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 APOSTOL, TERESITA L | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,567.37 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEDLECKI, RONALD | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,567.22 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSON, MERVIN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $82,567.03 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOVERDE, PAQUITA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $82,567.01 | Date 10/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLERUD, KEVIN D N | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $82,566.93 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBAK, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,566.45 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMONS, JAMES E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,566.30 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN FLEET, GARY R | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,566.19 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZOCCA, PATRICIA ANN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,565.65 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANOWSKI, ANDREW J, SR | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $82,564.90 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAITI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,564.81 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $82,564.12 | Date 05/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, BRIAN E | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $82,563.62 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARLO, MARTIN P | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $82,562.78 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALDER, KATIE E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,562.72 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREY, SUSAN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,562.33 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CHARLES P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,560.97 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVER, TIMOTHY P | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $82,560.84 | Date 03/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CHERE, DENISE K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,560.57 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDILLO, CATHY L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $82,560.26 | Date 06/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, JEFFREY G | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $82,560.20 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANGER, MATTHEW S | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $82,560.00 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIR, DALE P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,559.98 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MELANIE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,559.77 | Date 03/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKELSON, LARRY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,559.70 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPE, CHRYSTAL L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $82,558.90 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,558.66 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JOHN C, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $82,557.65 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOLONGO, FRED | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,557.28 | Date 05/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,557.02 | Date 11/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, JAMES A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $82,556.86 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATAGIRI, JOE A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $82,556.17 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, JAMES J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,555.47 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPASS, HEWITT G A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,555.19 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHLERS, CATHERINE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,554.76 | Date 08/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSTENUTO, JOSEPH T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,554.56 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIN, ANN MARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,554.21 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, DEBRA | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $82,553.73 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUNSE, ROBERT M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,553.63 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOUGAL, JEMA P | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $82,553.59 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWATHIL, BINDU KURUVILLA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,553.56 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUCK, CASSANDRA L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,553.25 | Date 07/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, MARK D | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $82,552.64 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTHRIE, TERRY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,552.64 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, SCOTT A | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $82,552.47 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $82,552.23 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DAVID J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $82,552.10 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, BRIAN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,552.02 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERENO, ADAM J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $82,552.02 | Date 08/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, WILLIAM R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $82,551.84 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, DAVID W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $82,551.65 | Date 06/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, HENRIETTA S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $82,551.41 | Date 10/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRISWOLD, ARTHUR J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $82,551.10 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALDAROLA, KRISTIN J | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $82,550.80 | Date 09/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, WILLIAM | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,550.72 | Date 11/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, JUSTIN G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,550.53 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LUTHER H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $82,550.07 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, FREDERICK P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,549.76 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, MARK G | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $82,549.18 | Date 02/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, MEGHAN JM | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,548.25 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,548.12 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,547.61 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, DENNIS P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,547.22 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, SUSAN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,547.07 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, LINDA A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $82,546.74 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, BLAKE A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $82,546.71 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $82,546.65 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSHKOWITZ, ALAN | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $82,545.71 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALICKI, EDWARD W | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $82,545.31 | Date 12/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAPP, AMANDA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,545.17 | Date 09/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABERS, CRYSTAL J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $82,544.94 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREE, FALLON | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $82,544.90 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERDA, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,544.30 | Date 08/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, CHARLES A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,543.05 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOCIANOWSKI, IVAN V | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $82,542.25 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $82,542.20 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JAVIER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,541.99 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGEON, DANIELLE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,541.96 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOAS, FRANCISCO G V | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,541.89 | Date 07/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, ROCIO A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,541.61 | Date 05/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, J THOMAS | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $82,540.87 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENN, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,540.63 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, GAYATHRI | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $82,540.37 | Date 05/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, ROBERT N | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,540.25 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, CYNTHIA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,540.23 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROKITOWSKI, JOSEPH R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,540.09 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDLEY, BRUCE A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,540.05 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, ROBERT M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,539.93 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTERSON, WILLIAM T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,539.89 | Date 01/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCICHILONE, RICCARDO | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $82,539.76 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, MONIQUE N | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $82,539.42 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SHOMB, SCOTT F | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $82,539.15 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, ROBERT G | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $82,539.14 | Date 05/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, HERBERT A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $82,539.11 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, JAMES D II | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,539.11 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, WING F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,539.07 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNDER, SCOTT J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,538.40 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDORE, KEVIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,538.39 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMOW, NOELLE | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $82,538.08 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, DEBBIE W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,537.91 | Date 02/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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