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 MILLER, LORETTA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,475.33 | Date 01/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAUB, CHARLES M | Employer name Village of Piermont | Amount $82,474.88 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPIN, ROBERT F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,473.99 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEMBARI, GIOVANNI A | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $82,473.89 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, KATHLEEN M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $82,473.61 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSPORELIS, ZACHARY C | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,473.25 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGEANT, PATRICIA B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,473.17 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, AUBREY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,473.06 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOMBS, MELAINE E | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $82,472.81 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRYON, DALE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,472.43 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTA, THOMAS M, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,472.33 | Date 04/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLSTER, GARY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,471.95 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTALIS, JUDITH L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $82,471.93 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, DONALD W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,471.70 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERREA, CORY M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $82,471.24 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $82,471.08 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCHBERGER, HAROLD L, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,470.53 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONSIRE, DAMIAN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $82,470.30 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODLEY, ASHON S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,470.08 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNEY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $82,469.79 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN VLEET, JONATHAN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $82,469.59 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ALEXANDRA E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,469.53 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANSTROM, KEITH R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $82,469.46 | Date 11/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUF, ALYSSA P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,469.23 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUARDI, LAURA J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $82,468.88 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNERA, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,468.56 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, LOUIS A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,468.53 | Date 08/11/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGNETA, PAUL V | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,468.17 | Date 01/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTIER, SUSAN A | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $82,467.06 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRELAND, JANET R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,466.41 | Date 09/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARATT, RANDALL C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $82,466.04 | Date 10/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRADY, THOMAS F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,465.99 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDER, BRUCE E | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $82,465.96 | Date 01/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, DAVID J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $82,465.53 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, LAWRENCE E, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,464.93 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, JOELY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,464.70 | Date 03/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, CLINTON B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,464.49 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, KAREN J | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $82,463.67 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $82,463.63 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENKER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,461.89 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,460.80 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARBER, ABRAHAM | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,460.78 | Date 10/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, DENNIS S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,460.71 | Date 04/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERSON, RICHARD H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $82,460.61 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALERO, MANUEL A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $82,460.58 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULTON, JACOB P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,459.90 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOICE, RANDELL E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $82,459.86 | Date 06/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, GINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,459.24 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERI, DANA M | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $82,458.78 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, GEORGIA M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $82,458.37 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $82,458.35 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLYER, STEPHEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,457.92 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIDL, JESSICA F | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $82,457.16 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVONE, MAUREEN K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $82,456.92 | Date 01/26/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATUSIN, FELIX O | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,456.38 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, ROBERT W | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $82,456.02 | Date 01/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEGLARSKI, MARGARET J | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $82,456.00 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABBONI, NANCY A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,455.68 | Date 09/11/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDRINGTON, BARBARA A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,455.13 | Date 12/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITRICH, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,454.33 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLPOYS, BRENDAN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,454.28 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBS, CARLY K | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $82,454.10 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, MICHAEL F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $82,453.97 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINNAN, M PHILIP | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $82,453.86 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, JOE G | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $82,453.56 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $82,453.41 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARVAEZ, MELISSA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $82,452.92 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULFKEN, JUDITH A | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $82,452.68 | Date 04/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEARS, JANET V | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $82,452.60 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLETTI, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,452.02 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARBARO, LEONA A | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $82,452.00 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDWAY, JAMIE R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,451.73 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, DOUGLAS E, JR | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,451.62 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALAVERA, KIM M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $82,451.12 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, DANIEL T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,449.65 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, JULIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,449.62 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, DONALD C | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $82,449.40 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRILLION, JOHN F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,447.28 | Date 01/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, CATHERINE A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,446.96 | Date 08/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSAN, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $82,446.83 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, PAUL | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $82,446.78 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, BRIAN P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,446.55 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, TRACEY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,446.53 | Date 09/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLARIO, VINCENT D | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,446.48 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MANNA, DENNIS F | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $82,446.34 | Date 05/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUMAN, RYAN A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,445.63 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, WENDY G | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $82,445.20 | Date 02/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, BRADLEY J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,445.18 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWCRAFT, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $82,444.57 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMANNA, MICHAEL W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,444.36 | Date 02/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADARO, PATRICK | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $82,443.72 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, CLAUDIA | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $82,443.62 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLMAN, ROGER E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,443.46 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESLER, RICHARD J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,443.37 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, BENJAMIN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $82,442.60 | Date 06/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOWERS, LAUREN E | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $82,442.04 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAL, ROXANE C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,441.38 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, PAMELA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,441.00 | Date 08/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNT, RICHARD T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $82,440.99 | Date 07/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, WING KIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $82,440.42 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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