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 PECTOL, AMY M | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $82,537.74 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCOLESI, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,537.25 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $82,537.07 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TSIZIS, ALEKSANDR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,536.39 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARELA, JENNIFER E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,536.05 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LOUGHLIN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $82,535.82 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KELLY M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,535.49 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, MAUREEN J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $82,535.19 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAEDER, WILLIAM O | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,534.71 | Date 04/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ANGEL L, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,534.71 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FU, QIANG | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $82,534.52 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, CATHY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,533.98 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKLE, LINDA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,533.76 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSARRA, EILEEN L | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $82,533.74 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, PETER M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $82,533.17 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, EDWIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,533.17 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGUS, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $82,532.27 | Date 03/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTS, WILLIAM F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,532.26 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAURIE K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,532.06 | Date 12/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, MARJORIE A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,531.64 | Date 10/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZIES, DANIEL J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $82,530.40 | Date 03/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROAT, ROGER C | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $82,529.99 | Date 03/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIMONTI, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $82,529.75 | Date 02/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, MEGHAN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,529.50 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDERBROOM, DANIEL C | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $82,529.02 | Date 09/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSEN, GERARD J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $82,528.70 | Date 07/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MATTEO, DANIEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,528.34 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, BARBARA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,528.16 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, ERIC J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,528.02 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,527.84 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENY, SHARON E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,527.68 | Date 06/16/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVITSKY, FRANK G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,527.63 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUALTIERI, MARK D | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $82,527.63 | Date 10/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, CHARLES P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,527.55 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $82,526.98 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, TERRANCE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,526.52 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKS, WENDY S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,526.40 | Date 01/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYLAND, TIMOTHY V | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,526.34 | Date 06/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROQUE, JOSELITO B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $82,525.83 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISNER, RUSSELL A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,525.04 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, BRIAN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,524.11 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, HENRY D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $82,523.75 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUS, TIMOTHY | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $82,523.64 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUX, SOCORRO | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $82,523.38 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVIK, MARY T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,523.20 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATTI L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,522.42 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVARRIA, MARTHA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,522.21 | Date 12/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELKIN, DONNA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $82,522.21 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIBLO, DONNA T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $82,522.21 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, CINDY | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,522.21 | Date 12/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALICEA-GRELLA, ESBELLE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 05/11/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJEAN, JUSTIN F, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, GREGORY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 01/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, BONNIE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTOOKA, LEIGH K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, PATRICIA E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSALES, FEDERICO L, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDOTE, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUZA, DANIEL S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARDI, DONNA M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,521.91 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, TODD A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,521.86 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, GERALD E | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $82,521.66 | Date 10/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, MARC | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,520.89 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, RUDOLPH | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $82,520.72 | Date 01/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACE, MATTHEW D | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $82,520.60 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, KEVIN D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,520.56 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANDE, MAUREEN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $82,519.99 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASADA, ERIC J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,519.78 | Date 05/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLOU, JILL M | Employer name West Babylon Public Library | Amount $82,519.73 | Date 08/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGARDUS, RONALD I | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $82,519.73 | Date 07/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $82,519.62 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, JULIO, III | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $82,519.22 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZGAJ, WILLIAM J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $82,519.18 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTOSKI, LUKE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $82,519.07 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKETA, SHERI J | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $82,517.72 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SUSAN T | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $82,517.47 | Date 08/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ALEXANDER | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,517.26 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, JASON G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,517.01 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMICO, MARK J | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $82,516.61 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPERT, AMY L | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $82,516.54 | Date 02/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $82,516.12 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKHAM, JANICE | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $82,515.71 | Date 10/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORST, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $82,515.51 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBROTHER, PETER R | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $82,515.11 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSON, JUDY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $82,514.81 | Date 11/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANGLE, ELENA C | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $82,514.78 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWAL, MANDEEP | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,513.92 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEMMO, LAURA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,513.91 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNS, DEBRA L | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $82,513.89 | Date 11/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,513.83 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVRO, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $82,513.68 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFFENDERFER, STEPHEN P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,513.61 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, SAM YEE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,513.04 | Date 02/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, TERENCE J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $82,512.79 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, ROBERT | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $82,512.49 | Date 10/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHENE, MARK A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $82,512.44 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINDT, MARCAS W | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $82,512.00 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, BRANDON K | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $82,511.78 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILEO, NICHOLAS L, JR | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $82,511.27 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPY, CAROL J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,510.87 | Date 07/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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