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 SCUDERI, ROBERT G | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,638.60 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROZENSKI, STANLEY V | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,637.53 | Date 03/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DAVID R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $83,636.58 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWITZER, SUSAN C | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $83,636.29 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAFICANTE, WILLIAM R, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,635.77 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER, CARL W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,635.53 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, DEMETRIUS | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $83,635.27 | Date 11/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCOBONO, MICHAEL F | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $83,634.96 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA, SUONG D | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $83,634.74 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVADUKE, JOHN W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,634.41 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHEY, SUSAN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,634.22 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MERIS S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,634.22 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREYER, SCOTT R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $83,633.80 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JONATHAN C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $83,633.53 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEARON, ANGELA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,633.33 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYDEN, RICHARD T | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $83,632.49 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DAVID M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $83,632.46 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, SHAWNDA R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,631.71 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, ALLISON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,631.26 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURBIN, CARI L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $83,630.30 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDELL, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,629.70 | Date 12/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSA, EDWARD G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,628.41 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JAMES W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,627.61 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGG BATTISTI, SHARON D | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $83,627.03 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCHUSKY, GEORGE A, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,626.56 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, CHAD R A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,625.64 | Date 07/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMANOWITZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $83,625.03 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, JAMES H | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $83,624.97 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER-EDWARDS, EDNA L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,624.91 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, RICHARD C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,624.21 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELWIG, GREGORY A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,623.06 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSAINT, JEFFREY W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,622.98 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, NICHOLAS A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $83,622.71 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, VERNON | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,622.48 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAUGH, MARC R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,622.48 | Date 12/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARAONE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $83,622.39 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIVHANS, CLARENCE, JR | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $83,622.24 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMON, DONALD F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,621.76 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAZO, FRANCIS C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,621.72 | Date 11/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDER, DANIEL G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,621.48 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, GERALD M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,621.12 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID T | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,620.86 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIARITY, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,620.26 | Date 03/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIALECKI, KATHLEEN T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,620.04 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESCA, RICHARD T | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $83,619.87 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSZAJ, MELANIE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,619.85 | Date 02/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULINO, SUZANNE | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $83,618.31 | Date 11/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, LESLIE A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $83,618.14 | Date 05/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STECKER, KIMBERLY C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,617.37 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON KNOBLAUCH, KARL | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,617.15 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHOFFIN, BRIAN E | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $83,617.03 | Date 07/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAIO, JAMES G | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $83,616.72 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEBER, MATTHEW S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,616.53 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN ORDEN, MELISSA | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,616.42 | Date 06/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANGBURN, KARA L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,616.08 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKAI, CHRISTINE F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,616.06 | Date 01/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAU, MICHAEL E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $83,616.03 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, VICTOR A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,615.94 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHYNES, MASON | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $83,615.81 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA MONICA, ANTHONY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,615.75 | Date 08/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATILUS, ALAN J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,615.31 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEURS, LEE R | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $83,614.81 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $83,614.52 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUESDELL, KARL R, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,614.04 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,613.84 | Date 11/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZZELL, STEPHENIE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $83,612.77 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMSKI, ROBERT R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,612.69 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, THOMAS C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,611.77 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEMANN, WENDY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,611.56 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, JAMES H | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $83,611.33 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPINO, JOHN A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $83,611.10 | Date 02/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SARAH J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,610.93 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, JAMES J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,610.60 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARDO, PAMELA R | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $83,610.37 | Date 04/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, ESTEBAN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,610.25 | Date 10/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBURN, GREGORY A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $83,609.80 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ANEITA P | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $83,609.69 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRBOVICH, KAREN J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,609.53 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALUZZI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,609.37 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICO, THOMAS W | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $83,609.09 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARIELLO, JOHN J, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $83,608.91 | Date 03/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROPEA, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,608.79 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCK, KATHLEEN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,608.69 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAX, JAMES J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,608.65 | Date 08/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, DERRICK | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $83,608.35 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUDITU, MARY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,608.18 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, PARIS T | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $83,608.14 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, THOMAS R | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $83,607.56 | Date 09/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURROUGHS, KENNETH E | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $83,606.32 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, DEBRA F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,606.30 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGENER, AMY K | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $83,606.11 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY PETIOTE, MURIEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,605.85 | Date 06/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAYMAN, JEFFREY T | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,605.60 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, PAUL G | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $83,605.53 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $83,605.49 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACALONE, ANTONIO S | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $83,604.94 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARRUSSO, KATHLEEN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,604.86 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJO, CHAD B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,604.29 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEIDIG, JOSHUA M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,604.14 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, CHUN TOK | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,604.13 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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