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 GIBSON, WENDY A | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $90,470.02 | Date 11/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLNAR, JOHN | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $90,469.94 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKSYM, ROBERT B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,468.87 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MARY T | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $90,468.47 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NAUGHTON, BRIAN M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,467.36 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPE, EMILY R | Employer name Dryden CSD | Amount $90,466.62 | Date 10/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTLEY-EPPS, JULIANA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,466.60 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIROZZOLO, JAMES A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,465.68 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFER, RICHARD R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,464.30 | Date 02/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARCHI, ZAIRA T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,464.30 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPLING, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,464.22 | Date 07/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, DAVID T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,464.03 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI VECCHI, LOUIS C, III | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $90,463.75 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIR, EMINE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,462.57 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, ROBERT N | Employer name Yorkshire Pioneer CSD | Amount $90,461.12 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, STEPHEN L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,460.87 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CHOUDENS, JULIO C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $90,459.66 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTMANN, SCOTT R | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $90,459.43 | Date 05/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,459.17 | Date 03/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAFIORE, JACLYN S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,458.96 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, ROBERT M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $90,458.04 | Date 04/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACHTERBERG, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $90,458.01 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATZELLE, CHARLES | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $90,457.42 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE, EUGENE B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,457.23 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, EILEEN M | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $90,457.18 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, MELISSA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,457.09 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, STACIE R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $90,456.65 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, LUIS O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,456.22 | Date 04/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWERS, JAMES W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,455.96 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CROSSEN, CAROL A | Employer name Moffat Library Washingtonville | Amount $90,455.96 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERRYHOLMES, DIANA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,455.70 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LODINI, GEORGE F | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $90,455.56 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMID, NASIM | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,455.20 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPRESTI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,455.19 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEARY, JOSEPH | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,455.04 | Date 01/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LODINI, LEWIS T | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $90,454.83 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PRESCOTT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,454.60 | Date 05/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, HILTON | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $90,454.40 | Date 06/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $90,453.90 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, LINDA J | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $90,453.72 | Date 06/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEID, THOMAS L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $90,453.64 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAY, MICHELLE B | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,453.46 | Date 06/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCATO, EDWARD | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $90,453.28 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, GERMAINE P | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $90,453.25 | Date 10/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABER, E.G | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $90,452.14 | Date 05/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADGETT, SASKIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,451.69 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLSTEDT, RICHARD E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,451.59 | Date 10/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCERI, DAVID | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,451.15 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICE, CHAD T | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $90,451.13 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCELLI, CARL A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,450.64 | Date 10/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POOLE, EDWARD S | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $90,449.49 | Date 08/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINZEL, ANDREA A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $90,447.34 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCONE, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $90,447.16 | Date 10/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOVCHENA, WILLIAM H | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $90,447.04 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COULOMBE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,447.01 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, DONALD T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,446.76 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNER, ERIC J | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $90,445.77 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLETT, KATJA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,444.97 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIZ, KIMBERLY P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,444.96 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSLOW, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,444.95 | Date 09/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,444.94 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, JODY A | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $90,444.84 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ORDEN, DAVID M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $90,444.62 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORACCO, ANGELA M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $90,443.46 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, WILLIAM H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,443.23 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANDAKAI, BOB J | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $90,441.76 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, WILLIAM J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,441.12 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ZUBAIDAH A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,440.51 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MERSMAN, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,440.16 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER JR., JAMES R | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $90,438.85 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, DANIEL T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,438.82 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, LYNN M | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $90,438.75 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, VIRGINIA C | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $90,438.46 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $90,437.48 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADHU, RAMDIAL | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $90,436.78 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANTHONY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,436.20 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUPER, NICHOLAS C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,435.71 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANDS, MONA L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,435.64 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, ALAN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $90,435.45 | Date 10/26/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILAROSCIA, DAVID J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $90,435.33 | Date 12/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOW, MARC J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,434.91 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMBS, MICHAEL C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,434.28 | Date 04/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, JAMES | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $90,434.18 | Date 07/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, KIMBERLY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,434.07 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONLEY, SUZANNE T | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,433.93 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, NATHANIAL C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,432.49 | Date 09/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, ROBERT P | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $90,430.80 | Date 05/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTORY, CARLOS | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,430.47 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DONALD D, JR | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $90,430.17 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTOR, JOHN R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,429.17 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, DANIEL J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,428.55 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, BRYAN E | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $90,428.48 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIER, BRAD P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,428.16 | Date 08/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABREGO, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $90,428.00 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEENBURGH, JARETT C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,427.40 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLORY, JAMES M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,427.39 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODIN, JARED D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,426.88 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, GLENN R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $90,426.88 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWICZ, ERIN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,426.48 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTHELEMY, FREDLINE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $90,426.30 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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