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 HAEFNER, WILLIAM L, JR | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $83,163.84 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHANNA B | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $83,163.77 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,163.54 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, GERALDINE | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $83,162.94 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARZYNSKI, JERZY | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $83,162.84 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, TONIA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,162.49 | Date 07/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, JEFFREY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $83,161.17 | Date 11/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, KAREN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,161.10 | Date 05/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNNY, KEISHA L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,160.85 | Date 04/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKS, GERALD | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,160.84 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISS, STEFANIE J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $83,160.78 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURKOWSKI, CYNTHIA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,160.45 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIENCKOWSKI, ERIC D | Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment | Amount $83,160.29 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKKLESON, MARTHA J | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $83,159.92 | Date 01/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVIER, STEVEN J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $83,159.84 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MARCO, DAMON M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,159.79 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAPANZANO, DANIEL G | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $83,159.78 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUENAU, LISA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $83,159.36 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTOWN, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,158.95 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECK, KARYN A | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $83,158.95 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JOSHUA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,158.91 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARVA A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,158.88 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANO, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $83,158.86 | Date 06/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDES, DAVID S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,158.81 | Date 12/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINCOLN, ROGER J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,157.55 | Date 11/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $83,157.48 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, KEVIN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,156.44 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, STANLEY R | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,155.35 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDER, HAZEL A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,155.02 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACINO, EMANUELE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,155.01 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $83,154.75 | Date 11/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICHON, JILLIAN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,154.67 | Date 02/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAKE, SUZANNE M | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $83,154.02 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JEREMY D | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $83,153.40 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, WILLIAM B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,153.12 | Date 01/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNEY, RUTH E | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $83,153.08 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, PAUL R | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $83,152.79 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASS, DAVID W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,152.25 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GE, YAHONG | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $83,152.02 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMCIAM, OLIVER B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,151.97 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANCE, KEVIN | Employer name Broome County | Amount $83,151.37 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, JOBY | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,151.28 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWCZYK, KIM M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,151.25 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DANIEL R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,151.00 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDOVAL, TRACY E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,150.84 | Date 08/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, LUIS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,150.72 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, THOMAS M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,150.28 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $83,149.48 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASARI, UMA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,149.40 | Date 10/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPTON, ROBERT A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,148.64 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUCK, KHRISTIE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,148.57 | Date 03/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJKA, JAMES L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $83,147.84 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, CHRISTINA E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,147.72 | Date 07/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERMINI, DONNA M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $83,147.70 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLVE, MARISA E | Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment | Amount $83,147.29 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-FRANCOIS, DANIELLE G | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $83,146.89 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, JAMES N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $83,145.40 | Date 09/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMARTIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $83,145.25 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMJOHN, MOHAMED S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,145.22 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDE, BRIAN G | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $83,145.11 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEDER, NANETTE | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $83,144.39 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRKLER, KELLY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLACK-BEAN, DEBORAH | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTON, MICHELINA C | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, BRADFORD D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASWELL-HOUSER, DANA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 02/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, THOMAS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, JOANNE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRY, PETER M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 07/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MICHAEL S | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REPSHER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, AMANDA C | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXISA, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ANTHONY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNIGAN, BRENDAN P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURIGA, SANDRA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALGANA, ALAN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,144.12 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, LISA E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,143.91 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNN, GARY D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,143.57 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, KEVIN M | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $83,142.52 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SALLE, NICOLE M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $83,142.15 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, REGINA A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,142.06 | Date 03/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, CHAO | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,141.92 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBREY, MARK E | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $83,141.54 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSO, VINCENT | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,140.81 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, LAURA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $83,140.79 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDERHAN, RYAN | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $83,140.17 | Date 03/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, PENELOPE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $83,140.06 | Date 12/07/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,140.03 | Date 12/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, JEFFREY R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,139.98 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCURI, PHILIP A | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $83,139.95 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PATRICK A J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $83,139.52 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, STEPHANIE M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $83,139.18 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRIATCH, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $83,139.07 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUYLER, EDMUND J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,138.01 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ-GELLYS, LISSETTE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,137.69 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, MAUREEN H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,137.50 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, MICHAEL M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $83,137.36 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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