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 FOOR-PESSIN, TERRY | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $59,047.10 | Date 10/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, EDWARD V | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,046.86 | Date 06/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARRY, JAMES R | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $59,046.72 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANGELO, JOHN P | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $59,046.60 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELAYA, JOSE E | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,046.40 | Date 08/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JESUS | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $59,046.40 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATHER, CYNTHIA G K | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $59,046.23 | Date 04/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOCARINO, ALLAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,046.00 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAMA, ILI | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $59,045.51 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSSIUS, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $59,045.24 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOM, MICHAEL A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $59,045.22 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, CAROLANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,045.20 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, MATTHEW A | Employer name Rocky Point UFSD | Amount $59,044.77 | Date 06/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, JOHN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,044.71 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALEWSKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $59,044.61 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEHARRY, DAVE | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $59,044.60 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, ROBERT W | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $59,044.31 | Date 10/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLON, LISA | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $59,044.28 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DEA, DENISE L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $59,044.08 | Date 02/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, BRETT R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,044.02 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS-SALIH, TRACY A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,043.21 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, MILDRED G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,043.01 | Date 07/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACALONE, TERI A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $59,042.99 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, RALPH A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,042.96 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, SHELLY | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,042.81 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $59,042.46 | Date 04/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDARULO, DANIEL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,042.34 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, MARISA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,042.15 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAW, SAMUEL D | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $59,042.12 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, BRIAN M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $59,041.84 | Date 06/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRONE, GREGORY | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $59,041.68 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, ERIC P | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $59,041.56 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOHN-CARLOS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,041.26 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, ERIN J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,041.18 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFITT, CATHERINE H | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $59,040.98 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $59,040.88 | Date 02/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATIMER, RACHELLE R | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $59,040.64 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $59,040.47 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, FRANCIS X | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $59,040.18 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUST, STEPHEN K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,040.15 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTONI, ANNE M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $59,040.02 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXUM, EVELYN E | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $59,039.62 | Date 03/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGOS, JANET | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,039.38 | Date 10/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEET, CHANCEY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,039.30 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEOPOLD, KARL G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $59,039.02 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, WALTER H | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $59,038.88 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERIOLE, MARK R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,038.87 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, CHRISTINE L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $59,038.75 | Date 05/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUELS, SANDRA K | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,038.23 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, ANA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,037.94 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, ROBERTO | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $59,037.74 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDINGE, WALTER E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $59,037.43 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, SHAO | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,037.23 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATIGAN, TERENCE J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $59,037.19 | Date 08/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, RYAN L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $59,037.02 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICHS, ANNETTE M | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $59,036.78 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $59,036.23 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, ALEX M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,035.84 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, LAUREL A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,035.75 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGER, ANNE MARIE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,035.74 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICHINELLO, JUDITH A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $59,035.68 | Date 04/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, ROBIN W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,034.88 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, LEONARD W | Employer name Saranac Lake CSD | Amount $59,034.60 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, VERNON P | Employer name Saranac Lake CSD | Amount $59,034.60 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, WILLIAM R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $59,034.43 | Date 12/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, STELLA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $59,034.21 | Date 06/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, JOHN C | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $59,033.65 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGS, ALVIN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,033.44 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZZA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,033.29 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, NORMA L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,033.25 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, DENNIS P, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,032.23 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMURO, RACHEL L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $59,032.00 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMALSKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $59,031.74 | Date 03/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, NOEMI J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,031.70 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLOGNA, RANDY L | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $59,031.11 | Date 04/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PAUL W | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $59,030.72 | Date 02/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, THOMAS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,030.64 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKEY, JULIE K | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $59,030.51 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHBARRY, ANDREW D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,030.18 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIESWIADOMY, MATHEW R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,029.73 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, OSCAR A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,029.52 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLES, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,028.70 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, STEPHEN C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $59,028.34 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIBBLETT, CHRISTIAN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,028.22 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CATENA, REGINA F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,027.93 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOPAK, PHILIP | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $59,027.75 | Date 07/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, MICHAEL A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,027.73 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERNE, EVELYN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,027.69 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, JILLIAN R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,027.66 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHYNDERS, LEE ANNE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,027.49 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, DANIEL L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $59,027.30 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAENGLE, JOHN A | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $59,027.30 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADURA, LOUIS | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $59,027.17 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JISELA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,027.00 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKES, ELIZABETH J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,026.97 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, BARBARA E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,026.93 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONCAO, PAMMEY A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,026.90 | Date 07/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, CECILIA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,026.49 | Date 08/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, ANNEMARIE | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $59,026.27 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECOR, PAUL H | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $59,026.26 | Date 03/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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