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 TIMAR, STEPHEN F | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $86,038.65 | Date 10/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, MICHAEL SCOTT | Employer name Warren County | Amount $86,038.16 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, ANDREW | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,038.05 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEERS, PAUL B | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $86,037.91 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, AARON A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $86,037.01 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MATTHEW C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,036.97 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSCUITO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,036.78 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADSIT, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,036.25 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TERRENCE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,036.15 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAINE, PETER E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,035.97 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, DEBORAH M | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $86,035.21 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALCOLM, ANNE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,034.27 | Date 09/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRECA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 02/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGMAN, BRUCE J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, ANNIE E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTOPINALES, MARIA C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGSWORTH, DONALD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUKAITIS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, DENNIS | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, RUTH J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT-ZAFFARESE, NANCY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 01/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, SUZANNE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIOTTA, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,033.74 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARD, LESLIE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,033.31 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHWICK, EDWARD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,033.27 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, REYES A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,033.03 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDZIK, STEVEN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,032.29 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $86,032.14 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, JEANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,031.82 | Date 03/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $86,031.03 | Date 09/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MARO, AREL | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.86 | Date 06/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, DEBORAH E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,030.80 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, JORGE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,030.52 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDURA, BETH C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.44 | Date 04/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, RAYMOND C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.40 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,030.40 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OEHLER, GARY R | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $86,030.34 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROODT, KIM M | Employer name Village of Chester | Amount $86,030.23 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANDREW S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,029.60 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, JARED W | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $86,029.10 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUATTERY, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $86,028.84 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, VICTOR | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $86,026.68 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, ROGER G, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,026.50 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIMMEL, NANCY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,026.29 | Date 07/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSINIAK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $86,025.94 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBROSO, MARIE M | Employer name Mount Pleasant CSD | Amount $86,025.15 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGUERIAN, MYRIAM | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,024.95 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCELLO, FRANK A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $86,024.94 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, GREGORY H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,024.05 | Date 04/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFRED, SALIMMA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,024.00 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATUSZAK, JOSEPH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,023.98 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYATT, DACIA C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,022.51 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDERMAN, REBECCA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,022.25 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHATYRITZ, GEORGE J | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $86,022.25 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEDNER, JOSEPH R, JR | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $86,022.06 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RYAN J | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $86,021.80 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, JACOB R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,021.74 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ANTONIO, ERIN B | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $86,021.56 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLICH, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,021.21 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, DAVID T | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $86,021.13 | Date 03/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MACKEEMA G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,018.98 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINHAM, HARDIE W | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $86,018.69 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTERLIGI, JOHN M | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $86,018.53 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONATELLO, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $86,018.10 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIERZWA, MARK L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,016.96 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ALFRED | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,016.95 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESCENZO, JASON C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,016.90 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENSEL, JAMES R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $86,014.84 | Date 01/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNEARE, VICTOR J | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $86,014.74 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHEVRIER, KERRY E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,014.56 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAIRE, ISLANDE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,014.37 | Date 01/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURL, ARTHUR J, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,011.51 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALIA, ALKA P | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $86,011.30 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAYCOX, M INDICA | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $86,011.19 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXELSEN, ERIC W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,011.12 | Date 10/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC NEIL, SARAH L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,010.61 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SCOTT H | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $86,010.50 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROHS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $86,010.40 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THELLIYANKAL, MARY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,010.38 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KELLY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,009.63 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOLINO, FRANCESCO | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $86,009.19 | Date 01/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUNGURYS, ILONA H | Employer name Broome County | Amount $86,009.15 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, ALLISON J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,008.62 | Date 06/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, DOMINIC W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,008.55 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, SUSAN O | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,008.16 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, RUSSELL L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,007.33 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JAMES J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $86,005.85 | Date 01/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, HOLLY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,004.89 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, ANGELO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,004.74 | Date 04/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, LILLIAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,003.76 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, KELLY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,003.66 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSKO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,003.08 | Date 02/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLI, JOHN | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $86,002.15 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, TARA D | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $86,001.59 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, ADAM W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $86,001.48 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, SUZANNE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,001.38 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNN, GARRETT A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,001.32 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZEMINSKI, ALAN H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,001.30 | Date 02/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETEY, PHILIP G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,000.90 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERNIAK, ADRIENNE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,000.78 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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