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 SCHMITT, JAMES P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,961.26 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Sag Harbor | Amount $85,960.54 | Date 06/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, JEAN K | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $85,960.48 | Date 07/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKARD, KEITH R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,960.24 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDAUF, ALEXANDER C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,959.93 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYE, JEFFREY P | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $85,959.32 | Date 01/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,959.14 | Date 08/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, TANYA L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $85,959.11 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DEREK M | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $85,958.79 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE-LYGA, KATHERINE E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $85,957.84 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, MATTHEW K | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,957.51 | Date 10/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADERHOLD, GERALD R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $85,957.38 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEINBAUM, ALFRED W | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $85,957.35 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATHANSON, REBECCA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,956.76 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVRIGATA, NICHOLAS F | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $85,955.98 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIKUPURATHU, LISY J | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $85,955.50 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLVAIN, ROSELYN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,955.39 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, DAVID A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $85,954.91 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, PETER S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $85,954.87 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, RAYMOND F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $85,954.71 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, ANTHONY | Employer name Warren County | Amount $85,954.43 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZA, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,954.37 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALSTYNE, DEAN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $85,952.80 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEORDIO, JANET A | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $85,952.42 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, JAMES | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $85,951.83 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSH, LARRY P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $85,951.53 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAN, BHUPINDER S | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $85,951.11 | Date 02/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, BRIAN S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $85,950.27 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, ANDREA S | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $85,950.18 | Date 02/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEEZER, JESSE L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $85,950.15 | Date 12/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCO, BARBARA A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $85,949.52 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, CHARLENE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,949.38 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, KEITH E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $85,948.48 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHIN-CHU JEAN | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $85,947.56 | Date 01/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYLES, KAREN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,947.52 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTANZA, PHILIP R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,947.50 | Date 09/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, ANTHONY | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $85,946.71 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, LISA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,945.90 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUTHER, JAY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $85,945.84 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELSKY, TODD | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $85,945.43 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANCHOR, REBECCA E | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $85,944.96 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUMME, JENNIFER V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,944.43 | Date 12/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDZINSKI, KAREN G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,943.94 | Date 06/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLAND, JOHN P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $85,943.14 | Date 01/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEAT, SAMSON A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,942.73 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTINO, CATHERINE R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,942.66 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, JOSEPH L | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $85,941.18 | Date 12/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MARK | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $85,940.94 | Date 10/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERGEANT, TREVOR W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $85,940.39 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, CATHERINE S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $85,940.10 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTONDO, PAUL K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,940.10 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, JOSE A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $85,940.09 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $85,939.93 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, DAVID M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,939.83 | Date 03/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,939.65 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOWES, RUSSELL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,939.57 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCKMAN, MARY M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $85,938.81 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDRIG, BARBARA L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,938.73 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FHAGEN, BRIDGET E | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $85,938.58 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEIDNER, NANCY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $85,938.33 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMMATO, JOSEPH B | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $85,937.82 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMER, ROBERT L | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $85,937.67 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROETTA, JOHN W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,937.18 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, ERIC J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $85,934.78 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HADJSTYLIANOS, JASON Z | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $85,934.73 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALBOREZ, RUBEN A | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $85,933.71 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCKELL, JONATHAN S | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $85,932.80 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZGER, THOMAS | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $85,931.94 | Date 10/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, ANTHONY A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $85,931.67 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, JANET E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,931.51 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, QUN | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,931.35 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, C ELIZABETH | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,931.24 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAINE, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $85,931.21 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWE, STEPHEN A | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $85,931.20 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, GUY F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,930.92 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DONOVAN M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $85,930.52 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, GEORGE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $85,930.34 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, LISA B | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $85,929.04 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGEROPLOS, DONNA C | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $85,929.00 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, JOHN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,928.70 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHADWELL, AARON T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,926.94 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSKOPF, HERBERT G | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $85,926.88 | Date 12/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLICANE, STEPHEN R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,926.41 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDA, DANIEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,926.12 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWSOME, DARRYL L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $85,925.72 | Date 06/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROLITO, PAUL A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $85,925.63 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, ARDREY S | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $85,925.48 | Date 09/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMANN, PAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,925.48 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, BEVAN C | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $85,925.42 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNING, JACQUELINE | Employer name Shelter Island UFSD | Amount $85,925.11 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMANN, PETER P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,924.94 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, KRISTIN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,924.85 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACENO, MICHAEL G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $85,924.14 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLMAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,923.97 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOON, JEFFREY K | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $85,923.54 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, REENA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,923.45 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOURTELLOT, JAY N | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $85,923.39 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKMAN, RONALD R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,922.95 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETZ, ROBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,922.47 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTH, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Barnard Fire District | Amount $85,922.32 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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