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 WASLO, KARIN B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,513.04 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $88,512.82 | Date 02/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRICK, BRIAN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,512.38 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFURGY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $88,512.09 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASCI, JOHN T | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $88,511.78 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, SHEEBA K | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $88,511.31 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN PATTEN, GREGG A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,511.14 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECKER, KRISTIN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,510.85 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERY-SEKHOBO, MARIE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $88,510.65 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRONZ, SARA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,510.53 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JENETTA N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,510.44 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGOSTINI, LORI V | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $88,510.06 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, CARMEN M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $88,509.85 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSHORN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,509.79 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, MARY E | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $88,509.12 | Date 12/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDEN, SUSAN N | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $88,507.87 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHLOFF, ALAN | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $88,505.69 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZE, PETER T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $88,505.37 | Date 02/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLORAN, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $88,505.31 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASLOWSKI, ROBERT W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,505.27 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADSHAW, MICHAEL E | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $88,504.37 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, ROBERT I | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $88,504.34 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRESTONE, BRIAN T | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $88,504.34 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIGHT, RICHARD A | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $88,503.87 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMIG, RYAN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,503.70 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POTTS, AISHA | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $88,503.70 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OST, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $88,503.59 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, MICHAEL C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $88,503.06 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKAKUJ, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,503.06 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, THERESA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $88,502.92 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $88,501.52 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, ALLAN D, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $88,501.34 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOANNOU, CONSTANTINE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,500.96 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUELL, SHELLEY A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $88,500.95 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KRYSTAL M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,500.77 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESE, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,500.60 | Date 05/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOHN | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $88,500.22 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRABENEC, KARL A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, BRIAN F | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 01/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIPIETRO, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBARINO, ANDREW R | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPINACCI, CHAD A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEC, DANIEL G | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,500.00 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGIBBONS, LAWRENCE R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,499.08 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MECCA, JOHN J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $88,498.61 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYTON, MONICA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,498.40 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERL, DALE | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $88,497.24 | Date 05/04/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, OWEN K | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,496.65 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSNAK, GEORGINE C | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $88,496.57 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPPERMAN, JAMES M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $88,496.50 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDINGER, JASON C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,496.45 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, JANET L | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $88,495.56 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEUTSCH, HILLEL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $88,495.50 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, BRYAN R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $88,495.45 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, GREGORY M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $88,495.39 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDWELL, BRADLEY S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,494.84 | Date 03/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTZE, AGUSTA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,493.81 | Date 07/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREY, JOSHUA D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $88,492.47 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSINI, CHRISTIAN A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $88,492.25 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIC, SLAVCO | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $88,492.16 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMANYK, JOHN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,491.64 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKAF, SAFINA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $88,490.88 | Date 08/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, ELLEN B | Employer name Rockville Centre Pub Library | Amount $88,490.63 | Date 06/02/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUMMINELLI, JOSEPH F, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $88,490.10 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRIST, PATRICK H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,489.94 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, BRIAN P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $88,489.26 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPHAGEN, JOHN D | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $88,488.91 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $88,488.22 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, VALERIE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,487.51 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JOHN P | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $88,485.96 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN KEUREN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Rhinebeck CSD | Amount $88,485.75 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRYSTAL, NEIL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $88,485.32 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIERNES, VINCENT | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $88,484.61 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, BARBARA A | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $88,483.42 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOUGALL, SHARON C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $88,482.37 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACOSA, LUISITO L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $88,481.75 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATWOOD, BRYAN E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $88,480.68 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, DIANE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $88,480.63 | Date 07/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, JAMES O | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $88,480.06 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $88,479.83 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMIN, KAREN S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $88,479.65 | Date 04/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVERINO, ALPHONSE J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $88,479.65 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OEMCKE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,478.73 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEONGBAE, LUCINDA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,478.68 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, JULIE A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $88,478.32 | Date 12/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKBERG, KENNETH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,477.78 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVEY, JULIE E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $88,477.11 | Date 09/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, MARGIE L | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $88,476.58 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTMAN, LAUREN S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,476.22 | Date 04/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, JAY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASBRENNER, KAREN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, LAURA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLODY, LISA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, YIN HAN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, ANN MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO, RICHARD | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYTHER, TERESA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIDE, STEPHEN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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