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 CRUSIE, KEVIN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $59,731.44 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGO, SEAN O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,731.33 | Date 12/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCZARSKI, WAYNE J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $59,731.06 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTMANN, CURT R | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $59,730.92 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,730.84 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNES, ANNE M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,730.84 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,730.84 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, JOHN A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,730.70 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, KEITH A, JR | Employer name Town of Batavia | Amount $59,730.69 | Date 04/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, ARLICE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $59,730.37 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,730.24 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $59,730.02 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, STACI E | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $59,730.00 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZERRILLO, DANIEL J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,729.95 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEDE, CHIFFON E | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $59,729.90 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMAHAN, DANIELLE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $59,729.89 | Date 05/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, GORDON | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,729.88 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSSON, KATRINA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,729.74 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULICELLI, LOREN A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $59,729.41 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FRENIERE, GEORGE P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,729.27 | Date 12/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLANE, NANCY T | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $59,729.21 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOGAN, JOHN F, II | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $59,729.14 | Date 04/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, BETSY A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,728.74 | Date 06/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, BRIAN R | Employer name Oswego City School Dist | Amount $59,728.70 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, HAI YEN | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $59,728.63 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDATO, KORI L | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $59,728.62 | Date 06/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, RICHARD N | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $59,728.54 | Date 12/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, CECIL | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,728.35 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUIGINI, LUIGI M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $59,728.21 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, SARA B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,728.10 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, BRYCE P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $59,727.94 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPE, ERIN C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,727.93 | Date 05/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ANGELA M | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $59,727.68 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, MELANIE L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $59,727.34 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHAIL, JEFFREY W | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $59,727.30 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLIAM, LARONDA P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,727.11 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $59,726.94 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CIANTIS, LORETO | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $59,726.41 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, DAVID S | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,726.20 | Date 01/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHING, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,725.93 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIARELLO, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $59,725.92 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTRAZZO, ANTHONY F, III | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,725.74 | Date 02/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, WILLIAM K | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,725.41 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNEAU, BENJAMIN, JR | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,725.14 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIORIO, LINDA M | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $59,725.03 | Date 06/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFLER, FRANK E | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $59,725.02 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFRONIS, COSTANTINOS | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,724.91 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, DANIEL A | Employer name Town of Lockport | Amount $59,724.66 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZLER, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $59,724.30 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, BENJAMIN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,723.78 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, ROSLYN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,723.74 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLODGETT, MALCOLM S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $59,723.45 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JANINE D | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $59,723.43 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, PAUL E | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $59,723.42 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZAFERRO, JEFFREY P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $59,723.18 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMORE, CARRIE L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,723.13 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, LINDA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,723.04 | Date 03/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIROUX, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $59,722.86 | Date 02/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSI, MICHAEL | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,722.85 | Date 10/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRIBICK, JOHN | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $59,722.80 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTON, JEFFREY W | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,722.32 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, LETICIA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $59,722.21 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,722.13 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, W M MACRIS | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,721.83 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGHAM, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Beekman | Amount $59,721.59 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZADA, BEATRICE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,721.25 | Date 12/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JANELLE N | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $59,720.83 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONVEY, BARBARA | Employer name Rockville Centre Pub Library | Amount $59,720.63 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTON, ERIC J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,720.57 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $59,720.48 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YURKO, SANDRA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,720.23 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE OLIVEIRA, SUZANNE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,720.23 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMANSKI, GEOFFREY M | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $59,719.96 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, BRETT E | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $59,719.82 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, PAUL M | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $59,719.04 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, JOAN M | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $59,718.36 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, DONNA L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,718.34 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, DANIEL S | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $59,718.11 | Date 07/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVENESE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $59,718.01 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ISAAC M, JR | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $59,717.01 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, JOHN T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,716.84 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JOHN R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,716.82 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINSON, DEXTER R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,716.54 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLUCCIO, FILOMENA S | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $59,716.23 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, RAFAELA | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $59,716.11 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDAHL, PATRICIA S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $59,715.96 | Date 08/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCNALLY, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,715.59 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGANDO, YASMINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,715.10 | Date 12/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWS, MARGARET A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $59,714.66 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYSON, SARA M | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $59,714.66 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGER, GERALD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $59,714.50 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTONE, THERESA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $59,714.49 | Date 06/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSWELL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $59,714.43 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVEN, ROBERT A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $59,714.39 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $59,714.12 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $59,714.12 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $59,714.08 | Date 03/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, MARK E | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $59,713.53 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, DAVID | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $59,713.21 | Date 10/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, ROSEMARIE W | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,712.90 | Date 05/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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