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 SPARNO, MARY T | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,037.66 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JACOB | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,037.64 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JANIS A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $83,037.00 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONKERS, DEIDRE M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $83,036.03 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, ROGER L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $83,035.43 | Date 06/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTING, ERNEST R, JR | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $83,035.40 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, ROSS G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,035.15 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, ERIC R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,034.81 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFFLEY, KAREN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,034.80 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLISI, JOHN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,034.68 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, DONNA F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,034.64 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, J C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,034.08 | Date 04/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAFUNDI, MICHAEL C | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,033.83 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, AUDREY | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,033.72 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $83,033.71 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDERER, THOEODORE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,033.66 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEALE, MICHELLE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,033.50 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, CHANNON O | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $83,033.11 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ANGELA G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,032.14 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, PRIESTLY, III | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $83,031.59 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHIONE, PAUL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,031.26 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, TERESA E | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $83,031.12 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, BROOKS A | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $83,030.60 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,030.53 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LEROY D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $83,030.45 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENEY, BASIL W | Employer name Village of Canton | Amount $83,030.01 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEZEK, JOHN A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,029.64 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,029.57 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $83,028.86 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, BRIAN V | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,028.37 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZORRA, PATRICIA | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $83,028.09 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, ERICA C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,027.80 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, GREGORY R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,027.51 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESINGER, MAXWELL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,027.20 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOVGREN, MUREL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,026.11 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEQUEIRA, ALEXANDER W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $83,025.88 | Date 08/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROENING, DARRYL G | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,025.72 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FERRAN, SEAN F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELL'ANGELO, CATHERINE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 10/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, JOANNE L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISZKA, PAUL F | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSIER, MARK P | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEITH, JOANNE F | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, EILEEN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISGRO, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MAUREEN E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 06/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRES, SHEILA D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 09/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIK, PATRICIA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,025.62 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUEVAS, ELIESER | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,025.40 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, JONATHON D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $83,024.90 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, TAYWANDA T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,024.58 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCASIO, RAYMOND | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $83,024.07 | Date 02/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSELL, HEIDI | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,021.91 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTENO, JAMES J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,021.91 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINS, SHADAI M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,021.89 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, PATRICK D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,021.53 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, DEIDRE M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $83,021.46 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, HOLLY A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,021.45 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $83,021.37 | Date 05/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, CRISTINA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,021.10 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, MARK A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,020.86 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, DANIEL H | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $83,020.63 | Date 12/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PETER D | Employer name Highland CSD | Amount $83,020.11 | Date 04/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, CHRIS | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $83,019.91 | Date 03/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUDEH, MAZEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,019.10 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSO, JAMES S | Employer name Town of Lloyd | Amount $83,019.04 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHANDEL, RICHARD D, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,018.97 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, BARBARA J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,018.67 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, JOHN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,018.38 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DONNA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,017.88 | Date 01/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, JOANNE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,017.78 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,017.78 | Date 01/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKES, THERESA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,017.47 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKHART, ALICE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,016.89 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRI, CHRISTINA B | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,016.88 | Date 08/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, ANNETTE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,016.21 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIBOUL, CARLENE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,015.66 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ELIZABETH C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,015.30 | Date 11/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENENKO, TARAS N | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,015.20 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAPENNA, LISA | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,015.18 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, HABBY N, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,013.88 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTESE, NANCY D | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $83,013.69 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORICI, KENNETH M | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $83,013.06 | Date 02/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARAGNA, SUZANNE L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,011.54 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFIELD, JACQUELINE L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,010.80 | Date 04/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESPERANCE, BENJAMIN B | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $83,010.78 | Date 05/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAUCI, MICHAEL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,010.75 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONSERRATE, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $83,010.75 | Date 07/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, KENNETH O | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $83,010.60 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SFORZA, ROBERT E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $83,010.20 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, PAUL M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,010.20 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARELLA, LEONARD T, III | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $83,010.13 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SALA, EDITH C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,010.02 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DAWN E M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,009.60 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENT, FRED E | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $83,009.57 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIANO, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $83,009.55 | Date 10/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIAMONTE, TATIANA | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,009.14 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LHERISSON, MARIE H | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $83,008.86 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPHARDT, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,008.21 | Date 09/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, MARILYN J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $83,007.78 | Date 07/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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