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 HOLTE, REBECCA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,076.40 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINSTER, DAVID M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,076.23 | Date 02/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATHERGILL, ROBERT J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,076.07 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEGER, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,076.07 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACKS, JOSHUA L | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $86,076.05 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSELLE, ALYSON J | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $86,075.62 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUA, GARY M | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $86,075.33 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUMACERO, ZDENEK | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $86,074.88 | Date 03/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, DANNY H | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $86,074.81 | Date 07/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULBERTSON, TERRY R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,074.80 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNN, TOBY D | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $86,074.74 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULICELLI, MARK W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,074.71 | Date 12/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEE, HELEN CHOI | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,074.60 | Date 10/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INDARJIT, MAHENDRA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $86,074.33 | Date 11/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, OLGA H | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $86,073.97 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,073.29 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMLAL, DAISY | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,073.23 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNNISON, JOSEPH A, III | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $86,073.21 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, CRAIG W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,072.14 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DAVID M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,071.91 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, GARY L | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $86,071.79 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTOMSKI, ANN MARIE | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $86,071.56 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $86,071.35 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, WILLIAM P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $86,071.19 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METCALFE, JAMES M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,070.28 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $86,070.27 | Date 12/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, TROY M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $86,069.95 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLE, TIESHA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $86,069.62 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNES, MELANIE K | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $86,069.56 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHLEY, FREDERICK A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,068.63 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFEL, COREY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,067.31 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVOCK, MARK L | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $86,066.50 | Date 07/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, DONALD C | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $86,066.50 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERNYA, TATIANA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,065.54 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDELTON, GARY T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,065.35 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMAN-HOGG, AL'LEAR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,065.06 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BUONO, EDWARD G, JR | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $86,063.99 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, PATRICK J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $86,063.16 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ROBIN | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,062.93 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELTCH, DIANE R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $86,062.92 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, JANE T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,062.10 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIPPO, CLAUDIO | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $86,061.86 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $86,061.72 | Date 07/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITCHMAN, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,061.44 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILLARGEON, EDGAR B, III | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $86,061.32 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANIGA, ANDREW J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $86,061.25 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFENBERICK, CHAD M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $86,060.39 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, MARGARET K | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $86,059.85 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VELDER, JOSHUA E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,059.65 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOTYLAK, STEFAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,059.28 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGONIA, MARIA | Employer name Rye Free Reading Room | Amount $86,058.85 | Date 08/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, GRACE | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $86,058.76 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WAGNER, KEVIN D | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $86,058.64 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOANE, CHRIS R | Employer name Town of Chemung | Amount $86,057.97 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELCHER, NORMAN J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,057.74 | Date 03/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHIFER, ROGER | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $86,057.64 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, PAMELA A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $86,056.92 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTON, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,056.72 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISTNER, STEPHEN E | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $86,056.01 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JUSTIN S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $86,055.47 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CONEY, JAMES J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $86,054.80 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSO, ARTHUR D, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,054.79 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, THOMAS L | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $86,053.48 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDAK, GRACE J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,053.36 | Date 10/07/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ORLANDO | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,053.23 | Date 04/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MICHAEL R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $86,053.13 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMAFRANCA, DANIEL L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,052.30 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, ANNA MARIE | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $86,051.46 | Date 03/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, LATESHA R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $86,051.22 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $86,051.07 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, RAYMOND | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $86,050.79 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, MAGALIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,050.65 | Date 06/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRONE, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,050.54 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYCE, LORI J | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $86,049.86 | Date 07/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, THOMAS M | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $86,048.48 | Date 01/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, EVAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,048.22 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTMAN, KARL F | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $86,047.91 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECORARO, JAMES V | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,047.89 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, ROBERT | Employer name Broome County | Amount $86,046.94 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, MICHAEL T, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,046.94 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMAGLIA, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,046.83 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHARR, HYLTON W | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $86,045.74 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANELLI, MARK A | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $86,045.60 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIMMRICH, STEPHEN R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,045.28 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUDEL, RHONDA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,044.94 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANULEVICH, OLGA A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $86,044.90 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRELLI, JASON J | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $86,044.71 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,044.28 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIATA, ZIEDAH F | Employer name Department of State | Amount $86,043.33 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, CHUI C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,042.76 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, GREGORY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,041.65 | Date 07/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,041.64 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,041.52 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINI, ANTHONY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,041.19 | Date 06/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLENEUVE, ALLAN P | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,041.07 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHLER, SCOTT R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,040.83 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $86,040.42 | Date 02/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUH, PETER A | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $86,040.13 | Date 08/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MANNA, JAMIE M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,039.54 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, KEVIN K | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $86,039.02 | Date 01/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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