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 WEBER, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $90,227.20 | Date 10/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKHAM, SONJA J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $90,227.13 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, MARSDEN T | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $90,227.04 | Date 07/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVES, MICHAEL P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $90,225.81 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZENEGGER, GREGORY C | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $90,225.75 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EGBURTSON, DANA J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $90,225.22 | Date 01/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL-LEWIS, MARY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,223.64 | Date 12/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, MICHAEL H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,223.46 | Date 01/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ERIC M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,223.31 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GRANT R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,222.19 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, RANDY M | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $90,221.18 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERESI, SALVATORE J, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $90,221.03 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Greenlawn Water District | Amount $90,220.98 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, LISA M | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $90,220.04 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNS, RONALD J | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $90,218.71 | Date 03/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JASON T | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,218.37 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, CHRISTINA D | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,218.29 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JULIO A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $90,218.29 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROPEA, ANTONELLA E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $90,218.29 | Date 01/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CASSERES, LAMAR K | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $90,218.29 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENVER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $90,218.29 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTONE, DAWN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,217.34 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, CLIFTON C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,216.88 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROLOSON, JACOB N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $90,216.63 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNT, ROBERT L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $90,215.95 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM-EPPS, REVENDA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,215.58 | Date 02/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHEY, JAMES | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $90,214.21 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKES, LYNNE M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $90,214.07 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALET, KENNETH J, JR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $90,213.79 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, SETH N | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $90,213.62 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABERSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $90,212.48 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, LESLIE H | Employer name Fillmore CSD | Amount $90,211.63 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROTH, KEVIN P | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $90,211.45 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, LAURIE B | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $90,211.17 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, GARY E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,210.62 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBRO, SUSAN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,210.30 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBAB, PAUL O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,209.81 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $90,208.95 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIBBINS, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $90,208.76 | Date 09/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-DOUGLAS, ROSALIND | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $90,208.43 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PHYLLIS D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $90,208.18 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELNIK, JOYCE W | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $90,207.70 | Date 01/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, TED C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,207.64 | Date 07/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOZA, SANDRA K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $90,207.29 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBRIZZI, JOSEPH D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,205.54 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ROBERT A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $90,205.28 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, IVAN L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,205.19 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODABASHIAN, RAFFI | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,203.72 | Date 08/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, MONTEAL D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,203.48 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDZENGA, DANIEL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $90,203.40 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLUNE, JESSICA R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,202.01 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JERROLD S | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $90,200.98 | Date 07/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIPP, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,200.77 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLINGERLAND, DAVID W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,200.75 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, ANDRISE R | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $90,200.44 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, DAVID A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $90,200.01 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEOGHEGAN, KRISTEN L | Employer name Assembly: Annual Legislative | Amount $90,199.72 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, JACOB B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,197.52 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABIA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,197.46 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, DANIEL C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,196.49 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAMI, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,196.43 | Date 11/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRYMES, MARY A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,195.99 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, KRISTIN S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $90,195.83 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERVEEN, NUSRAT | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,194.97 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,194.50 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANCI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,194.19 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEABLE, JAMES H | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $90,194.05 | Date 04/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CAROLYN M | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $90,194.03 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $90,194.01 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRILLO, FRED | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,193.13 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, RAYMOND G | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $90,192.84 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHEY, VIVIAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,192.70 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNDT, GEORGE H | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $90,192.48 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENYON, KEVIN J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,192.36 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, BRIAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $90,192.36 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, PAUL YM | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,192.12 | Date 08/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, TAMMY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,191.40 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYONETO, RACHEL P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,190.93 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMIL, ARSHAD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,190.66 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMMUNDSEN, TRACY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,189.89 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASFORD, STACEY L | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $90,189.19 | Date 08/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDURRA, JASON J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,188.63 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MICHELLE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,187.96 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUNG, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,186.51 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERTUCCI, NATHAN D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,186.51 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, MATTHEW C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,186.51 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSAN, MD M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $90,186.51 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, BRIAN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $90,186.51 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISONE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $90,186.31 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, SUZANNE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,184.46 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, MARIE G | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $90,184.11 | Date 09/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRADA, VICTOR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,183.98 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENZLER, STEVEN W | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $90,183.89 | Date 06/06/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRANTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,183.38 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIX-MOSSMAN, LORI E | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $90,182.44 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTEN, RACHEL S | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $90,182.20 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYBICKI, KAREN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,181.73 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLIVEAU, DEBRA A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,181.51 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISZEWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,181.31 | Date 07/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLUNE, BRENDAN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,180.89 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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