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 HARRIS, TANA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,137.15 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, EDWARD M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,137.00 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, SARA B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,136.16 | Date 06/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $83,135.82 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCHENSKI, MELISSA S | Employer name Lt Governor's Executive Office | Amount $83,135.68 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDDIC, JAMES E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,135.57 | Date 01/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE-ARRINGTON, SANDRA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,135.25 | Date 12/13/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCEY, KAREN E | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $83,135.16 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, RENEE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $83,135.03 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRICO, KELLY M | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $83,134.92 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KABAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,134.48 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, JOHN S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,133.48 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WORMER, CLINTON W | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $83,133.42 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINO, THOMAS P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,133.03 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JOAN M | Employer name Baldwin Public Library | Amount $83,132.62 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROF, DIANE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,132.60 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWCZARCZAK, DANIEL E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,132.14 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLASSO, MARK A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $83,132.14 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAGE, RICHARD L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,131.81 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALL, JESSE A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,131.74 | Date 07/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HACSI, ROSEMARIE H | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,130.27 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRECKEL, ROBERT S | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $83,129.73 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENISON, DOUGLAS H | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $83,129.63 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNHART, GEORGE W | Employer name Nesconset Fire District | Amount $83,129.62 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIM, KANEEZA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,129.58 | Date 02/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, CHARLES L | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $83,129.54 | Date 09/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKARIS, GEORGE A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,129.33 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANDRO, JAMES | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $83,129.29 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITONYI, ZINAB P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,129.11 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, REBECCA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,128.31 | Date 08/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELMONTE, CARRIE B | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $83,128.22 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPARICIO, LAUREN M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $83,128.22 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLO, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,128.05 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMULA, MAUREEN K | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $83,127.49 | Date 12/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGLIO, MARY E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $83,126.67 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULSON-STEVENSON, JOANNE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $83,126.40 | Date 08/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, THOMAS S | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $83,126.16 | Date 12/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANTONE, CLAUDIA | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $83,126.16 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LOUIS C, JR | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $83,125.48 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAHUMCK, TAMMY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $83,124.40 | Date 12/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMER, JEREMY T | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $83,124.36 | Date 07/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CATHERINE | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $83,123.96 | Date 09/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLE, DAVID G | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $83,123.59 | Date 04/29/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, BARBARA W | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,123.46 | Date 12/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSONS, DEBORAH J | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $83,122.28 | Date 01/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGAN, PATRICK T | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $83,122.06 | Date 03/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, DIANA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $83,120.97 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRONE, RIMA A | Employer name Albany County Airport Authorit | Amount $83,120.86 | Date 05/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORMS, GORDON A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $83,120.41 | Date 09/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIS, NICOLE A | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $83,120.27 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, YVETTE T | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $83,119.95 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKETT, DAMON R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,119.78 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUNDY, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $83,119.56 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REFERMAT, JAMES F | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $83,119.36 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, PETER | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $83,118.46 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUBUSCH, SHAWN L | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $83,116.93 | Date 12/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, ANDREW E | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,116.90 | Date 12/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, SUZANNE T | Employer name Springs UFSD of East Hampton | Amount $83,116.83 | Date 03/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKAUS, ADAM M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,116.66 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANNING, THOMAS H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,116.29 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRIQUEZ, MIKE S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,115.89 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JENNIFER A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,115.84 | Date 12/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, SUN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $83,115.36 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRADLIN, GLORIA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,115.03 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, AMY F | Employer name Beekmantown CSD | Amount $83,114.06 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNDAGE, MARK A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $83,113.91 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, JOHN P | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $83,113.06 | Date 02/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEDFORD, MICHAEL P | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $83,112.75 | Date 11/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVAGNI, ANN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,112.58 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, PAUL F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,112.51 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBINE, ROYCE C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $83,112.12 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, CRAIG J | Employer name Malverne UFSD | Amount $83,111.93 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIOGUARDI, KRISTIN A | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $83,111.89 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSSER, EZRA S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $83,111.73 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOSE, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,111.58 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EADEROSO, KATHLEEN T | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $83,111.53 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARK R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $83,111.25 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, KEITH R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,111.14 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEM, JUDITH A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,111.10 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, MEL L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $83,111.02 | Date 04/12/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, ROBYN D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,110.99 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, LAURICE A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,110.99 | Date 01/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUSZKA, JENNIFER M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,110.49 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, SCOTT C | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $83,110.23 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAIN, GREGORY L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,109.85 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, CARMEN L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,109.09 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSBURY, TAMMY L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $83,109.07 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, JASON T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,109.05 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONANNO, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $83,108.43 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, KIMBERLY | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $83,108.12 | Date 07/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKOWSKI, DEANA L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $83,107.63 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFIERI, DEBRA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,107.31 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFLORIO, JEAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,106.32 | Date 02/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARASH, JOHN | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,106.13 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, THOMAS G | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,105.87 | Date 10/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINICOZZI, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $83,105.83 | Date 07/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIFFANY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,105.58 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORAWSKI, VANESSA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,105.43 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICHI, ERIC M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $83,105.33 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, DENI V | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $83,105.31 | Date 04/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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