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 SULLIVAN, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $84,157.58 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRATNER, JESSICA S | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $84,157.44 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, WILLIAM L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,157.11 | Date 07/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, DAMION W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,156.95 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, JANIQUE S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,155.68 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANESE, JOANN V | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $84,155.68 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTOLA, ANNA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,155.61 | Date 04/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, PEGGY J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $84,154.54 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAMOURS, VALANCIA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,154.48 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFUND, CHARLES D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $84,154.44 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTON, PATRICK M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,154.43 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, MARY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,153.83 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROENEMAN, KOURTNEY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,153.58 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTAN, SHARMILA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,153.16 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIMPINELLA, RICHARD A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $84,152.85 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, SUZANNE | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $84,152.81 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVEY, CARLA A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,152.78 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SCOT D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,152.63 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOURDON, JASON A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $84,152.52 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAHUCKI, BRIAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $84,152.01 | Date 06/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, RUSSELL C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,151.74 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, JOSE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $84,151.70 | Date 12/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, RENEE L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $84,151.00 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $84,150.91 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MELISSA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,150.74 | Date 03/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, GREGORY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,150.59 | Date 07/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, WILLIAM G | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $84,150.52 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGLAIS, JENNIFER L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,150.46 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, ROBERT J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $84,150.36 | Date 01/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLINA, MAMITA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,150.04 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUPKE, ROBERT W | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $84,150.03 | Date 04/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATERA, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,149.54 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, SYLVIA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,149.48 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,149.35 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAILOR, DANA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,148.44 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEHLE, PETER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,147.33 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, CASSANDRA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $84,147.01 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEALLY, MARIA P | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $84,146.73 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, KENNETH S, SR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $84,146.48 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAURIN-ASHLEY, FELICIA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,146.46 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, JEAN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,145.06 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZE, WINNIE W | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,144.71 | Date 01/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNEY, STEVEN E | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $84,144.59 | Date 08/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDLE, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $84,144.53 | Date 07/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, LEO T, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,144.48 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTON, DANIEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,144.48 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,144.48 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ESTHER D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $84,144.37 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, LAURA J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,144.03 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOROWSKI, JASON M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $84,143.81 | Date 08/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPAL, QUDUS A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $84,143.71 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, DINO M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,143.71 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVSYUK, MICHAEL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,142.87 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, ANGELA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,142.82 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, LAURA A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $84,141.71 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONK, THOMAS J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,141.60 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANCOWITZ, RICHARD B | Employer name Assembly: Annual Legislative | Amount $84,141.24 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, DARRICK T | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $84,140.19 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAKAS, DENNIS T | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $84,139.88 | Date 07/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERNEWSKY, ANDREW J | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $84,139.65 | Date 02/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENO, ROBERT J | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $84,138.86 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLL, MARGARET E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,138.65 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, SISKA J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $84,138.38 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIN, DENNIS | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $84,138.13 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEASLIP, MICHELLE A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $84,137.97 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, LISA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $84,137.74 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNDLOV, DEBORAH A | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $84,137.56 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, RICHARD P | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $84,137.54 | Date 01/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, ARTHUR J | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $84,137.40 | Date 01/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVEY, NANCY H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,136.61 | Date 06/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEPKE, PAUL S | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $84,136.23 | Date 01/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DETTE, PHILIP A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $84,136.14 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDOZ, ELSY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,135.46 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGALITE, PIERRE J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $84,134.96 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, SOTONYE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,134.81 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EVELYN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.43 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, LORI B | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.42 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINT, MICHAELA L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.42 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSLINGER, ESTHER M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.41 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEROSKY, ANDREA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.41 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURVES, SCOTT R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.40 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANA, CINDY A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.39 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INNOCENT-CHERUBIN, YVES A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.39 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARDEN, TERESA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.38 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, STEVEN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.38 | Date 02/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OHANA, DEBORAH J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.37 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, LYNNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,134.34 | Date 01/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, RICHARD B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $84,133.83 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPP, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,133.81 | Date 08/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLAND, PATRICIA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,132.35 | Date 05/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ANTOINETTE D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,132.34 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUCCI, MARIA T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,132.29 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLING, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $84,131.61 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, SCOTT T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,131.47 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGIULO, LINDA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $84,131.28 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVET, ANDREW D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $84,130.88 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, STEVEN A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $84,130.67 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O DONNELL, MARTIN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $84,130.15 | Date 02/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $84,130.00 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALD, JOHN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,129.96 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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