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 HYREK, JEAN MARIE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,795.86 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZDEK, STEPHAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,795.69 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOELE, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $88,795.59 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, LILIANA | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $88,795.06 | Date 10/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, CARLA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $88,794.88 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, MEGHAN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $88,794.88 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON ROSK, SUSAN J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $88,794.85 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $88,794.60 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEERY, MARY E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $88,794.56 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORECZNY, JOHN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,793.70 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, THOMAS D | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $88,793.20 | Date 04/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BREE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $88,792.50 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $88,792.25 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, EVERETT D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,791.86 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMISON, SHANNON M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,791.72 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILAZZO, RICHARD | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $88,791.65 | Date 11/12/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, ERIC K | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $88,791.24 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOZIER, SCOTT E | Employer name Town of Ontario | Amount $88,791.06 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, DANIEL T | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $88,790.97 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,790.92 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CLIVE D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $88,790.27 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARISELA | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $88,789.92 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLISON, GLENN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,789.01 | Date 03/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKERT, SARAH K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,787.95 | Date 10/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, DEBORAH M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $88,787.54 | Date 11/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, DONALD | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $88,787.50 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, TRACEY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $88,787.06 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOY, AMY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,786.68 | Date 03/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,786.63 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABENANTI, CAROL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,786.35 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOARES, TRISTAN F | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $88,786.08 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $88,783.44 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKMAN, JAMES E | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $88,782.97 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOON, ANTONIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,782.84 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADER, CRAIG M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,781.38 | Date 05/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANTURINI, MARCY B | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $88,781.34 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGEL, RICHARD D, SR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $88,780.71 | Date 09/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESTER, WILLIAM B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,779.55 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCARI, ELLEN L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,779.55 | Date 09/12/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, DONALD J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $88,779.55 | Date 11/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISWAS, TAPON | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $88,779.25 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, BETH A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $88,778.60 | Date 09/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, EDWARD W | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $88,777.47 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEIFER, LLOYD J, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $88,777.33 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, DENISE C | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $88,777.08 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITTI, THOMAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $88,776.89 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SABELLA, JASON | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,776.01 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WICKLEN, RICHARD T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,775.88 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVELSKI, DENNIS J, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $88,775.17 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BJORNSTAD, JAMI M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,774.70 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDONE, AMANDA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,774.51 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARRETT, ANTHONY | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $88,774.30 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTOUR, MARIE L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,773.98 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICOURT, FRANTZ D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,773.80 | Date 11/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, CAROLE A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $88,772.90 | Date 06/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORHAN, JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,772.55 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,772.42 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVINAZZI, SANTO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,772.28 | Date 03/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRERO, MARYANN S | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $88,772.26 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, DEAN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $88,771.89 | Date 01/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORELLI, CONCETTA S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,771.11 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINO, CLARAFINA G | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $88,769.76 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACEY, RONALD A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $88,769.01 | Date 07/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGOGLIA, BRADLEY C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,768.96 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $88,767.78 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHNKE, HEATHER P | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $88,767.54 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIRSKY, ERIC S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,766.82 | Date 12/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JEFFREY | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $88,766.23 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL-BARBUTO, COLLEEN E | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $88,765.76 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, EDWARD C | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $88,764.76 | Date 02/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, SCOTT T | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $88,764.46 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, VIVIAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,763.76 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,763.34 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODEKOR, BRANDON J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,763.25 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROLLAND, ROBERTA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,763.20 | Date 01/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, LAURENCE V | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $88,763.07 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, DEBORAH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,762.97 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHINN, SIMONIQUE G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,762.72 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, THELMA D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $88,762.60 | Date 12/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELTE, KYLE B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $88,760.92 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPS, CHARLES, II | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $88,760.87 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, ROBERT P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $88,760.28 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $88,759.49 | Date 02/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, AMY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,758.39 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRAGNOLI, JOEL L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $88,758.23 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CHEYNE, PATTI L | Employer name Dryden CSD | Amount $88,757.94 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERNAIL, TODD H | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $88,757.71 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OATES, JEROME | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,757.07 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULKIN, JOHN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $88,756.48 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZLITT, KRISTIN E | Employer name Schuyler County | Amount $88,756.40 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOROZ, TATYANA P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,756.03 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, LISA A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $88,755.81 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFARELLI, ETTORE SCIPONE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,755.50 | Date 06/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, LISA M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $88,755.33 | Date 01/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHABAUGH, JOHN | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $88,755.07 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI RIENZO, FRANK J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $88,754.22 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JAMES L | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $88,753.31 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MEGAN W | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $88,753.15 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHETTINO, MICHELE | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $88,753.04 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENVENUTO, GINO S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,752.85 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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