE I | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $62,302.95 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, QI-WEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $62,302.86 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $62,302.83 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZZO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $62,302.75 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGNOLA, CHRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,302.54 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZZI, DOMINICA F | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $62,302.41 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, YOLANDA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $62,302.21 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONESSA, THOMAS S | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $62,301.88 | Date 12/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, JAMES C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $62,301.63 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREIRA, LEONARDO G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $62,301.38 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOHN S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $62,300.96 | Date 06/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, DANIEL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $62,300.95 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKS, RICHARD V | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $62,300.95 | Date 07/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, IVELISE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $62,300.81 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $62,300.71 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTNICK, ANDREA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $62,300.43 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TAGUE, SHUBH N | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $62,300.10 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIVEAU, BRITTNEY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $62,300.06 | Date 10/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, MIGUEL A, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $62,300.01 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOANNE | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $62,299.83 | Date 11/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALKEYEVA, AYGUL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $62,299.49 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MASO A, JR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $62,299.35 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSER, LINDA J | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $62,299.33 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAYDEN, SCOTT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,298.15 | Date 03/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASANTO, DOMINICK | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $62,298.09 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, LYNDSI K | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $62,297.94 | Date 09/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWKIRK, GARY A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $62,297.92 | Date 09/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, ANDREW A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $62,297.91 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, MARIBETH K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $62,297.91 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUHART, CRISTI J C | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $62,297.81 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKSON, ALICE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,297.54 | Date 09/16/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, MARGARITA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $62,297.42 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, JOSHUA A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $62,297.32 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DATTNER, ROBERT J | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $62,297.31 | Date 02/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,297.24 | Date 10/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, JOSE J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $62,297.15 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINESS, JOSEPH | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $62,296.86 | Date 02/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUILLEMOT, BRADLEY J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $62,296.77 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MARY KATHLEEN | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $62,296.56 | Date 10/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULTRIE, JUAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,296.50 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, VICTORIA R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $62,296.44 | Date 01/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHRMAN, JACQUELINE E | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $62,296.36 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLEW, JOLENE M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $62,296.30 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, OSCAR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $62,296.17 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SELDEN, CARL A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $62,296.07 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POON, CHI WAI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $62,296.00 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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