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 BENTLEY, DAVID W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,187.46 | Date 02/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTWRIGHT, KEVIN P | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $84,186.59 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEWEY, PAULA J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $84,186.51 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, KAYLA M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $84,185.75 | Date 02/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, EMILY W | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $84,185.50 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, ELLEN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,184.17 | Date 02/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRUILL, RAY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,183.53 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLOWAY, VANESSA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $84,183.09 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ALYZIA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,183.04 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEER, TONI M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,182.97 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAVEY, EDWARD J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,182.80 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, JOHN W | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $84,182.71 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMITRANO, NOREEN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,182.50 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDAY, MARIE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,182.50 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, KATHRYN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,182.50 | Date 02/24/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL-VINSKI, BARBARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,182.50 | Date 11/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, GREGORY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,182.50 | Date 07/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, JAMES D | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $84,182.48 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, MELISSA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,182.44 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KVERNES, GRETHE B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $84,182.26 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, AMANDA L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $84,182.01 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKLAND, RHONDA | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $84,181.66 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKARD, MICHAEL N | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $84,180.99 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $84,180.55 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFMANN, JASON A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $84,180.53 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUN, ANDREW J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,180.46 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPE, LAURA M | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $84,180.42 | Date 07/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUI, KIT PING TAMMY | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $84,180.37 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $84,180.36 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDIN, JASON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,180.11 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JONATHAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,180.10 | Date 09/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CHAD T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,179.97 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOOMHOWER, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $84,179.28 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LONG, KRISTEN L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,178.83 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, ELENA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $84,178.81 | Date 01/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDDY, MARK P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $84,178.40 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA ROE, HENRY N | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $84,178.31 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLUS, COLLEEN T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,178.01 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKHTAR, SAEED | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $84,177.82 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROEGER, THOMAS C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,177.62 | Date 04/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANELLI, FRANK A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $84,177.48 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, JASON R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $84,177.36 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, LORETTA | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $84,176.61 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNEY, DONNA M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,176.49 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, GEORGE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $84,176.13 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROFERA, CHRISTINE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $84,175.83 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSULLIVAN, CARRIE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,175.70 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, SAJI M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,174.54 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUKA, SUZANNE P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,173.87 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAINHART, LAURIE VARRONE | Employer name Albany County | Amount $84,172.87 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTOWICZ, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $84,172.08 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAPUS-GEORGE, DANIELLE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,172.05 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, TRACY L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $84,171.63 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSE, FRANK F | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $84,171.26 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONDELLA, GREGORY J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,170.96 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LYDIA P | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $84,170.71 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SUSSY JOSEPH | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $84,170.59 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCANTARA, CARLOS J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $84,170.39 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, IVETTE | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $84,170.28 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANCZYK, DONALD E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,169.36 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATHRYN L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,169.22 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, SHAUN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,168.85 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, JOHN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,168.70 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGLUND, BETSY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,168.55 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROGER D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,168.25 | Date 11/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLIN, CLEOPHAUS | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $84,167.81 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPAGEORGIOU, ONA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,167.71 | Date 03/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASQUITH, VERNON E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,167.55 | Date 03/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ROBERT E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,167.55 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, ERIN BRENNA C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,167.51 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELESE, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $84,167.20 | Date 01/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASCIANDARO, RONALD F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,167.20 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMON, TODD J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,166.38 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POKRZYWKA, HEATHER A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,166.31 | Date 08/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAGO, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $84,165.89 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, SARAH A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $84,165.81 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WILLIAM P | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $84,165.81 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, ANN C | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $84,165.81 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEETS, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $84,165.81 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $84,165.81 | Date 10/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONER, CAMILLE G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,164.89 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEPHIRIN, JAMES J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $84,164.83 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIONE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,164.32 | Date 10/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRILLI, EMANUEL | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $84,164.29 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARKEY, KURIAKOSE E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $84,163.98 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKAR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,163.77 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITNER, BRIAN | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $84,163.04 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSGANG, MARK | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $84,162.30 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANSLER, BRYAN H | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $84,162.16 | Date 06/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATO-LEE, ALISON | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $84,162.03 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, LANA J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,161.63 | Date 05/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUS, NATHAN W | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $84,159.41 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, CHRIS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,159.40 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGUSKI, EVA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,159.40 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPP, BRIAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,159.40 | Date 01/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, FRANK E, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $84,159.15 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, RODNEY J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $84,158.59 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTIMURRO, MARGARET M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $84,158.32 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, DANIEL | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $84,158.12 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, SERGIO | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $84,157.66 | Date 01/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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