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 MINICOZZI, LAURA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,352.10 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLEN, SHARON A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,352.10 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGELBAUM, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,352.10 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDUS, THERESE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,352.10 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,352.10 | Date 10/13/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, ERIC S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $82,351.62 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNARDO, JOHN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,351.61 | Date 11/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRINGS, BRITTANY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,351.37 | Date 01/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JEFFREY C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $82,350.22 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZO, ALEX R | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $82,350.12 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOO, CECIL M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,349.61 | Date 05/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, WENDY A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $82,348.59 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JOHN K | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $82,347.99 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $82,347.81 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $82,347.69 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, JOHN F | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,347.39 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JUSTIN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,346.99 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ILLINGSWORTH, LONI J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,346.09 | Date 04/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, PEDRO A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,345.91 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, MENGRU HSU | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $82,345.59 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, BRAD M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,345.41 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CYNTHIA Y | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,345.25 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, GARY E | Employer name Spencerport CSD | Amount $82,345.10 | Date 09/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORD, LAURA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,344.90 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UBINAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $82,343.21 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, BRIAN | Employer name Village of Trumansburg | Amount $82,342.56 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWORECKI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $82,342.51 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTI, RENE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,341.73 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMSON, BRETT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,341.00 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, RICKIE A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,340.90 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERS, KEVIN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,340.89 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, MARY D | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $82,340.04 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,339.88 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OHL, JEFFREY M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $82,339.32 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIKER, WILLIAM R | Employer name Mastic Beach Fire District | Amount $82,339.02 | Date 10/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, JEFFREY S | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $82,338.95 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, SANDRA A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $82,338.32 | Date 07/26/1962 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAGAR, SCOTT J | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $82,338.24 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOW, GARRETT D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,338.19 | Date 10/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, MARISA C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,337.61 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DAWN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,337.50 | Date 05/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVREAU, ROBERT A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,337.43 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, VICTORIA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $82,337.36 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWORDS, SUSAN | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $82,336.81 | Date 04/17/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRANKHAN, ROBERT J, II | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,336.40 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, DARRYL N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,336.12 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,335.89 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, CARMEN A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $82,335.65 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $82,334.78 | Date 08/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, KAREN A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,333.89 | Date 10/16/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MERLINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,333.66 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISSANDRELLO, MARTIN | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $82,333.41 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOT, SUSAN W | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $82,333.36 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEKER, DAVID R, JR | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $82,333.28 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, JASON M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,333.27 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUADRA-HIBBERT, MIREYA | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $82,332.32 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLICK, BRADFORD S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,331.86 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, KEVIN J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $82,331.56 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATROS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $82,331.52 | Date 02/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAGNE, DANIEL L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,330.45 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, MARK A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,330.40 | Date 04/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESTA, EDWARD M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $82,329.78 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEWITZ, STEPHEN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,329.70 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAESAR-DABREO, LURLENE A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $82,329.55 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, ISAURA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $82,329.15 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALASSO, LISA M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,329.08 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENIG, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,329.08 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ORAZIO, BRYAN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,328.87 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PAUL D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,328.60 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAND, CHRISTIAN M | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $82,328.44 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEZADA, LOURDES Y | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $82,328.40 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, STEPHANIE F | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $82,327.93 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, PAUL M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,327.22 | Date 12/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,327.07 | Date 09/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANN, LESLIE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $82,326.09 | Date 10/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARON, SEAN M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,326.05 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, SCOTT C | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $82,325.40 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHOK, SINDHU | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,325.37 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOTEE, DEBORAH S | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $82,324.85 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, MARK J | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $82,324.80 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, TERRANCE M | Employer name Smithtown Fire District | Amount $82,324.41 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAIS, MARIE L | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $82,324.14 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUB, JOSEPH H | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,323.99 | Date 11/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEKER, JENNIFER I L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,323.52 | Date 05/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUKONIS, MARY-MARGARET | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $82,323.28 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATTERSON, JACQUELINE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,323.27 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, NATALIE J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $82,323.09 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, JANA E | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $82,323.09 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNARD, DAVID | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $82,322.71 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, JAMES A, II | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $82,322.32 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAFFA, JESSICA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,321.99 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRILA, CRISTIAN M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $82,321.98 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, MOLLY J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,321.98 | Date 11/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, DAVID T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $82,321.54 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUZALA, BRIAN M | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $82,321.19 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMENDOLA, VINCENT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,320.88 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, MIGUEL A, JR | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $82,319.57 | Date 10/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MARIO A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,318.49 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC FARLAND, CARRIE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $82,318.06 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRELL, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,317.94 | Date 07/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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