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 SMITH, EDWARD S | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $90,856.37 | Date 01/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, JEMI | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $90,856.35 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ANDREA M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $90,856.35 | Date 11/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDUC-ANTONAZZO, MICHELE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,855.28 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPOLI, JENNIFER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,854.75 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, MIRIAM | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $90,854.53 | Date 11/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ-CRUZ, MAGALY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,854.35 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPORTO, LAUREL O | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $90,854.07 | Date 08/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, MICHELE T | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,853.52 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENISTON, BETTY J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $90,853.29 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERKLE, WILLIAM F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,852.40 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIUS-DUBOIS, MARIE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,851.61 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, JOHN A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $90,850.13 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPRZAK, MARC E | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $90,849.67 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUVIRAJARATNAM, NANDAKUMAR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $90,849.39 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, YONGHUI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,848.90 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJOY, SEEMA N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,848.35 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUTH, JOEL N | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,848.29 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEAU, JASON S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,848.18 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISH, KATHERINE M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,848.05 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DANIEL J | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $90,847.42 | Date 01/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOORTY, ANGELA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $90,847.28 | Date 10/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYTON, GEDELL VIRGINIA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,847.13 | Date 02/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIRE, BETHANY A | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $90,846.48 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTESON, SARAH B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $90,845.38 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURTIG, MATTHEW C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $90,844.94 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CRAIG E | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $90,844.79 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURIO, EDWARD M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,844.64 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKLAKOV, BARBARA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,844.60 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASIC, MARIO V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,844.50 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGUET, MICHELLEEN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,844.44 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLE, WARREN S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,844.32 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELENKIEVICZ, BEN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,844.26 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRELLA, MARIA THERESA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,841.79 | Date 05/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DIANA W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,841.60 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAEVSKY, JULIA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,841.20 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROIETTI, KRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $90,841.11 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAUS, SHAWN W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $90,840.67 | Date 11/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEE, ALEXANDRA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,840.23 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, SHARIE A | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $90,838.99 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,838.78 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, LARA E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,838.64 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMERS, GLENN R | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $90,837.83 | Date 05/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, SOSAMMA K | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $90,837.70 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, DOUGLAS E, SR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $90,837.49 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEDER, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $90,836.05 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PITTINGER, DAVID A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $90,835.70 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESTA, KEITH B | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $90,835.68 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, GEORGE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $90,835.04 | Date 03/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $90,834.75 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, DOUGLAS B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,834.10 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MONIQUE Y | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,833.81 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARIELLO-EFFINGER, AYN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,833.31 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOWIK, STEPHEN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,833.20 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMME, JOANN | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $90,833.08 | Date 04/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, LINGYUN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,832.59 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMBS, GARY | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,832.50 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUKA, BRENDA L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,831.02 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $90,830.15 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCHER, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $90,830.00 | Date 01/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, HOWARD | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $90,830.00 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNS, CRAIG E | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $90,830.00 | Date 05/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UGELL, SCOTT B | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $90,830.00 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVIHILL, SHARON A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $90,829.07 | Date 09/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUSEY, KEISHA L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $90,828.23 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUNZ, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,828.23 | Date 05/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, MARY JO | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,828.11 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAYO, ANTHONY E | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $90,827.03 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, JAMIE S | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $90,826.95 | Date 08/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOBOCINSKI, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,826.87 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $90,826.80 | Date 05/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, SHANNON N | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $90,826.20 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JANE M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $90,826.20 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIERZWA, DAREN | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $90,825.52 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, TERRI A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,825.32 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, RICHARD H | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $90,825.16 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, KEVIN T | Employer name Broome County | Amount $90,824.59 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIELLO, CARRIE W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,824.45 | Date 06/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRO, CINDY | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,824.40 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNILLO, LUKE C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,824.35 | Date 06/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIGEWE, CHIEDOZIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,823.67 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGLIOMENI-ALBANESE, ROSAMARIA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,823.65 | Date 07/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEMER, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $90,823.30 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMERALDI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,822.74 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,822.46 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISHNU, KEVIN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $90,819.88 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALERICO, GERARD A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,819.74 | Date 06/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JEREMY D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,819.53 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, AMANDA J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $90,819.34 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, ANGELA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,819.34 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLIARO, LUKE A, JR | Employer name Village of Cedarhurst | Amount $90,819.19 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,818.95 | Date 05/02/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSKOW, RICHARD T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,818.57 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GYFTOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $90,818.06 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANYE, DANIELLE M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $90,817.71 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HE, JOYCE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,817.56 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, KEITH E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,817.54 | Date 02/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARCHI, CARRIE A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $90,816.76 | Date 10/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEED, KRISTEN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $90,816.32 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ENID | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $90,815.55 | Date 07/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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