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 LE FORT, JEREMY D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $82,598.46 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, MICHAEL C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,598.40 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRANCHUK, MARY ANNE C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,598.37 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABBIE, THOMAS M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $82,598.30 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,598.12 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, ANNE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,597.95 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $82,597.78 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,597.61 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $82,596.96 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, ROBERT R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,596.88 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, JOHN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $82,596.64 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHBURN, REGINALD D, JR | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $82,595.47 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, MICHELLE P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $82,595.19 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IABONI, ROSEMARY L | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $82,595.18 | Date 12/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLES, ANDREW L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,594.40 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, GARY M | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $82,594.36 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTH, ANTHONY G | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,593.96 | Date 03/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, PATRICK, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,593.90 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DWYER, COLIN W | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $82,593.33 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARVER, WILLIE J, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $82,592.75 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGOIRE, KEITH E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $82,592.56 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENTZ, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $82,592.36 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ELLEN H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,592.34 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TULLIO, KENDRA L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $82,591.56 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, BRIAN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,591.12 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MAUREEN E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,590.83 | Date 02/27/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, VINCENT P | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $82,590.49 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKAL, ANNA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,589.47 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRATTON, ERICA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,588.89 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPECHT, GEORGE R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $82,588.64 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARBOURNE, SHANNEN T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,588.53 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SCOTT S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,588.46 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHARLES K, II | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $82,587.73 | Date 09/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $82,587.54 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUONG, ANH H | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $82,587.32 | Date 07/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIMASZEWSKI, BETH A L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,587.23 | Date 03/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,586.79 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMRIGHOUSE, SCOTT F | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,586.76 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHAUL, RAYMOND F | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $82,585.64 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TEQUILA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $82,585.63 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JASON J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $82,585.58 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACKER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $82,585.36 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CONNOR P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,584.33 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, DEBORAH L | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $82,582.83 | Date 09/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALNUTT, CAROL N | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $82,582.73 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JEAN L | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $82,582.26 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNYSON, BENJAMIN S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $82,582.04 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASHI, SAGAR R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $82,581.93 | Date 07/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARIHAR, KARANJIT S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $82,581.93 | Date 07/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, JOHN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,581.61 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURUSINGHE, PADMINI A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $82,581.61 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURESHBABU, NISHA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,581.61 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMM, VIRGINIA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,581.61 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATTI, JACQUELINE M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,581.61 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUDIERO, KARA JEAN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,581.39 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBAINE, DUSTY | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $82,581.14 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOAN, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $82,581.06 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ANNA M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,581.01 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEGUE, MAUREEN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,581.00 | Date 02/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVALE, SALENA A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,581.00 | Date 12/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOF, BRENDA M | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $82,581.00 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, FEMOLIN M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $82,580.88 | Date 05/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, MICHELLE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,579.80 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, AMY F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,578.98 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, CHARLES | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $82,578.77 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METHVEN, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,578.04 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSING, EINAR G C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $82,577.91 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWALKER, NICOLE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,577.90 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKFIELD, JIMMIE LEE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,577.66 | Date 09/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHERTY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,577.55 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASMUSSEN, LYNN A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $82,577.51 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUGLIANDRO, PASQUALE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,576.65 | Date 09/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, JOANN | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,576.44 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, GARRETT N | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,576.29 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DIANE S | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $82,575.67 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,574.88 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJARAM, SUDHA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,574.59 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHTS, DAVID A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $82,574.42 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODZICH, LAWENCE F | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,574.36 | Date 01/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTARSKI, AMY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,574.27 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KEITH R | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $82,574.10 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, JOSEPH D | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $82,572.87 | Date 11/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,572.76 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, WILLIAM A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,572.64 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONEZ, OSCAR R | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $82,571.74 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC GOWAN, REID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,571.72 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUYEA, MARY G | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $82,571.56 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, SHARON A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $82,571.55 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, LILLIAN A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,571.40 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, RHEA J | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $82,570.22 | Date 09/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALANGI, ANTHONY D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $82,569.86 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, VICTOR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,569.46 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, KENNETH G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,569.25 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, GERALD L, JR | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $82,569.14 | Date 07/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, JASON C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $82,569.08 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRBY, SHANTWAINJUANITO | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $82,568.71 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CARMEN I | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $82,568.70 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEER, ELIZABETH E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,568.67 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHTEL, DONNA J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,567.90 | Date 02/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVEY, LARRY L | Employer name Town of Geneseo | Amount $82,567.76 | Date 08/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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