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 CASPER, PETER M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,979.80 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYEWAH, VIOLET A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $86,979.27 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENFIELD, JOSHUA T | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,979.15 | Date 11/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROSCHER, RANDI M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,979.13 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, ANTONIO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,978.22 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, RYAN C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,978.17 | Date 12/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEB, SUSAN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,978.00 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROETHEL, KEVIN E | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $86,977.79 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JENNIFER M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,977.29 | Date 06/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, JUNG-WEN | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,976.98 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUBINIS, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $86,975.87 | Date 03/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDONDOLO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $86,975.19 | Date 06/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, STUART C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $86,975.13 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAYLE, JOSEPH P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $86,974.73 | Date 05/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, ERIC J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,974.00 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMESON JORDAN, KAROLINA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $86,973.12 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMCHUK, PAUL | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $86,973.02 | Date 11/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVAGNARO, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $86,972.56 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, PAUL H | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $86,972.00 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMITIS, CATHERINE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,971.41 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCE, MELISSA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,971.33 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, MARCIA D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,970.31 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAGER, CLARENCE E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $86,969.30 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JAMES J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $86,968.61 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, FRANCINA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,967.62 | Date 10/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHILMY, PENNY S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,967.58 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISLANE, JUDY C | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $86,966.69 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIER, NICOLE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,966.35 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISELLA, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $86,966.27 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, JOHN W, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,965.78 | Date 04/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JOYCE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $86,965.39 | Date 03/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, MICHAEL F | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $86,964.33 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARCLIFT, WILLIAM | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $86,963.78 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BEAN-CLAIRBORNE, LESLYN E | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $86,963.57 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CHARLES F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,962.51 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,962.50 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, CHRISTINA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,962.50 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURROTT, ANDREW M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,962.50 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,962.50 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAAKMANN, MARSHA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,962.25 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, QUINCY, JR | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $86,961.85 | Date 02/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRALEIGH, JEFF | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $86,961.75 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, GLENDALIZ | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $86,961.39 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSANE, DONNA J | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $86,961.32 | Date 07/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, WILLIAM L | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $86,961.31 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWOCK, MATTHEW R | Employer name Madison County | Amount $86,961.07 | Date 11/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DARREN C | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,960.93 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMGREN, GARY J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $86,960.53 | Date 03/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, ZENOBIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,959.90 | Date 05/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKE, MALCOLM D | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,959.87 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERN, FREDERICK | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $86,958.41 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOUGALL, DAVID B | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $86,957.34 | Date 12/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,957.20 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, VICKIE L | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $86,956.72 | Date 01/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, BRIAN M | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $86,954.62 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ALFRED T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,954.48 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,954.21 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITCHEN, JENNIFER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,953.74 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, KATHLEEN | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,953.51 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTHUR, JEFFREY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,952.78 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIEMBOCK, REGAN G | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $86,952.28 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHSTEIN, ELLEN C | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $86,952.21 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TARA KAY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,951.88 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANNER, NORRIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,951.57 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVALOS, JIMMY G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,951.30 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, CRAIG | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $86,951.10 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, KRISTIN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,950.92 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROWBRIDGE, JENNIFER F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,950.92 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, KATHRYN L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,950.92 | Date 12/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIROZZOLO, ANN K | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $86,949.40 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARDINO, JEANETTE L | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,949.33 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTWAK, PAUL J | Employer name Madison County | Amount $86,949.26 | Date 02/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MELANIE A | Employer name Fort Ann CSD | Amount $86,949.15 | Date 08/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROSKY, JOSEPH W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,948.41 | Date 05/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLVENBACH, DOUGLAS B | Employer name Tuxedo UFSD | Amount $86,948.37 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEESMAN, PAULA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $86,948.36 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, JENNIFER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,948.20 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBSON, LINDA S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,947.72 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,946.23 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNTH, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,946.05 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITO, JOHN | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $86,945.60 | Date 08/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, VANESSA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,944.33 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIERENBERG, SUSAN L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $86,943.54 | Date 06/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, EDWARD, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,943.16 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWER, DAVID S | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $86,942.22 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADENA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,941.98 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,941.97 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRIES, RONALD F | Employer name West Irondequoit CSD | Amount $86,941.44 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, WILLIAM B | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $86,941.17 | Date 03/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRTH, JENNIFER L | Employer name Long Beach Public Library | Amount $86,940.94 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMAX, TONI A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $86,940.53 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,940.05 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZA, ANTHONY M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,940.04 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHARLAU, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $86,939.97 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE NARDO, AMY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,939.80 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, RICARDO W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,939.66 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRONE, STEVE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,939.50 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, ALYSSA A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $86,939.21 | Date 09/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HELEN E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,939.10 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSELRING, CYNTHIA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,939.10 | Date 01/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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