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 MATUSZAK, BRIAN S | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $82,167.52 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAW, PATRICIA L | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $82,167.11 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIRES, PHILLIP P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,167.07 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUZZIO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,167.02 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBAUT, TODD S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,166.90 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, JENNIFER L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $82,166.78 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $82,166.49 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, ELLEN J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,166.31 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIT, GREGORY A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $82,165.89 | Date 02/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURHAM, GEORGE R | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $82,165.81 | Date 05/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,165.55 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURABA, DARLENE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,165.54 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUESTEFELD, GARY R | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $82,164.91 | Date 11/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NICOLE D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,164.81 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, BRAD D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,163.88 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEEL, LORI A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,163.76 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERS, WAYNE J | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $82,163.67 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALY, REGINALD A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,162.42 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENSCHHOF, LUKE D | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $82,162.23 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $82,162.21 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADT, SCOTT W | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,161.74 | Date 12/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAGWIN, LORRAINE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,161.74 | Date 02/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, COLLEEN | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,161.74 | Date 02/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXSON, KAREN L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,161.69 | Date 02/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,161.60 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESZKOWICZ, DARRYL M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,161.58 | Date 08/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLE, JASON K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,161.53 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COON, JEREMY T | Employer name Warren County | Amount $82,161.32 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISCIA, DIANE E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $82,161.31 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDOUGALL, JOSHUA R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,160.96 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANT, MARIE L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,160.93 | Date 10/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, DAVID W | Employer name East Irondequoit CSD | Amount $82,160.92 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JAMES J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,160.62 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERRY, JOHN A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $82,160.00 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTOSCH, JOANNE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,159.74 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $82,159.52 | Date 05/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVEREND, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $82,159.31 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDKIN, SCOTT W | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $82,159.10 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSTON, DAVID W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,158.98 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANEZ, RICHARD | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,158.55 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THELEMAN, DUANE R | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $82,158.51 | Date 05/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJDOS, MICHAEL S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,158.40 | Date 02/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRIVANOS, STRATTON N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,157.89 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, THOMAS G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,157.78 | Date 05/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHN, LAWRENCE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,157.08 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOEL K | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,156.96 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, JOSEPH W | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $82,156.59 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLINS, BERNELL A | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $82,156.22 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, LOLITA E | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $82,155.89 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, DENISE J | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $82,155.77 | Date 08/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JULIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,155.68 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $82,155.35 | Date 05/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, RODNEY L, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,155.13 | Date 02/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANGELO, DONNA | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,155.04 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHART, JOEL E | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $82,154.94 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTER, KERRI E | Employer name Massapequa Bd of Water Commis | Amount $82,154.34 | Date 04/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, BRIAN D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $82,153.32 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, HECTOR L | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $82,153.25 | Date 12/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIECK, ANNE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,153.10 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $82,152.94 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, DARLENE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,152.80 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, KENNETH E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,152.45 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GREGORIO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Southold UFSD | Amount $82,152.00 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHAIL, SCOTT C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,151.97 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, VICTORIA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,151.68 | Date 06/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, EDRIS E | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $82,151.64 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUSS, MARY SUSAN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,151.41 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIGAN, SARAH B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,151.04 | Date 07/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLIS, PATRICIA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $82,150.86 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCHRANE, THOMAS V | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,150.71 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLY, MARY B | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,150.47 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, HENRY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,150.23 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECCA, WILLIAM D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,150.16 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA RUE, JOSHUA M | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $82,149.81 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LA-KESHA T | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,149.73 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTHBERT, ALLEN F | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $82,149.58 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLAND, TERRY D | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $82,149.50 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, DANIEL E | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $82,149.11 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUVIN, SUZANNE J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,148.78 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERKIES, DAVID A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,148.36 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, HAROLD P, JR | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $82,147.94 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, ROCHELLE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,147.88 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEZER, EUGENE G, JR | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $82,147.11 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, CRISTINO | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $82,146.90 | Date 09/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DABY, KIMBALL F | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $82,146.68 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, DARNELL W | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $82,146.10 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISBON, TERRI W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,145.56 | Date 12/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, WELLINGTON J, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $82,145.45 | Date 03/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, TRAVIS T | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,145.12 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADKE, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,144.67 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOUGHAN, THOMAS M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $82,144.07 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,141.95 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASHOFF, RAYMOND G | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $82,141.44 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, ADAM S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $82,141.38 | Date 02/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MULLEN, KELLY | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $82,141.35 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESARRO, CHRISTIAN A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $82,141.00 | Date 04/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL BENE, JOSEPH | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $82,140.71 | Date 12/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHITTILAPPLY, ROSAMMA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $82,140.15 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTON, MARK J | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $82,139.80 | Date 11/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DAVID M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $82,139.64 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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