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 LOHR, FREDERICK J, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,412.90 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPOSITOR, BRIAN D | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $84,412.63 | Date 07/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TED J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $84,412.39 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, DIANE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,412.04 | Date 05/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYENNE, KEVIN F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $84,411.57 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPION, PATRICK P | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $84,411.53 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARY ELLEN B | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $84,411.53 | Date 08/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENLON, MICHAEL L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,411.03 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDOCK, KEITH M | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $84,411.03 | Date 08/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLER, KRISTY L | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $84,410.71 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATSALOS, KRISTINA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,410.36 | Date 08/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, DANIEL K | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $84,410.34 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, PATRINA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,410.29 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLETT, MAUREEN T | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,410.23 | Date 03/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RADO, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $84,410.21 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, RICHARD V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,409.82 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, DAVID R | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $84,409.71 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, CHARLES I | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $84,409.66 | Date 12/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, KELVIN G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $84,409.64 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNEY, ERNEST J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,409.49 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZE, ERIKA W | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $84,409.19 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUSHEE, RUTH L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,408.43 | Date 08/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENE, JEAN E | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $84,408.41 | Date 03/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRAFFENBERGER, TODD R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,407.72 | Date 02/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMLIN, ANN F | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $84,407.57 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVIS, MARIE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,407.32 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANSDALE, WILLIAM G | Employer name Village of Lancaster | Amount $84,407.17 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKOWITZ, BARRY | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $84,406.75 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROZZO, FRANK | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $84,406.73 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRK, THOMAS M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMOULIS, GERASIMOS | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKEY, ALYSSA W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEUERWALD, AMY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTISTE, LYNDA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, CHRISTOPHER O | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, TOBIAS A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEY, DAVID | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 09/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALZO, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 06/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HANNELORE F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, DEBRA S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TRISHIA P | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $84,406.59 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DETTA, MARK J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,406.58 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, CHERYL L | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $84,406.50 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, KEVIN R | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $84,406.48 | Date 10/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBBO, ROBERT | Employer name Jericho Fire District | Amount $84,406.28 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEISHMAN, GARY M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,404.44 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, BRIAN M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $84,404.27 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIESSER, JEROMIE H | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $84,404.16 | Date 03/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, KEITH J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $84,404.16 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKPOWSKI, MARC J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $84,404.16 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCETTA-PUGH, TERESA | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $84,403.75 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,403.62 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MERCEDES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,403.33 | Date 02/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWITT, KEITH A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $84,403.26 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBNER, CINDI L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,402.69 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISSER, SARAH E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,402.40 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUA, YEHUI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,402.09 | Date 03/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNENBAUM, ILANA J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,401.94 | Date 01/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, FAITH E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,401.27 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, JAMES R | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,400.70 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ROBERT E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $84,400.70 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, HEATHER F | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $84,400.53 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, NATALIA D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,400.20 | Date 02/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BRICE, MARGARETH G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,398.78 | Date 09/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZEJNAR, MICHAEL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,398.77 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIO, CAROL M | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $84,397.84 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYTAN, ERNEST J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $84,397.56 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,397.34 | Date 11/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEMBERA, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,397.20 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARMAN, KEVIN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,396.44 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLESINSKI, DEBORAH L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,396.15 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATELLA, SALVATORE F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,396.05 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, PAUL V | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,395.50 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASSENA, BOBBIE JO | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,395.09 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALACHOS, MARY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,394.97 | Date 08/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERINS, KEVIN T | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $84,394.62 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, MARCIA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,394.18 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, LISA S | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $84,393.92 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MANUEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,393.83 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TARA E | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $84,393.70 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, DALE H | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $84,393.60 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUILLACE, JOHN A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $84,393.46 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, JAMES P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $84,393.44 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDIGO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,393.35 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, SCOTT L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $84,393.10 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGAJ, LISA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,392.54 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, SHANE T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,392.28 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDAS, PAMELA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,392.20 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPISI, JOHN V | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $84,392.00 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILPOTT, RANDY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,391.88 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ANTHONY D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $84,391.71 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLARTE, MANUEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,391.44 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIELGASZ, KENNETH M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,390.14 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGELL, ERIC H | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $84,389.91 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, RYAN C | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $84,389.57 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLICK, SANDRA J | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $84,388.72 | Date 11/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESOLA, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,388.41 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMANN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $84,387.08 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, NANCY YANAN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,386.79 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIFIRO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $84,386.75 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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