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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name BROWN, MYRA Employer name Long Island Dev Center Amount $90,605.99 Date 06/04/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J Employer name SUNY Maritime College Amount $90,605.67 Date 02/19/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUERRIER, MARGUERITE Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center Amount $90,605.00 Date 11/17/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CIRILLI, VERONICA A Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. Amount $90,604.28 Date 01/14/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMATO, MICHAEL J Employer name Montgomery County Amount $90,602.46 Date 01/29/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELLIS, LAUREN P Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual Amount $90,602.37 Date 09/08/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, NEIL I Employer name Nassau County Amount $90,602.08 Date 03/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SERVICE, GEORGE Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility Amount $90,601.70 Date 05/31/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ERICKSON, PEGGY C Employer name Chautauqua County Amount $90,601.55 Date 02/24/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STRAIN, HENRY A Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach Amount $90,601.54 Date 09/21/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARAVANO, MICHELLE A Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital Amount $90,601.35 Date 05/10/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARHANGIAN, JOSEPH Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. Amount $90,600.82 Date 09/10/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PESQUERA, BARBARA G Employer name Town of North Castle Amount $90,600.31 Date 09/20/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REBMAN, ROGER L, JR Employer name City of Rochester Amount $90,600.24 Date 03/24/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JIMENEZ, JORGE A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $90,600.03 Date 03/07/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DONOVAN, SEAN P Employer name City of Schenectady Amount $90,600.01 Date 07/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ORELLANA, HELEN A Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $90,599.82 Date 08/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEE, RICHARD W Employer name Department of Transportation Amount $90,597.10 Date 08/20/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEVENS, MACORD J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $90,597.02 Date 05/24/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOCHREITER, ROBERT J, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $90,596.83 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PABST, WALTER J Employer name Suffolk County Amount $90,595.99 Date 12/10/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MESSORE, JOEL S Employer name City of Rochester Amount $90,595.50 Date 03/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EDWARDS, THOMAS P Employer name City of Binghamton Amount $90,595.10 Date 09/22/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KURZ, BRIAN P Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co Amount $90,595.09 Date 11/30/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANNAM, KIMBERLY M Employer name Onondaga County Amount $90,594.01 Date 10/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VELAZQUEZ, ALBERTO Employer name City of Rochester Amount $90,593.01 Date 08/25/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FLEURY, ROBERT A Employer name Franklin Corr Facility Amount $90,592.99 Date 04/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EBOL, MEDARDO O, JR Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center Amount $90,592.81 Date 02/07/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPRINGER, MARILYN B Employer name Health Research Inc Amount $90,592.74 Date 09/14/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUTOWSKI, JAMES J Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center Amount $90,592.18 Date 02/06/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LECCESE, MICHAEL J Employer name Village of Rockville Centre Amount $90,592.13 Date 11/20/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORD, WILLIAM A Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority Amount $90,591.62 Date 04/30/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ABDULLAH, TAIWO S Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $90,590.66 Date 10/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLECZYNSKI, JEFFREY J Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $90,589.98 Date 06/24/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MANJILA, BOBY J Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority Amount $90,589.81 Date 10/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BISCARDI, JOSEPH A Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial Amount $90,589.33 Date 01/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DROZDIEL, DAVID E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $90,588.43 Date 05/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAYLEY, ALAN G Employer name Town of Huntington Amount $90,588.35 Date 08/25/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, CHAD A Employer name Liverpool CSD Amount $90,588.27 Date 09/15/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOYLE, KELLY P Employer name Washington Corr Facility Amount $90,587.76 Date 05/19/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CREWS, LONNIE T Employer name Washington Hts Unit Amount $90,587.68 Date 01/28/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPENCER, REBECCA J Employer name Chemung County Amount $90,586.84 Date 05/20/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEONE, ALDO Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $90,586.75 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEAMAN, TIMOTHY R Employer name Village of Rockville Centre Amount $90,586.61 Date 11/15/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SERRANO, NICHOLAS A Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $90,586.41 Date 07/08/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUCKDASCHEL, LISA G Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. Amount $90,585.70 Date 12/09/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELVETT, ANDREW Employer name New York City Childrens Center Amount $90,585.66 Date 04/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOUGHT, PHOEBE J Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital Amount $90,585.58 Date 10/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAPOROWSKI, DAVID P Employer name NYS Community Supervision Amount $90,584.28 Date 03/25/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ABRAHAM, ABEY Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. Amount $90,583.65 Date 