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 TURNER, SANDRA R | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,152.76 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, MICHELE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,152.34 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATORA, GLORIAH | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,152.08 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, GREGORY W | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $86,151.99 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINOVA, INNA A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $86,151.71 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWLES, ROBERT | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $86,151.47 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, ERIK R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,150.63 | Date 07/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OVERBAUGH, PAUL R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $86,149.97 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAULIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,149.60 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, MATTHEW E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $86,149.48 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DANIEL | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $86,149.42 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, JAMES B | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $86,149.41 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-MARC, WILLIA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $86,148.73 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELLINI, LAUREN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,148.67 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,148.49 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DLUGOS, AMY R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $86,147.76 | Date 12/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $86,146.88 | Date 06/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENN, ANDREW P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,146.42 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIRONE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $86,145.21 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADIQ, UZMA SHAFIQ | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,144.99 | Date 12/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGAULT, DAVID C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $86,144.65 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBAUER-DEKAY, ANGELA M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $86,144.60 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ELYSE C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $86,143.54 | Date 03/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTAKER, SUSANNAH M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $86,142.67 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANTZI LA FLESH, JENNIFER S | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $86,142.61 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $86,142.56 | Date 03/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASPER, REBECCA B | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $86,142.49 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, MELINDA S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,142.06 | Date 08/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, JEFFREY E | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $86,142.01 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTA MARIA, STEVEN M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $86,141.65 | Date 07/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALM, NATHAN J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $86,141.63 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINNEKIN, RICHARD S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,141.62 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLICKAN, ASHA B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,140.75 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JESSICA | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,140.44 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, ROBERT P | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,139.78 | Date 08/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDENHAGEN, JOHN R | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $86,139.49 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $86,139.11 | Date 08/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D AMBROSE, MARTIN G | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $86,139.10 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $86,139.09 | Date 08/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASE, D JEREMY | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $86,139.05 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, STEPHEN F | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $86,139.02 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, EDWARD G | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,138.96 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARKEY, STEPHEN | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,138.95 | Date 12/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, ALLISON J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,138.68 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,138.52 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $86,138.32 | Date 12/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINK, KEVIN J | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $86,136.03 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGO, PAULINE P | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $86,136.00 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, HARRY M, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,135.67 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, RASMI | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,135.46 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUME, MARCO | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,135.24 | Date 12/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEGL, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,135.22 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, JOHN E | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $86,134.91 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WAYNE M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,134.76 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, ZACHARY J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $86,134.68 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, CONNOR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $86,133.57 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TJOMSTOL, BONNIE S | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $86,133.43 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAJEK, WILLIAM E | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $86,133.36 | Date 03/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAN, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,133.06 | Date 04/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PAUL R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,132.96 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $86,132.82 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMOND, ROBERT D | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,132.51 | Date 04/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELEFANTE, VICTOR M | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,132.51 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, CLADIA PRISCILLA I | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,130.99 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYNDA, KRISTINE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,130.97 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, LISA B | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $86,130.84 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTELL, FRANK S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $86,130.70 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O CONNOR, KATHERINE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,130.60 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, MICHAEL S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $86,130.39 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYSTROM, BETH M | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $86,130.29 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANISIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $86,129.95 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, SERGIO, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,129.50 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEL BAGNO, ROBERT J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $86,127.98 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JARRAD L | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $86,127.87 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNTING, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $86,127.34 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONICELLI, JOHN C | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $86,126.94 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPREY, JOHN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,126.46 | Date 01/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTUGNO, MATTHEW | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,126.35 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNCHION, ANDREA L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $86,126.23 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROUTY, JOHN W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,126.21 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARROTTA, VINCENT R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,126.09 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINDALE, CHERI L | Employer name Queensbury UFSD | Amount $86,124.99 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTOWSKI, CHERYL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,124.74 | Date 09/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOY, SHERLY N | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,123.32 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, AMY V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,122.47 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGO, KATHLEEN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,122.46 | Date 08/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GREGOR, MICHAEL | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,122.37 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $86,122.21 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIAMSIC, LOIDA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,121.73 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, CASEY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,120.34 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, PAUL M | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $86,120.05 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,119.02 | Date 04/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, GERARD F | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $86,118.80 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, ROBERT G | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,118.52 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ANISSA W | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $86,117.51 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASKO, ROBERT W | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $86,117.43 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, JOHN | Employer name Franklin Sq Munson Fire Dist | Amount $86,116.85 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUPTLI, AMY BETH | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,116.20 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PHILIP B H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,115.37 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COKER, MARGARET R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,115.24 | Date 05/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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