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 ROSS, KELLEE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,386.32 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, SHARON L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $85,386.31 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY-GERVAIS, KATHY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,386.14 | Date 11/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HEUSEN, MATTHEW W | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $85,385.72 | Date 02/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, EARL E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $85,385.24 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSOON, MILTON | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,385.24 | Date 09/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, DAWN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,385.23 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, DESTINY | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $85,384.99 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $85,384.90 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,384.70 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,384.56 | Date 02/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JULIO, GREGORY J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $85,384.39 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, BRADY A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $85,384.30 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANI, JOHN | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $85,384.06 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGEL, PAUL A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,383.91 | Date 02/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILACQUA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,383.43 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, BRENDAN M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $85,383.21 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTESON, DIANE L | Employer name Boces-Otsego Northern Catskill | Amount $85,383.08 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLAUCKAS, EDIE S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,382.80 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUZEL, JEAN S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,382.80 | Date 05/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, VICTORIA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,382.80 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNELL, SANDRA L | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $85,382.13 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, CAROLE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,382.09 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JEFFREY C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,382.02 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, LINO A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,381.98 | Date 12/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLBROCK, KELLY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,381.58 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KEVIN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $85,381.54 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,381.51 | Date 05/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKKY, ERIC W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,380.80 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGUEGLIA, CATERINA P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $85,380.46 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, THOMAS P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,379.78 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ANGELA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,379.78 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUGHEED, DONNA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,379.54 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVRE, ROBERT S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $85,379.40 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, WILLIAM | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $85,379.39 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, DARIO A | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $85,379.39 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, MARK K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,379.35 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WROBEL, WALTER S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,379.27 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, TINA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,378.48 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSAH, SAMUEL O | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $85,378.07 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, KYLE J | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $85,378.02 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, DOUGLAS JAMES | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $85,378.00 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICALIZZI, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $85,377.82 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, COLETTE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $85,377.39 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, JOSE | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $85,377.14 | Date 02/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, RIVA S | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $85,377.01 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTHAUSEN, WILLIAM A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,376.53 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAFF, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $85,376.23 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITT, JOHN B | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $85,375.53 | Date 04/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARNEY, DONNA M | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $85,375.47 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEVALE, RYAN C | Employer name Broome County | Amount $85,375.46 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, KEVIN A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,375.11 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, ERIC B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $85,374.63 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLINA, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,373.89 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATHER, CAROL L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $85,373.81 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIVELLA, ALEXANDRA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,373.21 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, LISA M | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $85,373.12 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCIVENGO, TOBY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,372.87 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, DANIEL E | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $85,372.01 | Date 10/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,371.63 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALETEL, STACEY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,371.37 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY, NADIA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,371.06 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINKOWSKI, DANIEL D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $85,370.91 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, KATHLEEN K | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $85,370.88 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBARE, MOSES A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,369.72 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MARA L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $85,369.19 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MICHAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $85,369.07 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTIGLIONE, JOHN P | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $85,369.00 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, BARBARA L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $85,369.00 | Date 02/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGES-WARREN, ELOISE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $85,368.94 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORGIANNI, STEPHEN R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $85,368.91 | Date 11/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COONS, CHRISTINE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,368.74 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, ROBERT C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,368.74 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, ROBERT | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $85,368.48 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHSE, ROBERT W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,368.30 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUSENMEYER, DANIEL V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,368.16 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, LEETHA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $85,368.13 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, RODERICK | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $85,368.07 | Date 09/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPANO, JOSEPH G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,368.01 | Date 05/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLENICK, AMY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,367.92 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, LEE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,367.61 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KANE, PETER J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,367.35 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, GEORGE D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $85,367.27 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, TODD | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $85,367.16 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, CAROL A | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $85,367.16 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVEIRO, MICHAEL | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,367.05 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ANGELA J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $85,366.49 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEIKATA, ADAM R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $85,366.35 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, ROBERTO C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $85,365.53 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, ASHIF | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,365.44 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, DONNA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,365.35 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROGER B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,364.79 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $85,364.63 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELLY, DONNA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $85,364.23 | Date 03/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIOLKO, MARK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,363.71 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMINO, SHAUN T | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $85,363.66 | Date 08/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, MARY E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,362.94 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGLEY, ALBERT F | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,362.58 | Date 06/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JEFFREY G | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,362.54 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMER, EVAN R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $85,362.29 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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