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 PUZIO, ELISE R | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $82,440.41 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJCHEL, ADAM J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,439.73 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORTMANN, RICHARD C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,439.48 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, DONNA D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $82,439.42 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORRIER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $82,439.28 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JOHN R | Employer name Ridge Fire District | Amount $82,439.08 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, ROSANNE | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $82,438.93 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, ALLAN J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $82,438.70 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIX-FIELDS, LORRAINE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,438.50 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALEY-WHEELER, KELLY C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,438.37 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, WILLIAM G | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $82,438.28 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELTRA, LAURIE D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,438.22 | Date 01/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHAUNCEY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,438.18 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, DOUGLAS P | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $82,437.91 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, DAVID | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $82,436.84 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, LATANYA D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $82,436.70 | Date 03/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANNUS, DAVID M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,436.68 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, MONTE L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,435.87 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, HELEN L | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $82,435.71 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, DANA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,435.57 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLAK, SUSAN E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,434.93 | Date 07/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, TERRY J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $82,434.37 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, EUGENE F | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,434.33 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, KEVIN F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,434.25 | Date 06/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSNER, ROBIN B | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,434.13 | Date 09/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JENNIFER M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $82,433.38 | Date 07/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREVORAH, JOSEPH T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,431.44 | Date 10/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEB, EILEEN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,431.18 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEPLICK, WENDY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,431.11 | Date 12/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWSON, JILL K | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $82,430.65 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, PATRICIA L | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $82,430.46 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCHRIE, SUSAN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,429.97 | Date 12/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOEL, JOHN T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,429.83 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZEL, JOANNE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,429.18 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALKO, JAMES F | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,428.98 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENA, ALFRED L | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,428.82 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCEGLIE, DAVID J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,428.45 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRKO, THOMAS G | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $82,427.86 | Date 02/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONKELBAAN, JACOB D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,427.74 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCENE, WILLIAM P, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,427.28 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTWRIGHT, STEPHEN W, III | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $82,427.25 | Date 01/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROBERT | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $82,426.87 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IDERA, AFIS A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,426.46 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, PETER J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,426.07 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELDERT, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,424.76 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUGHERTY, PAUL M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $82,424.73 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, ALICIA F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,424.60 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNETI, CONCETTA M | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $82,424.60 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODRUFF, RICK | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $82,424.09 | Date 09/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $82,423.99 | Date 05/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVAGNI, EDWARD A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,423.81 | Date 06/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHE, JOSEPH C, JR | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $82,423.78 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTA, LISA | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $82,423.59 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, DAVID A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,423.42 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERVANTES, SALVADOR | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $82,423.04 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,422.48 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINELLA, MARILOU C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,422.44 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, BLANCA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,422.35 | Date 09/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIO, JEREMY J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $82,422.33 | Date 10/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKS, DAWN M | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,421.92 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JARED E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,421.18 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MICHAEL A | Employer name Liberty CSD | Amount $82,421.05 | Date 02/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSHER, KRISTINA M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $82,420.81 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,420.72 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFISTER, TRACEY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,420.47 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADRIGAL, FERNANDO | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $82,419.73 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, MELINDA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,418.36 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAHAM, KRISTINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,418.34 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR-SMITH, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $82,418.30 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, ADAM O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,417.77 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, SHAUN D | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $82,417.54 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNINO, SUSAN A | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $82,416.60 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, JUDITH M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,416.12 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRERI, KAYLA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,415.82 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELKO, BRENDA L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,415.40 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVAGNANO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $82,415.38 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLIG, CHARLES F C, IV | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,414.88 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASCUKYNAS, FRANK P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,414.66 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OZZENGETT, DIDIER F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,414.29 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANICCIA, GREGORY | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,414.19 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, KATERINA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,413.86 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGUADO, EDGARDO P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,413.68 | Date 08/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUGHIE, SALVATORE, JR | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $82,413.23 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRY, LINDA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,412.98 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERSA, MICHAEL M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,412.34 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBSCH, PAUL J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,412.30 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESTA, DAVID M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,412.01 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGANIS, LORRAINE W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,411.84 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTELLING-DEFRANCE, CALIN C | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $82,411.69 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILIRO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,411.43 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAKRABORTY, AURIN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,411.42 | Date 10/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, ROBERT F | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $82,411.34 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, KELLY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $82,411.17 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAFFLE, EDWARD T | Employer name Broome County | Amount $82,410.84 | Date 08/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, JEAN E | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $82,410.64 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TAMMY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $82,410.31 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORMS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,410.30 | Date 05/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTHER, JOEDY T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,410.21 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CARA J | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $82,410.18 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MIA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,409.28 | Date 12/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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