03/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KHAVASOV, SIMKHA Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. Amount $90,583.16 Date 11/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POWERS, MICHAEL B Employer name Riverview Correction Facility Amount $90,582.43 Date 05/14/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RECTOR, SHANNON K Employer name Office For Technology Amount $90,581.34 Date 05/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BREEN, JOHN R Employer name Thruway Authority Amount $90,580.69 Date 02/25/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, RICHARD J Employer name Brentwood UFSD Amount $90,580.67 Date 07/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOROVOY, SHAHLA Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center Amount $90,580.20 Date 11/18/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRADSTREET, NANCY H Employer name Penfield CSD Amount $90,580.08 Date 11/06/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEVULIS, SCOTT C Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility Amount $90,579.98 Date 05/22/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROONEY, SEAN J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $90,579.88 Date 12/17/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUSTICK, CARMEL M Employer name Taconic DDSO Amount $90,579.06 Date 02/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER-HERRERA, SAMANTHA H Employer name Schenectady County Amount $90,578.35 Date 01/22/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERRE-LOUIS, MARGO Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital Amount $90,578.30 Date 11/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRISCIONE-SZESNAT, NICOLE Employer name Bill Drafting Commission Amount $90,578.28 Date 01/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOODY, DAPHNE M Employer name Manhattan Psych Center Amount $90,577.95 Date 04/11/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROWINSKI, ANDREW D Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $90,577.46 Date 11/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHWEITZER, SHAYMUS R Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $90,577.46 Date 02/17/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIORDANO, JEREMY A Employer name Off of The State Comptroller Amount $90,577.22 Date 05/11/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHONEY, SEAN M Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen Amount $90,577.22 Date 07/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUACKENBUSH, JOHN J Employer name Dept of Public Service Amount $90,577.22 Date 11/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WICHSER, GREGORY S Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 Amount $90,577.22 Date 09/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VALINT, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,576.35 Date 08/04/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THORP, PETER T Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $90,576.19 Date 07/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BEATTIE, JILLIAN E Employer name Division of State Police Amount $90,575.90 Date 03/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARNES, GREGORY J Employer name City of Rochester Amount $90,575.71 Date 10/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARLINO, JACLYN N Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $90,575.08 Date 07/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRYANT, CONSTANCE A Employer name Downstate Corr Facility Amount $90,574.58 Date 02/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERNARD, ERIC M Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn Amount $90,574.46 Date 09/18/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAHN, SUSAN E Employer name Rockland Psych Center Amount $90,573.93 Date 10/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OTERO, DAVID Employer name Dutchess County Amount $90,573.56 Date 02/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OTRANTO, WILLIAM J Employer name William Floyd UFSD Amount $90,573.36 Date 04/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SALGADO, JANINE E Employer name Town of Huntington Amount $90,573.22 Date 04/21/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASIMIR, KETTELIE Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. Amount $90,572.89 Date 07/10/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LALLIER, MARK P Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility Amount $90,572.69 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASSON, BRENT R Employer name City of Rochester Amount $90,572.46 Date 09/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VINCELETTE, MICHAEL R Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center Amount $90,572.35 Date 09/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLAPP, GERALD D Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility Amount $90,572.11 Date 04/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARRERO, JESSICA Employer name Office of Court Administration Amount $90,571.57 Date 11/16/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DMYTRUK, SERGIY Employer name Division of State Police Amount $90,571.24 Date 08/04/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANDRZEJEWSKI, CHRISTOPHER S Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority Amount $90,571.17 Date 05/04/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LASKA, LONNY J Employer name City of Buffalo Amount $90,570.74 Date 10/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LA CHANCE, DONNA L Employer name Office For Technology Amount $90,570.71 Date 10/20/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, SCOTT E Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility Amount $90,569.98 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HINES, PATRICK A Employer name City of Albany Amount $90,568.93 Date 08/14/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHRISTIE, JAMES E Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center Amount $90,568.40 Date 09/17/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZIKE, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility Amount $90,568.14 Date 10/27/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NAWRAT, CHRISTINA J Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $90,567.78 Date 05/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAN JUAN, ROMMEL E Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. Amount $90,567.18 Date 04/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CALL, MICHAEL A Employer name Wende Corr Facility Amount $90,567.15 Date 05/18/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOKEE, PAUL J Employer name Riverhead Water District Amount $90,566.82 Date 12/21/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINKAT-TAULE, SONDRA M Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $90,566.60 Date 12/16/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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