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 MCCAFFREY, JOSEPH T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $89,103.26 | Date 05/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERINA, JOHN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,103.09 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWCZYK, PAMELA M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $89,100.97 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, SCOTT M | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $89,100.62 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARRON, MEREDITH K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $89,099.16 | Date 10/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASSAMA, ALPHA U | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $89,098.27 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSICA, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $89,098.25 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARK, RUSSELL O | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $89,097.29 | Date 04/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINEROW, TAMI | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $89,095.14 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGITCH, KELLIE E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $89,094.98 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXEY, THEODORE R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,094.85 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMA, JOSEPH C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $89,094.44 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, JOCELYN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $89,094.23 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDARVIS, MATTEO | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,094.14 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, WILLIAM G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $89,092.46 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, EFRAIN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,092.42 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICKER, JEANINE B | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $89,091.82 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JOANNA | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $89,091.66 | Date 08/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, BRUCE S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $89,091.09 | Date 10/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, MICHAEL F | Employer name Broome County | Amount $89,089.89 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLBAUM, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $89,089.79 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORMANN, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Amount $89,089.64 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, JAMES T | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $89,089.57 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, BENITA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,089.14 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANTO, NICOLAS R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $89,088.31 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAUSS, JUSTIN M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $89,088.29 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TATFORD, JAMES | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $89,086.84 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASTON, JEFFREY E | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $89,086.60 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIAS, AIDA | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $89,085.67 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURRELL, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $89,085.32 | Date 09/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERSKINE, HOWARD L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $89,085.19 | Date 01/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTE, CHARLES R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,084.99 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $89,084.65 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAGON, MARIANNE E | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $89,083.61 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $89,083.42 | Date 07/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $89,081.41 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANKOWICZ, MATTHEW D | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $89,081.06 | Date 11/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, GWEN E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $89,080.67 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN-JACKSON, DESIREE C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,080.58 | Date 03/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUDEN, JOSEPH A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $89,080.24 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLETT, ROCKFORD T | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $89,079.91 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, JASON P | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $89,079.00 | Date 04/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ERIC T | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $89,078.60 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAS, ADAM C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,077.82 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, HEIDI S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,077.66 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHERRY, SUZANNE B | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $89,077.55 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVERSON, RITA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $89,076.54 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICE, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,075.23 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSOI, BRIAN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,074.91 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCO, NANCY S | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $89,074.87 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, WILLIE A | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $89,073.96 | Date 02/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, BENJAMIN T | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $89,072.92 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAIN, MARY L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $89,072.90 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOLUKOS, JAMES P | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $89,072.81 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, KEITH A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $89,072.56 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, YONETTE W | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $89,072.43 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, LATOYA T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $89,072.10 | Date 06/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, KEVIN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,071.84 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENEDETTO, LEONARD J, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $89,071.15 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, OSAMA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $89,069.71 | Date 03/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHPOKAYTE, MARIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,069.60 | Date 02/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPNER, DARREN E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $89,068.69 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, JAMES F, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,067.32 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, PHILIP G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $89,066.68 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, ANNE K | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $89,066.51 | Date 01/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBOTTI, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $89,066.37 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRICE, RANDI A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,066.22 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, KEVIN C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $89,065.83 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARK A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $89,065.03 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAME, MARTHA M G | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $89,064.32 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSS, ROBERT J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $89,063.45 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABORDE, CAPENTER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,063.24 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRICK, BRIAN K | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $89,061.96 | Date 09/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, PAMELA K | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $89,059.77 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCHHORN, MURRAY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $89,059.51 | Date 02/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONAS JOHN, PAMELA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $89,059.10 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSPESEL, KIRA A | Employer name Greene County | Amount $89,059.02 | Date 01/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, JONATHAN D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $89,058.36 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORIELLO, BARBARA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $89,057.62 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHRING, WALTER L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $89,057.23 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, JAMES H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $89,057.11 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINNER, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $89,056.76 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, SHANE M | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $89,055.87 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONALDS, THOMAS R | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $89,055.07 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ARTHUR B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,055.06 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDIGO, EILEEN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $89,054.43 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASHNOW, MICHELE L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,054.42 | Date 01/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, CAROLYN C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $89,054.17 | Date 02/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAZAN, ENONE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $89,053.22 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTONYL, GRACE D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,052.83 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DANNY | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $89,052.81 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRIS E | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $89,052.67 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMANN, MARYANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,052.37 | Date 09/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,052.35 | Date 02/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JAY L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $89,051.74 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTE, ROSE G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,051.70 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGIO, ANTONINO | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $89,051.00 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRILLO, JOHN A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $89,050.93 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, WARREN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,049.97 | Date 11/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, DARRELL J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $89,046.49 | Date 02/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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