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 HALE, JAMES C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $85,422.07 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMO, JOHN H | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $85,421.56 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZURLNICK, STEVEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,421.23 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, SHELIA F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,421.05 | Date 09/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZAK, MARY L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,420.84 | Date 01/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUMA, MARGUERITE L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $85,420.41 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, MARC J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $85,420.25 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, VINCENT J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,420.16 | Date 04/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTODARO, DIANA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,420.14 | Date 06/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMBLE-SANTOS, DULCINEA E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $85,419.89 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLACK, JEFFREY K | Employer name Greene County Swcd | Amount $85,419.74 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROZZA, FRANK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,419.70 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDSON, NATHAN A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $85,419.16 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLATT, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,418.89 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COX, DEBORAH A | Employer name Essex County | Amount $85,418.77 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHSE, NELSON J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,418.16 | Date 04/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXSMITH, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $85,418.15 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLBAECHER, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $85,418.15 | Date 08/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINEGAN, SHANNON D | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $85,415.98 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, TODD C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $85,415.91 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKOLO, CHUKS L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,415.33 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, CHARLES J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $85,415.13 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, JAMES C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $85,414.70 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARB, JACK F | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $85,413.87 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILB, VALERIE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,413.65 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $85,413.17 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANKAY, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,413.08 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, VILMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,413.07 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, LESLIE-ANN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $85,412.98 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABRIZIO, KAREN L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,412.28 | Date 03/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, ALICE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $85,411.96 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, SUSAN M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $85,411.96 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $85,411.96 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAWAY, DONALD E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $85,410.44 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, JAMES J | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $85,409.93 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLCOX, JOHN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,409.93 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADT, BRYAN B | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,409.52 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, DAVID P | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $85,408.95 | Date 11/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRON, LEONDO R | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $85,407.78 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, ANDREW | Employer name Blind Brook-Rye UFSD | Amount $85,407.31 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, MARIANNA H P | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $85,406.80 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, KEVIN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $85,406.65 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,405.51 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MELINDA A | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $85,405.16 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOGAN, SHANNA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $85,404.91 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGHANENU, NGOZI O | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $85,404.44 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER FEANE, ROBIN L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $85,404.37 | Date 12/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADEKOSKI, DAVID J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $85,403.93 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEISING, LINDA K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,402.89 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUZSMAN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,402.49 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPPE, KEVIN F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,402.45 | Date 12/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO MEDICO, JACK V | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,402.18 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUSDA, JARROD D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $85,401.88 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEGNER, MARK D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $85,401.04 | Date 06/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPERITO, DONNA LEE M | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $85,400.87 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, DANIEL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,400.84 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, JAMES T, III | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $85,400.78 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CODY J | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $85,400.37 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DABB, MARYBETH E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,399.73 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCA, LEA T | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $85,399.02 | Date 08/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, JENNIFER R | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $85,397.02 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, STEVEN W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,396.62 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, JANET D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,396.40 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAUGHTER, JOSHUA P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,396.40 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIGERWALD, ALLEN F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $85,395.92 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULEA, PETER C | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $85,395.33 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROADNAX, JONATHAN D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,395.32 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, JAMES D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,395.24 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACIA, JUAN D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,395.21 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, KYLEE A | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $85,395.15 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, KIMBERLEE A | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $85,394.78 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDLIN, TAMIKA M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $85,394.27 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHERE, SCOTT M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $85,393.55 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, LIZA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,393.43 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, SEAN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,393.40 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, LAUREN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,393.08 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SARAMMA G | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $85,392.84 | Date 12/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, LISA J | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $85,392.78 | Date 10/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSECRANS, BRYAN D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $85,392.24 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, SCOTT W | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $85,392.23 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, LAURIE B | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $85,392.22 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CAROL M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $85,391.47 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, JOSHUA E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $85,390.90 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEY, JAIME L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,390.66 | Date 06/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $85,390.54 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORGIONE, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,390.45 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, LOVELIN C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $85,390.44 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELCAREK, ADAM P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $85,389.38 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ERIN L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,388.68 | Date 07/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, RESHMA M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $85,388.57 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLMEIER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $85,388.18 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, YAN-JUN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,388.13 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARRETT, TRACY M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $85,387.01 | Date 06/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, THOMAS E, II | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $85,386.92 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, BRUCE P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $85,386.55 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUZZI, GEORGE P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,386.53 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, RENE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,386.52 | Date 12/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, STEPHANIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,386.49 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATTOLO, FRANK L | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $85,386.40 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORKE, PATRICK C | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $85,386.40 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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