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 JACQUES, JENNIFER M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,629.57 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, CAROLINE A | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $84,628.84 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREZELO, PAUL E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $84,628.34 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,627.67 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANHEIM, BRANDON S | Employer name Village of Cayuga Heights | Amount $84,627.54 | Date 05/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGLUND, ERIC T | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $84,627.26 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTI, GARY M, JR | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,626.92 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIELE, INGE A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $84,626.73 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, BROOKE B | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $84,626.20 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, GREGORY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,626.00 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DIANE P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,626.00 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERZPWTOWSKI, SUSAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,626.00 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, MARK T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $84,625.98 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRAKIS, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,625.81 | Date 07/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, ANTONIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,625.74 | Date 03/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, AZALIA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,625.57 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTERLANDI, MARIA T | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $84,625.38 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $84,625.30 | Date 12/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELL, MARY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,625.00 | Date 08/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JAMES P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $84,624.80 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVIELLO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $84,624.78 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURILLO, SHIRLEY M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $84,624.69 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $84,623.22 | Date 05/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELDEN-HARRINGTON, GAIL | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $84,623.05 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALTESE, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $84,622.32 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRIZIO, DIANE | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $84,622.30 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARCKHAM, PETER B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,622.00 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOPPA, CHARLESE | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $84,621.84 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHNIK, HENRY J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $84,621.53 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, LORI C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $84,620.33 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARCY, RYAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,620.00 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, PAUL D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $84,619.83 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, TIFFANY R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,619.81 | Date 05/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARAZONA, CARLOS | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $84,618.78 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, TODD J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,618.58 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $84,618.48 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAINU, JASON R | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $84,618.21 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAGREE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,617.68 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, THOMAS V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,617.58 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,616.92 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON-DOWNS, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,616.86 | Date 12/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,616.42 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, STEPHEN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,616.29 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, WENDY J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,615.73 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, JAMIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,615.16 | Date 05/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIORELLO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,615.08 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKOWSKI, MARY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,614.17 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, ROSALYN V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,613.33 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COKER, MEGAN A | Employer name Lake George CSD | Amount $84,613.28 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, JOHN E | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,612.59 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IHRKE, DANIEL L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,612.57 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, MARSHALL T | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $84,612.19 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, HILLAUN S | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $84,612.11 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEBBINS, KEVIN W | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $84,611.37 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIELLI, JUNE A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $84,611.33 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTWOOD, PABLO L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $84,611.29 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NETH, JOHN R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $84,611.06 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, HEATH H | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $84,611.00 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, BRYAN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,610.89 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, DOREEN M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $84,610.73 | Date 02/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERTEL, TIFFANY C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,610.50 | Date 11/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULOTTA, STEVE | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,610.37 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUOPPOLI, LAUREN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,610.09 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $84,608.50 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANACORE, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,608.06 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUFIELD, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,607.38 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORDIGLIA, VIRGINIA E | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $84,607.02 | Date 04/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGWILLIAMS, ANITA M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $84,607.02 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, COLIN P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,606.60 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSERMAN, JANET M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,606.55 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGIO, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,606.35 | Date 08/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALOMONE, MIRCO | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $84,605.91 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGGESHALL, LANCE | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $84,605.34 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, DAWN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $84,605.17 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEER, JEFFREY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $84,604.81 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DIANE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,604.26 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, DAVID M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,604.16 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, PATRICK Q | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $84,604.12 | Date 12/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULBOURNE-BROWN, SHARON M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $84,601.92 | Date 11/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKWAY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $84,601.92 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACANTI, PEGGY L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $84,601.10 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEODORE, JAMES E, JR | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $84,600.90 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WICK, JENNIFER P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,600.69 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,600.55 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, THOMAS R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $84,600.02 | Date 09/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELE, JOHN T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,599.76 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTONOW, MARK A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $84,598.33 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDOLPH, JOHN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,597.65 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, PATRICIA K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,596.97 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GMEREK, RICHARD L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $84,596.95 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALYSA, JULIE M | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $84,596.70 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $84,596.68 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, CHRISTENE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,596.30 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, LIONEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,596.28 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZEBIELUCHA, PAMELA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,594.89 | Date 03/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLAFUERTE, JORGE T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,594.42 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, BRIAN E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,594.17 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORMUTH, ELLEN J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,593.89 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEY, THOMAS E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $84,593.00 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MODELEWSKI, LEONARD P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,592.73 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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