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 ROBERTS, PAMELA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,177.41 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLANDER, ROBERT E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,176.40 | Date 11/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $87,176.32 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, MARK A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,175.33 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YASKOW, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,174.56 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JUDITH | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $87,174.35 | Date 06/21/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, JEFFREY J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,173.90 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTER, DANIELLE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,173.81 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGLIA, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $87,173.73 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONEY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,173.70 | Date 03/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBRICK, HENRY A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $87,173.44 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, ERIC P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,172.99 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DINEEN, SHELLY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,172.80 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARENO, DEAN | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $87,172.74 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA TRACE, DARRIN K | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,172.47 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, LYNN M | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $87,172.14 | Date 02/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZECINA, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,171.94 | Date 06/16/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, ERIC W | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $87,171.63 | Date 10/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Unadilla Valley CSD | Amount $87,171.62 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, SHAWN E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,171.41 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, SCOTT G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,170.63 | Date 12/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $87,169.70 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEY, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $87,169.32 | Date 02/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ALICE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,169.31 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SANDRA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,169.20 | Date 05/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, SHANA S W | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $87,169.19 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTE, DAVID L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,167.63 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONCEPCION, CARMELA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,167.34 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, ERIN E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,167.20 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFLEY, PHILLIP M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $87,166.96 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, RANDY S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $87,166.85 | Date 05/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCA, STEVEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,166.49 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLIARD, ANTHONY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,166.39 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN-DE CENZO, BRIGETTE A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $87,166.30 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O' CONNOR, JOHN R, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,166.25 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $87,166.19 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUKWUDE, PATRICIA O | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,165.42 | Date 04/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, JOHN J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $87,163.00 | Date 04/27/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, KEITH C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $87,162.97 | Date 06/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHESTER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,162.80 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, NIEVES G | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,162.73 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, BRUCE D | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $87,162.65 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $87,162.44 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMENDORF, LAURIE | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $87,162.42 | Date 05/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, AMY S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,161.72 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKOSKI, JAMES R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $87,161.71 | Date 08/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLIAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $87,161.56 | Date 05/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOTO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Bayville | Amount $87,161.33 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOOTTUMATHA, MEERA R | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $87,159.86 | Date 10/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ANGEL M, JR | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $87,159.85 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, NATHAN P | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $87,159.81 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $87,159.77 | Date 03/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESTINE, DANIEL P | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $87,159.27 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTANASIO, ALICIA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,158.78 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARROLL, KIM | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $87,157.99 | Date 08/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTO, FELICE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $87,157.64 | Date 05/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILGER, DARRYL J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $87,157.42 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, KIMPO | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $87,157.01 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGTOE, MARK E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $87,156.80 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGY, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $87,156.26 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEIERT, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $87,156.16 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $87,155.89 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHIER, URSULA M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $87,155.44 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DONALD K | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $87,155.08 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ANDREW | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,155.06 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAROTTA, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $87,154.98 | Date 04/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, DONNA ANN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,154.78 | Date 01/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,154.18 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIDERIO, MELANIE P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,153.93 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDRICH, JAMIE | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $87,153.66 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ANTHONY J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $87,153.23 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETRANO, SABRINA A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,153.18 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTE, DORRIE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,152.40 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, NEENA TOMY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,152.03 | Date 08/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DEVON L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,151.52 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWICZ, CYNTHIA S | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $87,150.59 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, JAMES M | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $87,150.44 | Date 07/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, JANET | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,150.26 | Date 09/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOWANLOCK, BRIAN K | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $87,150.25 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETRANO, CATHERINE G | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $87,150.15 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, JEFFREY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,149.43 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,149.08 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Essex County | Amount $87,148.70 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCERI, ARLENE G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,148.27 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,148.04 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MARGARET C | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,147.74 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELILE, BRIAN K | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $87,146.78 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEY, JAMES G | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $87,146.77 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, ALISON | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $87,145.81 | Date 01/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARGARET M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $87,145.26 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRECCA, STEPHEN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,144.95 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DONALD E | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,144.53 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, KAREN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,143.78 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITELLO, CARL P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,142.07 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, CINDY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,141.79 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABREU-PERKINS, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,141.20 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHRENS, ERIC C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $87,140.95 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILK, MICHELE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,140.79 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, MINI | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,140.15 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBALL, NATHANIEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,139.70 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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