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 SCHAEFFER, STUART A | Employer name Farmingdale Public Library | Amount $90,314.86 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COCCO, CARLO L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,314.18 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LILLIE J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $90,312.83 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORENZO, JAMES M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $90,311.87 | Date 04/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMANN, STEVEN B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $90,311.77 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, CLARICE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $90,310.81 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANSKI-SHAVER, GABRIELLE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $90,308.10 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTTO, BRIAN A | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $90,307.94 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAIREH, KAMAL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,306.90 | Date 08/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MEGAN M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,306.71 | Date 03/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARASIMHAN, GEETHA S | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $90,306.30 | Date 09/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEK, ROSELLEN A | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $90,306.29 | Date 10/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERASIOTIS, PANAJOTIS | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,305.85 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADSON, RONALD G | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $90,305.12 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, ELLEN K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,304.87 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, SHARLA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,304.66 | Date 09/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENA, HERMES E | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,304.32 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, HENRY D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $90,304.26 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTA, DOUGLAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,304.01 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANCHO, BENJIE L | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $90,302.61 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMAY, JORDAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,302.50 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIONE, THOMAS G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,300.96 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNE, ROBERT L | Employer name Village of Cornwall | Amount $90,300.64 | Date 05/26/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLAN, SUZANNE E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $90,300.22 | Date 07/19/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, RACHEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,300.00 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEJARE-OLADOTUN, ISAIAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,297.95 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDOR, THOMAS J | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $90,297.05 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARILLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,297.02 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, SEAN M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $90,296.96 | Date 03/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LAUREL H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,296.89 | Date 10/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTHIER, RANDOLPH S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,296.77 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANO, STEFANIE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,296.31 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIDELL, PAMELA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $90,296.17 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBIEZ, CHERYL ANN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,294.80 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLAND, LEVERNE A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,294.65 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSIUR, EDWARD J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $90,294.60 | Date 10/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATORE, SALVATORE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,294.17 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,293.31 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSA, SAMANTHA | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,293.06 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GUNNIGLE, MELINDA H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,292.81 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, GREGORY N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,292.53 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE THOMAS, COURTNEY A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $90,291.39 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, NICHOLAS, II | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,291.24 | Date 12/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEAR, EDWARD L, JR | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $90,290.24 | Date 05/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, MATTHEW F | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $90,290.03 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDY, JESSICA C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,289.84 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNS, THOMAS J | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $90,289.63 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GENTER, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $90,289.39 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTENRATH, MICHELE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $90,287.97 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKINSON, DORIS E | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $90,287.62 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZOLINO, CATHERINE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $90,287.56 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUMLEY, CHERYL M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $90,286.98 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECAK, GARRY S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,286.61 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOELERMAN, RONALD M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,286.55 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSON, TZAR D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,286.17 | Date 03/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,286.04 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAROSA, CARMINE J | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $90,285.98 | Date 10/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,285.55 | Date 10/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUSCHE, PAUL L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,285.29 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAYNES, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $90,285.07 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $90,284.48 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACHADO, KERRI E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,283.52 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACKEL, JOANNA M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $90,283.16 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, ANN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,283.00 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACZUGA, AGATA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,282.84 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGIL, ANTHONY R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $90,282.48 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WERT, KRISTEN M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $90,282.37 | Date 02/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, PAULETTE V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,282.29 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JACK D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $90,282.13 | Date 06/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPE, STEPHEN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,281.69 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, BRADLEY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,281.66 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, TEHRAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,281.57 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, ERIQUE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,281.44 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATHWELL, TERRENCE D | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $90,280.67 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUCH, CYNTHIA | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $90,280.51 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICENTE, MARY-ELLEN | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,280.50 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUCHLEY, THOMAS S | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $90,280.50 | Date 08/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, PAMELA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,279.35 | Date 01/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, NANETTE P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,278.72 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KODAK, DANIEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,277.19 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPISCOPIA, JEAN MARIE | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $90,276.31 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, DELFIA M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $90,275.74 | Date 03/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUB, JOHN A | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $90,275.61 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURAL, GARY P | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $90,275.52 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DIANNE Y | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $90,275.17 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, RAUL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $90,275.16 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARRATANO, VICTORIA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $90,275.04 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, MARK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,274.54 | Date 04/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUZZARD, GREGORY P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,273.73 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHRYER, SHARLA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,272.84 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNIELLO, ELAINE F | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $90,272.11 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, JASON | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,271.78 | Date 06/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, CHARLES T | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $90,271.52 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLUS, JOHN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,271.43 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEKU, OLUFEMI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,270.01 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXSTONE, DONALD E, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,269.60 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNEZEVIC, MICHAEL K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,268.70 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALTBY, MICHELLE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $90,268.57 | Date 01/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, GERALD M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,268.18 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $90,267.49 | Date 09/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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