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 KLEINSMITH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $83,478.64 | Date 03/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONLEY, JULIE K | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $83,478.62 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOSEPH B | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,478.53 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESSETTE, ERIC M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,477.69 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, WENDY S | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $83,476.80 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALECKI, MARK A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,476.73 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, KATHY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,476.39 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORCHARD, STEVEN M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,476.21 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, KAREN L | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $83,476.16 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGIOTTA, DOMINICK A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,475.96 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUG, JAMIE W | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $83,475.20 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADRYNA, DONALD K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,474.72 | Date 07/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDITTO, MICHAEL A | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $83,474.37 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFA, ANTHONY | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $83,474.36 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, MARK E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,474.33 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,473.44 | Date 03/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JASON S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,473.26 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEFFT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $83,471.19 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRINO, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $83,471.06 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, BRIAN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,471.03 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,470.67 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMIANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,470.61 | Date 06/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASILLO, JEFFREY M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $83,470.58 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZINSKI, CAROL E | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $83,470.14 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUDAIN, SHARON Y | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $83,469.94 | Date 07/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAB, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $83,469.00 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, IRVIN L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $83,468.90 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, MATTHEW M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $83,468.55 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINSON, JAMES R, SR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $83,468.14 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINES, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,467.35 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTROY, TEDDY C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,466.90 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORSKI, STEVEN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $83,466.72 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,466.43 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINTARELLI, CRAIG A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,465.10 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACHEN, THOMAS J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $83,464.68 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEPEDINO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $83,464.17 | Date 01/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHINO, DIANA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,463.47 | Date 10/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALACE, ELIZABETH T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,463.42 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZEN, SAMARA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,463.37 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, ANDREW J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $83,462.59 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, DIANE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,462.18 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, SALVATORE P | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,461.17 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, REGINA L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,460.34 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,460.24 | Date 08/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, FRANKLIN | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $83,459.80 | Date 11/14/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, DAVID J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $83,459.76 | Date 05/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, SEAN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,459.60 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLI, STEPHEN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,459.46 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, VANESSA N | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,458.72 | Date 09/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, STEVE A | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $83,458.60 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEFALU, DENISE | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $83,458.30 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, LISSY P | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $83,458.26 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, VERONICA J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,457.93 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIS-LEWIS, NICOLE K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,457.57 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROKER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILI, SANTO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 01/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGAN, JENNIFER M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 04/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, MANUEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 11/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCIANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 02/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREEDY, JOHN S | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 05/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONNELL, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, RICHARD W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDASH, ELIZABETH | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, DANIEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,457.52 | Date 06/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAROVIC, MEXO | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $83,456.90 | Date 09/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIL, KAREN L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $83,456.77 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORETTI, ROBERT L | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $83,456.26 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, VINCENT B | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,455.99 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAYE, BETH | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $83,455.56 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDILE, VINCENT V | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $83,455.10 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANNAPIECO, EILEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,454.99 | Date 10/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARPEY, MICHELLE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,454.79 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, STEPHEN V | Employer name Kenmore Housing Authority | Amount $83,454.54 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUSER, THERESA C | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $83,454.28 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABOIS, VICTOR L | Employer name Elmont Fire District | Amount $83,454.25 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEEL, DONALD B | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,454.22 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNHAM, ROBERT E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,453.72 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIVARNIK, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,453.46 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE-NEHIKHARE, GRACE A | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $83,452.85 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDELARIO, JOSE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,452.64 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, OLIVIA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,452.27 | Date 03/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUEVAS, CHARLES P | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,452.16 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEERWARTH, KATHLEEN BETH | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,452.11 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILSTRAP, LYNSON, III | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $83,452.07 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ADAM J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,451.84 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MATTHEW C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,451.10 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, WAYNE M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,450.44 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABUREKHANLEN, VERONICA I | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,450.04 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $83,449.80 | Date 08/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLARINO, JOHN J | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $83,449.78 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORO, JULIO A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $83,449.56 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACARILLA, FRANK E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $83,449.37 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAUL B | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $83,449.01 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLATO, SHEILA M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $83,448.94 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RONALD A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,448.84 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GITTENS, ROSE ANN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,448.68 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNON, KEVIN B | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $83,448.16 | Date 12/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CARLOS H, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,448.05 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, MARTIN A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,447.18 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, PETER E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,446.75 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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