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 LIPPERT, CLARENCE K, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,306.75 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, KATHERINE A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $83,306.44 | Date 08/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, MARILYN Y | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $83,306.31 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, CLARENCE J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,306.21 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, ANTHONY | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,305.66 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPOLO, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,305.41 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEATES, MICHAEL S | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $83,305.37 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, ALICE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,305.16 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASTIRAS, JAMES C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,304.74 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, HUGO M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,304.72 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNDT, JOHN T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,304.70 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALDECANTOS, DAVID V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,304.52 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROWAK, DAVID P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,304.00 | Date 01/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITIS, DIMITRIOS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,303.46 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, ELAINE H | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $83,302.61 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYSON, AUDREY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,302.26 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE CRAFT, MARY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,301.62 | Date 12/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, KAREN M | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $83,301.62 | Date 12/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURNIER, ELLEN G | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $83,301.45 | Date 04/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEENSTRA, STUART W | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $83,300.98 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, VARUGHESE K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,300.81 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, PATRICIA | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $83,299.82 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TAMMY LYNN | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,299.71 | Date 06/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, BRENNAN D | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $83,299.11 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNIZZO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $83,298.94 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIRINO, DONALD L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,298.82 | Date 04/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, TODD H | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $83,298.04 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, GEORGE W | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $83,298.00 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOSEE, ALFRED E, JR | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $83,297.53 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARIEL | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $83,296.83 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SINO | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,295.73 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WURTZ, DAVID L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $83,295.71 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, SHANNON L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,295.33 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, MICHAEL B | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $83,294.90 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BRUTTO, ROBERT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,294.86 | Date 10/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXAM, DENNIS M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,294.74 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, RICHARD L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,294.25 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANACORE, JERRY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,293.07 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDE, MICHEAL A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,292.63 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, JOHN K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,292.38 | Date 09/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LATASHA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,292.34 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEACE, MICHELLE R | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, PENNY A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRANDOLA, LISA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 06/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, SUZANNE C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIA, ANNA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 02/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DOROTHY E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERNO, ROSEMARY F | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EVA T NILSSON | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,291.77 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AURIA, STEPHANIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,291.46 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUIMET, GREG J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,290.97 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDY, MARK E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $83,290.75 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JALISA D | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,290.63 | Date 08/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, VEROLD K | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $83,290.58 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANO, JUDY | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $83,290.49 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMASCIO, DANIELLE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,290.38 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, HECTOR J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $83,290.16 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPRACHT, LAURI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,289.62 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXTED, ANGELA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,289.23 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEACH, MELODY A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $83,288.81 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFERY, KEITH T | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $83,288.54 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLITTI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,288.01 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, CLIFFORD J | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $83,287.42 | Date 07/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECUYER, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,287.19 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABAZE, BELGE B | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $83,287.03 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALOTTO, SAMANTHA R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,286.16 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PASQUALE, MARK R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $83,285.34 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, ERIN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,285.06 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, FRANCISCO R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,284.92 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRAGGE, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $83,284.37 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, WELLINGTON | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,283.31 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEREWECKI, KRISTEN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,282.45 | Date 07/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PNIEWSKI, HEATHER M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,281.60 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISNAUTH, SHARMAINE N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,281.33 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPI, GLENN C | Employer name Massapequa Bd of Water Commis | Amount $83,281.23 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTMAN, RUTH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,280.80 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISACONE, KRISTIE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,280.60 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, EDWARD M | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,280.59 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUTFI, JEFFREY | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $83,280.47 | Date 01/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUE, MAUREEN C | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,280.31 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIHL, PAUL J | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $83,279.07 | Date 02/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINEEN, DANIEL S | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $83,277.31 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, KENNETH G | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $83,276.98 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUZOWICZ, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $83,276.64 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $83,276.22 | Date 10/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTELA, LINDA I | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,275.86 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, CHERYL K | Employer name Albany County | Amount $83,275.37 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, THOMAS D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $83,275.15 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBEN, PATRICIA L | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $83,275.01 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNNIP, MARK A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,274.55 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, MATTHEW L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $83,273.86 | Date 09/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETTIE, ROGER C | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $83,273.62 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISIEWICZ, KEVIN J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,273.45 | Date 10/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENS, OLGA | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $83,272.22 | Date 10/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL P, III | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,271.96 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, STEVEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,271.45 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTO, KEVIN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,271.44 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWENDER, GARY S | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $83,271.23 | Date 02/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, CARLOS M, JR | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $83,271.04 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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