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 OH, JENNIFER K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,105.13 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $83,104.97 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURZ, JOANNE L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $83,104.92 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,104.40 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEARNS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $83,103.61 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING-MOECK, SANDRA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,103.52 | Date 01/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, DANIELLE D | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $83,103.27 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,103.13 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSEY, JAMES M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,101.79 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, ERIK T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,101.55 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNISE, DANIEL J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $83,101.30 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALIERI, WILLIAM M | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $83,100.88 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOKER, RICHARD T | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $83,100.82 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, MICHAEL M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,100.67 | Date 02/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCIAL, RICHARD L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,100.03 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, THOMAS G | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,099.88 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURPURA, JOHN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,098.90 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUBA, REGINA M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $83,098.73 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFF, ERIC W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,098.70 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RONALD | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,097.91 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENTZ, DENISE E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,097.14 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, GLENROY E | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $83,097.01 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ANGELA M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $83,095.01 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESGRAVIERS, HAROLD | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $83,094.58 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVANEVA, IRINA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,094.45 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, ANTONIO J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,094.45 | Date 08/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRENT R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,093.57 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDVUKAJ, KOLA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,093.54 | Date 03/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUN, MYUNG H | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $83,093.16 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMONDO, ANN | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $83,092.33 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOUGHTER, JOHN D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,091.03 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNO, CARA S | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $83,090.84 | Date 11/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUTATO, RICHARD A | Employer name Port Jefferson UFSD | Amount $83,090.78 | Date 08/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTWRIGHT, ADAM L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,090.24 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN GELDER, SUSAN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,090.23 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEZEY-WREDE, PATRICIA H | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,089.77 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREW, RAYMOND | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,089.57 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALLY, KEVIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,088.60 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEICK, JULIA M | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $83,088.28 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, SUSAN C | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $83,088.25 | Date 06/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANI, STEVEN J | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $83,088.25 | Date 12/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, KELLY D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,087.80 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITCZAK, CATHERINE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,087.76 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONSAKER, ROSEMARIE V | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,087.72 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DEE, JOHN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,087.15 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, VINCENT E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,087.09 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, JENNIFER L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,086.95 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIANNINO, JOHN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $83,086.73 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONETTA, ADAM J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,086.12 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARZABEK, ROBERT P | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $83,086.10 | Date 02/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTRACANE, REBECCA A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,085.69 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTELLARO, CHARLES | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $83,085.23 | Date 07/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,085.01 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, RICHARD M | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $83,084.08 | Date 05/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, BERT T, III | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $83,082.37 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, KENNETH L | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,082.36 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURRAY, EDWARD C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,080.35 | Date 02/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLVER, PATRICK J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $83,079.30 | Date 05/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $83,079.15 | Date 02/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURAF, STEVEN W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $83,079.04 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.99 | Date 04/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVINE, DONALD T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.90 | Date 10/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUSAN A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.89 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDRETH, MICHELE R, MRS | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.82 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, J THOMAS | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.80 | Date 07/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUGLE, KENNETH M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.79 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASPER, JON A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.77 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLIVAN, MARY K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.77 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNEY, KENNETH E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,078.76 | Date 11/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNE, ROBERT L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,077.64 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECHENAYA, GALINA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,077.40 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAL, PIERRE | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $83,076.92 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, BRYAN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,076.53 | Date 07/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GODREAU, SUSAN E | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $83,076.46 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SECK, NDEYE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,076.06 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, RENALD | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,075.81 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERON, CLARETTE E | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $83,075.74 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, KESS-ANN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,075.70 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ROBERT | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $83,075.09 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, IRENE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,074.66 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, JEANNE M | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $83,074.36 | Date 09/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALBANO, ANGELA F | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,074.23 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELOTTI, MARIAN | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $83,074.00 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEIER, KEVIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,072.72 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARD, BRIAN F | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $83,072.70 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JACQUELINE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,072.39 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNIS, DONNA J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,072.22 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZKER, ERIK | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,070.46 | Date 12/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ALEXANDER | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $83,070.29 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, ROGER W, JR | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,070.24 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORDEMANN, HOWARD R, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,070.21 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,070.09 | Date 03/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-GRAVANDA, SHIRLEY J | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $83,069.75 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERILL, JOHN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,069.46 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATEWELL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $83,068.90 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ELIZABETH | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $83,068.26 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, SHAUN D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $83,068.25 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $83,068.22 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALKINS, JONI S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,068.20 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPILLO, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $83,067.60 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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