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 WITTEMEYER, KAREN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,283.86 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERHOUT, TIMOTHY | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $91,283.86 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,283.86 | Date 01/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILDHORN, KATHY S | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $91,283.68 | Date 06/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLER, WENDY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,283.25 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $91,283.10 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURCINITI, MARTIN J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $91,282.94 | Date 05/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAYE, ERIC J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,282.65 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVENBURG, JAMES E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,282.65 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, ROBERT E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,281.38 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MODELL, LISA S | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $91,280.33 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POHL, THOMAS J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,279.77 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FEO, JOSEPH V.II | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $91,279.34 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, EDDIE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $91,279.08 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO DOLCE, STEVEN C | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $91,278.96 | Date 10/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, BOBBY A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,277.16 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPION, GREGORY M | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $91,276.96 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONUCCI, PATRICIA | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $91,276.67 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, PATRICK J | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $91,276.31 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JOHN M, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.23 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIFFEN, BRENDA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.10 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CATHY E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARETE, ROBERT S | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, JASON P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, LEONARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBLACKER, PAUL M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSELLI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSSELIN, ROBERT W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKFORD, MARC | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, SHERRY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABELLA, MICHAEL C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHER, MATTHEW P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERCRUYSSE, DEBRA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGRATH, HILARY L | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESTERCY, JOHN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 02/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHANNON, RANDY A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 11/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, KRIS A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVITT, JEFFREY A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAJAC, ARLENA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, GREGORY L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAGUE, JOSHUA D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, KARLI R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILSTRA, TIMOTHY V | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITTINGER, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUCIE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUMIGATA, JAMES W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, JEFFREY G | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATTACHARYA, MAMATA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRIGAN, ANDREW J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZICCARDI, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSKE, MELISSA A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 10/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASNER, DAVID J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 04/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDEN, RICHARD W | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 07/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, HEATHER A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERDON, DIANE H | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, JEANENE D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,276.09 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, CHARLES F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,276.08 | Date 07/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFETT, JEANMARIE | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $91,275.78 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GARY A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $91,273.96 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDELMARK, ANDREA D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,273.83 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, IRIS L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,272.60 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DIANE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,272.07 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, SANDRA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,271.54 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIENKO, YVONNE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,271.36 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, LISA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $91,270.64 | Date 08/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,269.95 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIZARIO, DAVID | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $91,269.88 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFNER, ROBERT J | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $91,269.64 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDI, MARGARET R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,269.00 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, DANIEL E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $91,268.76 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVES, CASSANDRA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,268.22 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IACOVITTI, DAVID P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $91,267.10 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Warren County | Amount $91,266.82 | Date 03/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, CHERYL L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,266.74 | Date 01/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPASI, DOMENICK | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,266.67 | Date 01/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JILLIAN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,266.54 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, DIANNA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,266.48 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, DENNIS | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,266.48 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHENGEN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,266.48 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, FELIX | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,266.48 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACKNER, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,266.20 | Date 12/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, LAURA J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,265.78 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATTEN, SONJA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,265.48 | Date 10/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $91,265.15 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARR-HAMPTON, NATASHA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,263.14 | Date 08/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYKIN, MONIKA L | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $91,262.98 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINDLE, GLADYS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,262.20 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, JEREMY | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $91,262.15 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLOR, RAYMOND P, SR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $91,262.06 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, KAREN N | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $91,262.03 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVI, JACKLYN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,261.66 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ARTHUR W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,261.03 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNLEY, KIZZIE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,260.09 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMSTER, HEATHER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,259.98 | Date 04/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, BENJAMIN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $91,259.23 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DORIS B | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $91,259.13 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGONER, RICHARD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $91,258.74 | Date 05/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOWA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $91,258.07 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, LEO J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,257.89 | Date 12/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MATTHEW J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,257.80 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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