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 BURKE, HEIDI E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $87,297.13 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,296.94 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODY, WAYNE J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,296.63 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDNEY, TERRY L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $87,296.28 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, SCOTT | Employer name Albany County | Amount $87,296.10 | Date 02/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBER, MARK N | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,295.46 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREDA, JACK M, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,294.89 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SUSAN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $87,294.45 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, ALINE D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $87,294.37 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDARAKIS, MARY ANNE L | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $87,294.35 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, LENNARD T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $87,294.34 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELLE, MARY B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $87,294.02 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUSA, DEBRA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,293.97 | Date 03/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $87,293.91 | Date 10/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIERAN, DEBRA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,293.37 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STODDARD, SHELDON J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,293.01 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, GLENN E | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $87,292.84 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZOLA, LORETTA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,292.83 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINTON-GONZALEZ, WANITA | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $87,292.70 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLELLAN, JUSTINE C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,292.44 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES-GOLD, ANNA C | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $87,291.72 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, BARBARA B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,291.69 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JAMES P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,290.71 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLI, JOSEPH L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,289.06 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYIRENDA, REINE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,288.52 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCALA, ROSANNA Y | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $87,288.35 | Date 03/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,286.89 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, SIGRID | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $87,286.75 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TRACEY M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,286.50 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIRD, STUART J | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $87,286.40 | Date 09/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINKADE, PHILLIP | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,285.43 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, ROBERT B | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,285.04 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIOTTA, ROBERT C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,285.04 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGGI, DINESH | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $87,284.78 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMAIO, DONNA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $87,284.40 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, PATRICIA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,284.10 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JUANITA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,284.06 | Date 07/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, PHILIP V, JR | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $87,283.65 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMMALVO, BARBARA L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,283.46 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMANATION, NEIL J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $87,283.00 | Date 06/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MICHAEL C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $87,282.98 | Date 09/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIBLEY, JOHN A | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $87,281.97 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, MAUREEN P | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $87,281.94 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMES, HOWARD F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,281.58 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHEZ, RUTH | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, PAULINE R | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REA, KATHLEEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 03/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, BEVERLY A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 05/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY-AULTMAN, SHEILA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IORIO, ANNE | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $87,281.41 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGERON, JOSHUA R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,280.75 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WILLIAM A, II | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $87,280.68 | Date 07/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, IAN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,279.64 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KICK, CONSTANCE L | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $87,279.30 | Date 05/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPPANY, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $87,279.19 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLKEN, RYAN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,278.56 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASA, HITEN N | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $87,278.27 | Date 07/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, ELLYN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $87,277.75 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGNONI-WALICZEK, ANA | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,277.70 | Date 06/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SETARO, LORRI J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $87,277.43 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DENISE M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $87,277.39 | Date 06/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTONE, KURTISS A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,277.16 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARA, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,277.13 | Date 11/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, BRIAN D | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $87,276.98 | Date 08/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, ANDREW M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,275.57 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, ANDREW C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $87,275.16 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, EUGENE P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $87,274.46 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARBURGH, JOSHUA S | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $87,274.41 | Date 01/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUOMO, STEVEN A | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $87,273.48 | Date 01/29/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KELLEY D | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $87,273.01 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKSON, JAMES E | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,272.45 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNCIL, KIMBERLY | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,272.21 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, MOLLY J | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $87,270.58 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARO, LOIS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,269.70 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, PETER B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,269.51 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITTON, DAVID B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $87,269.36 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LISA E | Employer name Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Amount $87,268.79 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODY, EDWARD S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,268.78 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, WALTER R | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $87,268.60 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $87,267.21 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, ERIC J | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $87,266.78 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUGLER, JENNY K | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $87,266.32 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREHENY, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,265.58 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMOCK, JACQUELYN M | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $87,265.53 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $87,265.50 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYPPOLITE, KROLL S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,265.49 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEROCK, COLLEEN P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,264.65 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, TIMOTHY | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $87,264.18 | Date 04/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRADE, MIGUEL A | Employer name Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga | Amount $87,263.90 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTANEDA, FLOR E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,263.85 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITARELLA, ALFONSO J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,263.83 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTED, DAVID S | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $87,263.73 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SICHEL, JORDAN M | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $87,263.70 | Date 07/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWLER, ERIC | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,263.60 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARUS, DAWN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,263.60 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NETTNIN, JONATHAN T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,263.50 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,263.38 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROOPNARINE, HARDEO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $87,263.29 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, ELSY JOHN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,263.13 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUSTO, DOREEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,262.15 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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