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 WHYTE, THOMAS P | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $89,635.87 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUAL, WYATT J | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $89,635.52 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, RUSSELL F | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $89,635.47 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, LAURANA M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $89,635.41 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUSIN, HARRIS A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $89,635.14 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOODY, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $89,634.00 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPI, MARCELO E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $89,633.74 | Date 01/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, DARCI E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,632.85 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUGLIOTTI, SUZANNE N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,632.62 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, DIANE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,630.57 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOULIHAN, EDWARD J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $89,630.54 | Date 02/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, ADAM M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,630.40 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, SHERRY L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $89,629.86 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORT, BRIAN T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $89,629.84 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, JILL C | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $89,629.72 | Date 07/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CARMELLA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,629.64 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEDIS, AYLAN WA | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $89,629.22 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BRIAN R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $89,629.20 | Date 05/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, HOLLY J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,629.06 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, ANTHONY R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $89,628.69 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMFORT, RONALD J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $89,628.23 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOWERS, CHARLES A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $89,627.76 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, FLORENCE C | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $89,627.43 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, YU | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $89,625.89 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMBERG, MARY E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $89,625.86 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOSEPH V | Employer name Erie County | Amount $89,625.61 | Date 05/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, MATTHEW S | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $89,625.03 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRONE, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $89,624.72 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, JULIAN A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $89,624.72 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $89,624.08 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, ALVIN, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $89,623.65 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DANIEL E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $89,623.63 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, BRENT A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $89,623.56 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJOIE, LUDLINE N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $89,623.42 | Date 05/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JOSHUA T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,623.34 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIRTON, DEXTER H | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $89,622.68 | Date 02/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, AKM J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $89,622.68 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGLIOTTI, FRANCESCO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,622.02 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, MYRNA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,622.00 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MARTIN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $89,621.64 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JEFFREY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $89,621.55 | Date 05/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, MICHELE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,620.90 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINNELL, PENNI | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $89,620.64 | Date 09/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, JESSICA H | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $89,620.52 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYERS, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $89,620.37 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURBAN, LOUIS A | Employer name Village of Piermont | Amount $89,620.36 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, PAMELA J | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $89,619.00 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSANO, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,617.12 | Date 10/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, RUTHANN | Employer name Town of Pelham | Amount $89,616.44 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDORWICH, CONNIE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,616.35 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, MARY JANE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $89,616.24 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGSON, DAVID M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $89,616.16 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JOHN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,615.67 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWCZYK, JEFF M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $89,614.63 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, ELISABETH H | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $89,614.36 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLAN, DENNIS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,614.22 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, JIMMLY R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,613.72 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLOVELSKAYA, YELENA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $89,613.52 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORECKI, STANLEY J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $89,613.00 | Date 05/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, LOREN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $89,612.69 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAM, SAMUEL S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $89,612.17 | Date 03/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAXTON, JESTIN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,611.82 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON-BRIDGWATER, JEANINE L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $89,611.03 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOURIS, JOHN A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $89,610.24 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, NATHAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,610.14 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,609.17 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTHAAR, VINCENT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,609.10 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, SHAWN A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $89,608.89 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURRIER, RUSSELL J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $89,607.96 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIANO, GIUSTINA T | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $89,606.79 | Date 10/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBOTHAM, RUDEE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $89,605.77 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASGOW, RODNEY S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $89,604.32 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAS, WILLIAM R | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $89,603.90 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, THERESA F | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $89,603.81 | Date 06/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSSERT, ROGER | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $89,603.75 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYHEW, TABITHA I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,603.37 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAFOUNTAIN, R ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $89,603.02 | Date 03/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, BRIAN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $89,603.01 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRITCHLEY, BENJAMIN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,602.93 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIESKE, DENISE R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $89,602.83 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, STEPHEN D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $89,602.46 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINERTH, SHERI L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $89,602.40 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $89,601.13 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, MELISSA S | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $89,600.28 | Date 08/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, JOHN M | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $89,600.26 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, MARC E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $89,600.01 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JOMEL E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $89,599.96 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, RONNIE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $89,599.28 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERENBERG, ROBERT H | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $89,598.87 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,597.73 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MAUREEN C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $89,597.73 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMONIER, ENRIQUE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,596.76 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ARTHALIA M | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $89,595.60 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPEW, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $89,595.51 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURY, LOUIS J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $89,595.50 | Date 01/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACK, BRIAN J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $89,595.25 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMPSON, LA JUANA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $89,594.89 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TADIO, MEGHAN C | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $89,594.82 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, ELIZABETH ANN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $89,594.11 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, SCOTT | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $89,593.73 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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