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 DARLING, THOMAS J, II | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,300.97 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, MARK A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $84,300.54 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $84,299.47 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFREY, NANCY | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $84,298.99 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HAGEN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,298.24 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNISZKIEWICZ, DANIELA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,298.07 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, PETER J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,297.87 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, LEONETTA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,297.86 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, RITA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,297.77 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELEY, GREGORY T | Employer name Warren County | Amount $84,297.62 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINLICKY, KELLY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,297.52 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, EDWARD J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $84,297.46 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-RIORDON, MICHAELE | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $84,297.17 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RODNEY Q | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $84,296.96 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRELL, JOHN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $84,296.88 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OOMMEN, SYBIL A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,296.74 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL-KNASICK, DARREN K | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $84,296.13 | Date 12/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, JOSEPH M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,296.07 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBRETTI, CARMINE N | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $84,295.69 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWELL, ELLEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,295.57 | Date 05/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, JOSHUA A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $84,295.17 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SUNI B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,295.11 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, ROSEMARIE C | Employer name Village of Sagaponack | Amount $84,294.81 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, RITA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,294.14 | Date 04/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, DANIEL F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,293.96 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, SHYLA P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,293.58 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, SUSAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,293.51 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, KATHLEEN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,293.50 | Date 12/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, THOMAS L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,293.35 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR, MATTHEW T | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $84,293.33 | Date 11/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINICK, GAYLE F | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $84,293.09 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DES GAINES, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $84,292.55 | Date 03/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTON, JODI D | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $84,292.51 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NAPOLI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $84,292.08 | Date 06/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, NICOLE M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $84,291.92 | Date 11/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMARATA, RUSSELL J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $84,291.92 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBITT, DAWN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,291.75 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDARA, ANDREA D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,291.48 | Date 05/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYNIHAN, PATRICIA L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $84,291.17 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUARANTA, ANTHONY R | Employer name Owego Apalachin CSD | Amount $84,290.79 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Town of Canandaigua | Amount $84,290.28 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHERMEL, GERHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,290.27 | Date 09/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHASEL, MICHELE L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $84,289.83 | Date 04/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JULIO C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $84,289.77 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, CLAYTON C | Employer name Town of Woodstock | Amount $84,289.68 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KETTERER, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,289.28 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, BRADLEY J | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $84,287.96 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRZYMALA, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $84,287.58 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCLEOD, VICTOR L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,287.34 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIF, JOSEPH C, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,286.89 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRELLA, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $84,286.88 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, JEFFREY G, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $84,286.85 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTIERI, VINCENT | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $84,286.45 | Date 06/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTORTI, TODD J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $84,286.41 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES PHILLIPS, VENESIA E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $84,286.20 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRIESSEN, BRIGITTE E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $84,285.84 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,285.30 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARTIN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $84,284.56 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, JAMES R | Employer name Village of Warwick | Amount $84,284.20 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAWLEY, CHERYL S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $84,284.09 | Date 07/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, CHARLES R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,283.14 | Date 11/04/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,283.10 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCUZZO, RAFFAELE | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $84,282.93 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, ALICIA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $84,282.88 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, BRADLEY J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $84,282.15 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PALMA, KAREN A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $84,282.05 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, KAREN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,281.80 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ERIK H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,281.60 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFIELD, CHRISTINA P | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,281.58 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLINGS, LORNA E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $84,281.57 | Date 07/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, MITCHELL L | Employer name Village of Whitesboro | Amount $84,281.45 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERVILLE, BARBARA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,281.20 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, RICHARD A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,280.69 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERONDEL, JASON R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,280.61 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, BRETT M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,280.28 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILL, SCOTT D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,280.06 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, CATHERINE P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $84,279.94 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, CHRIS | Employer name Village of Mount Morris | Amount $84,279.52 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURIN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $84,279.25 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ARTHUR A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $84,279.01 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, CRYSTAL L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,278.92 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, WEI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,278.86 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBIN, BARRY D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,278.81 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, STEVEN L | Employer name Village of Plandome | Amount $84,277.46 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALVIN T | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,277.29 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $84,277.12 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, FRED | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,277.04 | Date 11/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOO, WING Y | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $84,277.00 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIORI, AISHA L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $84,276.87 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGADE, AMIT A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,276.75 | Date 05/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZIR, MIAN Z | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,276.73 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,276.50 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, MARY E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,276.07 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUMP, STACEY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,275.94 | Date 04/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, RUSSELL P | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,275.78 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, LA-SHONDA V | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $84,275.51 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSA, JOHN C | Employer name Albany Port District Commiss | Amount $84,275.50 | Date 11/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURCRAY, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $84,275.41 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DONALD W, II | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $84,275.36 | Date 12/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, TINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,274.96 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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