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 POWERS, JOANNE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,064.12 | Date 11/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, ELLEN C | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $90,064.09 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, ATTRACTA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,063.65 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMONDSON, SOPHIA K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,063.44 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTQUIST, ERIC R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $90,063.01 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOMSKY, VALERIE A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $90,062.96 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, SANDRA | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $90,062.68 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,062.62 | Date 07/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, KENONG | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $90,062.30 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, LISA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,061.42 | Date 04/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNACKI, DAVID C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $90,059.23 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTA, SALVATORE J | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $90,059.00 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATI, LISA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,058.91 | Date 06/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, MEREDITH L | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $90,058.25 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENG, BETTY YING | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,058.10 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNT, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $90,056.56 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBICHLER, RAYMOND P | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $90,056.45 | Date 09/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $90,055.97 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, CATHY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,055.94 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, SHAWN L | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $90,055.29 | Date 04/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALI, JEREMY P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,054.38 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,054.04 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, ANNEMARIE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,053.61 | Date 10/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURAW, JENNIFER A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,053.42 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, WENDY L | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $90,052.90 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $90,051.95 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRENNAN, JAMES J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,051.29 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MAURICE N | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $90,051.10 | Date 01/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ICILDA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,050.95 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROYAL C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,050.46 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADEZ, JAMES J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $90,050.42 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDONDO, JENNY | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $90,050.24 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, BRYAN D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $90,050.06 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDFORD, ROBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,049.97 | Date 04/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNMORE, SHERMAN | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $90,049.95 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACAVELL, ANN L | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $90,049.87 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMMEN, KATHRYN A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $90,049.32 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILEY, LAURIE S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,049.21 | Date 07/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLA, LISA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $90,048.79 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAALAND, BJORN N | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $90,048.40 | Date 10/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITERI, JOSE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,048.40 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, MITCH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,047.30 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITWEISER, FRANK J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,047.29 | Date 12/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,046.79 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GREGORY | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $90,046.40 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLADD, DONNA M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $90,046.34 | Date 04/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEZINA, EMILY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,046.19 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGUS, DEBRA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $90,046.17 | Date 07/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KATHY J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $90,045.22 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUQUE, KIMBERLY D | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $90,044.50 | Date 05/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPLES, DARRYL B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,044.02 | Date 10/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAAC, MAE K | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $90,043.96 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYA, ANDREA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,043.68 | Date 05/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDWIG, NEAL T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,043.66 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, JODY | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $90,042.72 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCUS, CHARLES E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $90,042.37 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIANO, JEANETTE | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $90,040.80 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, MARY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,039.89 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, MAUREEN A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,039.43 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JOSEPH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,039.36 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, BRIAN J | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $90,038.41 | Date 09/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, TINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,038.28 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMEZZA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,038.08 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACHLY, CAROL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 01/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLECK, KATHLEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, JUDY C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 08/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANTZ, SUSAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JUNE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUROLY, KAREN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, CHRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYROSE, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEI, BERNADETTE DUTRA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 04/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, BETHTRINA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, CHARLES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITER, KENT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 05/11/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENICK, MARY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 05/06/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIPP, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERAS, VERONICA V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, TERESA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,036.90 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, KURT S | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $90,036.80 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JENNIFER L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,035.98 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARINS, JENNIFER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,035.85 | Date 04/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, PATRICIA K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,035.33 | Date 01/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,035.05 | Date 08/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBBER, SHERRIE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,033.98 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, KENNETH T | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $90,033.77 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MARK R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $90,033.37 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMBRONE, JOHN F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,032.94 | Date 03/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, EVANGELISTA | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $90,032.32 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LORENZO | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $90,031.98 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOAK, MATTHEW D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,031.50 | Date 03/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, DAVID L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,030.58 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONASTERO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Gr Atlantic Bch Water Reclam Dst | Amount $90,030.46 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORERO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,030.42 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,027.93 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSENGER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $90,027.92 | Date 01/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLM, MICHAEL A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $90,027.80 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MARY ANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,027.73 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGWARE, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,027.50 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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