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 KIDNEY, LORRAINE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $83,877.69 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STECHER, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $83,876.83 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, JERRI L | Employer name Boces-Ham'Tn Fulton Montgomery | Amount $83,875.98 | Date 10/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONO, CAROL C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,875.95 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DER WERFF, LEBERTUS | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,875.30 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENFER, DERWIN L | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,874.93 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESTINA, TELSON J | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $83,874.89 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PATRICK F | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $83,874.86 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT RICE, BRENDA V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,874.70 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGOS-WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER S | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $83,874.05 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL, LEO M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,873.69 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $83,873.49 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, EDWARD G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,873.27 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTTILE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $83,873.25 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORCEL, LOUIS | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,873.16 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTS, KEITH | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $83,872.76 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,872.44 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANTA, JEANNE M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $83,872.38 | Date 10/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENEFICK, RAYMOND F | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $83,872.38 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUQUETTE, MARGUERITE C | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $83,872.38 | Date 01/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEHMLER, ELIZABETH | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $83,872.38 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLONKA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,871.79 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, FLORENCE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,871.09 | Date 07/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALADINO, PAUL F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $83,870.99 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEISING, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $83,870.94 | Date 12/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOK, DONNA L | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNETTS, PAUL D | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, CHARLES H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 12/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBACH, WENDY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, DAVID T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASZCZUK, BRYAN D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRZCINSKI, MARY E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, FRANK E, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 03/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZCI, STEPHEN E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 01/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSLAND, SCOTT D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 05/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, CONSTANCE B | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $83,870.73 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $83,870.21 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ASHLEY M | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $83,870.06 | Date 11/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEELEY, BRIAN J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,869.93 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATARO, FRANK J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,869.29 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,868.51 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, KEVIN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,868.00 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODROW, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $83,867.61 | Date 02/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOXWORTH, LAUREN L | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $83,867.51 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JASON C | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $83,867.33 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTEZ, RAFAEL S | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $83,866.69 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACE, ERWIN P | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $83,866.42 | Date 06/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAITY, KAREN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,866.28 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $83,865.24 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GARY L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,864.20 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORRY, DANIELLE H | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,864.16 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN C | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $83,863.87 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVENPORT, ADOLFO A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,863.83 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, JONATHAN D | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $83,862.59 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOOMIS, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,861.54 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CLUE, CAROL C | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $83,860.66 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLER, JOEL T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,860.32 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, ANTHONY M | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $83,859.94 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDO, JEAN-MARIE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,859.85 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNASTAS, DENNIS J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,858.04 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHAS, THOMAS R | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $83,857.86 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $83,857.02 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, MARGARET LEWIS | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,856.32 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, NILSA E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,856.00 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, JOAN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,855.90 | Date 10/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JAMES R | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $83,855.75 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMANN, BARBARA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $83,855.35 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLERS, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,855.28 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTFIELD, STEWART A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $83,854.11 | Date 08/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSLIN, NICOLE M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,853.93 | Date 05/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, CHERYL K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,853.92 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MICHAEL W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $83,853.73 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WULFFRAAT, ARNOLD T | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $83,853.30 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MARY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $83,852.74 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEY, THOMAS M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $83,852.06 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLUG, JACQUELINE P | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $83,851.97 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUARSHIE, STEVE | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $83,851.79 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURIEL-COOPER, EVELYN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $83,851.65 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIRE, PATRICE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,851.07 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZI, MARIA K | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,851.06 | Date 05/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELO, MICHAEL M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,850.90 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, BARBARA E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,850.73 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPRA, SAMUEL D | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $83,850.37 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WARREN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,850.17 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGERETTA, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $83,849.88 | Date 11/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,849.81 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DEAN F | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,849.58 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAM, WILBERT L | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $83,849.20 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARD, DAVIN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,849.09 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARCHWELL, NADJA P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,849.00 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SARNO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,848.95 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, CARL W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,848.84 | Date 08/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALMER, DANIEL J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $83,848.83 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANEYFIELD, FRANCISCA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,848.44 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, ANU | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,848.32 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $83,848.05 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CHARLES E | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $83,847.70 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, JASON A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,847.46 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INCANTALUPO, JOHN F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,847.22 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSKAT, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,847.19 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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