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 KASTNER, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,673.67 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, BENJAMIN E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,673.67 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, KEITH W | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $83,673.20 | Date 06/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, MICHAEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,672.70 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALINAR, VALERIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,672.50 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINER, JAMES E | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $83,672.31 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERING, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,672.23 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, YINGZI | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,671.96 | Date 07/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEINMAN, CORY S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,671.45 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BRIAN | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $83,671.34 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, FRANK R, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,671.04 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOZZI, ANTHONY G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,671.04 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, JULIE A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $83,670.89 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERKER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $83,670.38 | Date 10/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISS, ADAM B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,670.35 | Date 12/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, NADINE A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $83,669.87 | Date 03/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, BRIAN T | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $83,669.81 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOBIN, JUSTIN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,669.40 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN-RUIZ, BEATRIZ | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $83,669.28 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, MARY N | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $83,668.81 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,668.26 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, MARSHA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,666.98 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANSKY, CLINT S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,666.93 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, PETER P, II | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $83,666.09 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LISA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,665.77 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLINGIERI, JOHN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,665.00 | Date 09/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALBERT, CONSTANCE E | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,664.83 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNAVA, MARY C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,664.80 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, DAVID H | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $83,664.51 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, KATHE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,664.15 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGE, MARSHA A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,663.95 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, MARK A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,663.80 | Date 02/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JAMES P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,663.75 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTS, KYLE D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $83,663.72 | Date 07/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, MAURA I | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,663.49 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, NELSON W, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,663.45 | Date 05/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZAGUIRRE, ANTONIO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $83,663.40 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHL, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,663.34 | Date 06/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERTT, MARK E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,662.80 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, KEVIN G | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $83,661.98 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOERNER, NADINE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,661.90 | Date 06/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURRANT, NAEKEMMA L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,661.65 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELSMOORTEL, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $83,661.40 | Date 02/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEVE, BRET M | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $83,661.37 | Date 02/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEPP, SUSAN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,660.89 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLY, YVETTE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,660.00 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMMELL, MARK E | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $83,659.87 | Date 04/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN A, II | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $83,659.83 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTED, NICOLE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,659.60 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKHART, ALLISON L | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $83,659.58 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $83,659.02 | Date 03/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKARITKA, MATTHEW J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,658.60 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELISON, WILLIAM G, JR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,658.51 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, RICHARD A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,658.33 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTON, CHARLES E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,658.29 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPAGE, HELEN E | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $83,657.89 | Date 12/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, TIMOTHY F | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $83,657.57 | Date 02/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASSILIEV, DMITRI | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,657.43 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRILLHART, MARY F | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $83,656.64 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINDFLEISCH, PATRICK M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,656.51 | Date 03/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, LU | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,656.09 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $83,655.69 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPEW, GERALD K | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $83,655.45 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARGETT, JOHN J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,655.35 | Date 11/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $83,654.17 | Date 11/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEGGIERO, CHARLES A | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $83,654.01 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHLKE, NATHANIEL M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,653.12 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, TESSIE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,652.80 | Date 03/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMOND, RAYMOND B, JR | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $83,652.41 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGDE, SUDHANVA S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,651.24 | Date 07/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIGNO, JOSEPH M, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,651.14 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, GINA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,650.86 | Date 08/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ALFRED | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $83,650.58 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARCHACK, KAREN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,649.85 | Date 12/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARGE, GARY R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,649.29 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, MAXINE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,648.81 | Date 12/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, RICARDO S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,648.67 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, WILLIAM D | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $83,648.62 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTO, JAVIER | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,647.98 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, AMY K | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $83,647.84 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MICHAEL D | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $83,647.46 | Date 06/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROFETTA, LARRY C | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $83,646.88 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, RONALD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,646.84 | Date 12/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYKULA, RICHARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,646.17 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,645.98 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNORR, VICTORIA V | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,645.98 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DANIEL M, JR | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $83,644.89 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $83,644.63 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALLERO, MARIA V | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $83,643.91 | Date 11/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGENHARDT, RICHARD | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,643.80 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUSANO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $83,643.40 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVELAS, LORELIE K | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $83,642.90 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, JANET S | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Amount $83,642.78 | Date 06/27/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORETO, THOMAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,641.97 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, ANAND | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,641.45 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAEDER, KAREN L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,640.59 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUYTER, LEE F | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $83,640.50 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GURNEY, ROBERT L | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $83,640.09 | Date 10/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFARELLI, DONALD T, JR | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $83,639.33 | Date 06/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, KATRINA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,639.23 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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