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 CHENG, EDWARD | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $83,007.70 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLSO, SHARON | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $83,007.05 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROESSENREUTHER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,006.90 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, BONNIE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,006.78 | Date 10/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,006.07 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTO, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,005.59 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JOSE J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,005.27 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETER, JASON E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,004.99 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,004.98 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENS, CARI A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,004.36 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMMER, JENNIFER | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,003.97 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROM, KEVIN G | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,003.17 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,002.83 | Date 04/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARASCE, RICHARD J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $83,002.42 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKAN, BRIAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, GAIL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMMARESE, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JOHN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERMET, DEBORAH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIT, CASSANDRA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,002.10 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELL, ETHAN A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,001.61 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILLS, LINDA M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,001.52 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, RICHARD A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,000.53 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTELEONE, DAVID C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,000.34 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIERI, KEVIN | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,000.23 | Date 02/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLENHORST, WERNER S | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $82,999.69 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, MICHAEL F, III | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $82,999.50 | Date 04/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRAVANO, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $82,999.30 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISK, TODD A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $82,999.03 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLETO, DONALD J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,998.73 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEHNER, ADAM S | Employer name Oyster Bay Sewer District | Amount $82,998.48 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLMER, DIANE | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $82,998.38 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMEK, JASON L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,998.30 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIOVANNI, PAUL M | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $82,997.04 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARO, ALLYSON S | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,996.83 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TREVOR M | Employer name Huntington Fire District | Amount $82,996.71 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBART, GREGORY J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,996.64 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURIANO, MARGARET A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $82,996.56 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHN, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $82,996.51 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELISLE, STEPHANIE R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,995.65 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLO, APRIL | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $82,995.13 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNALONGA, LOUIS A | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $82,995.03 | Date 10/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO-JONES, MARTA I | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,994.93 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDA, MARK S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,994.86 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCBRIDE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $82,994.70 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, DALE P | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $82,993.85 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENINCASA, REGINA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,993.79 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOM, SASHA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $82,993.47 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUR, DEVINDER | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $82,992.84 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHR, EILEEN M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $82,992.46 | Date 05/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUAN, DAVID | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,992.46 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLVIO, JAMES M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $82,992.37 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, REBECCA A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $82,992.35 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,992.15 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSMANN, LAURA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,991.48 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULE, DANIEL | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,991.23 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSKI, BRIAN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,990.40 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDINO, COLEEN M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $82,990.09 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESTERHAGEN, JOHN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,989.69 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, DEAN R | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $82,989.46 | Date 05/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $82,989.01 | Date 03/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERKAS, ANGELA G | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,988.77 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLVIN, DANIEL F | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $82,988.70 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROVITO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $82,988.56 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, RYAN G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $82,988.44 | Date 02/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IACHIO, KENNETH D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,988.05 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOURGAULT, KELLY | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $82,987.64 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, MATTHEW D | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $82,987.59 | Date 09/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOW, MARY E | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $82,987.36 | Date 09/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $82,986.77 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVASTANO, DIANA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,986.53 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JEFFREY L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $82,986.30 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENAGLIA, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $82,985.56 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIDERT, BRIAN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,985.34 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUSYSZYN, ANNE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,985.10 | Date 05/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFNAGEL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,984.54 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DALE A, JR | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $82,983.70 | Date 02/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, ROBERT E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,983.56 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,983.11 | Date 04/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, JOHN D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,982.84 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALACZ, BARBARA L | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $82,981.92 | Date 07/07/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROSKI, RAYMOND E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $82,980.87 | Date 05/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, NANCY L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $82,980.57 | Date 01/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUOFF, PATRICIA A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $82,979.73 | Date 05/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESLER, BRYAN R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,979.68 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GEORGE J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $82,979.48 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULINSKI, ALAN B | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $82,979.15 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAMMER, RAYMOND R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,978.95 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, JENNIFER | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,978.94 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTER, ERIK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,978.32 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, JUDITH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,978.22 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTO, JAMES M | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $82,978.12 | Date 10/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBOZA, TAKEISHA Y | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,978.10 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIERZWA, MIROSLAW | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $82,977.89 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAMES D | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $82,977.71 | Date 05/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, PATRICIA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $82,977.40 | Date 08/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, JERROD P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,977.28 | Date 05/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, MONICA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,977.28 | Date 03/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVERITTE, KENNETH M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $82,977.14 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULAHAN, NANCY J | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $82,976.86 | Date 08/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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