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 KING, LATRENDA S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,485.97 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, RICHARD M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,485.71 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DENISE B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,485.41 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCZKOWSKI, RICHARD J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,484.85 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERKING, GERALDINE P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,484.76 | Date 12/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSH, RYAN J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $81,484.72 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, LAURA | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,484.49 | Date 11/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJECKI, PAUL R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,484.10 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, PATRICK | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,483.43 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, RACHEL R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,483.15 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARACUENTE, JASON | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $81,482.89 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, NANCY | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $81,482.84 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, STEVEN J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $81,482.64 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNETT, JAMES A, III | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,481.60 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,481.09 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDRANO, VIANESY | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,481.00 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAILLOUX, BRIAN J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,480.77 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, SETH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,480.33 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNAM, KEITH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,480.21 | Date 12/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, DARLENE F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,480.16 | Date 06/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, MICHAEL | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,480.10 | Date 02/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMLIN, KERRY M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,480.00 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETIGNY, REGINE D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,479.61 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOVINO, DOMINICK M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $81,479.01 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAR, DANIEL Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,479.00 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORKOWSKI, MARY LOU | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $81,479.00 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IABBASSEN, SAMIR | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,478.99 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $81,478.40 | Date 03/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFALL, ROBERT H | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $81,478.31 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MARIA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,478.30 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, SHAWN E | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $81,478.09 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIWINSKI, JAMES T | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,477.83 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDIS, ROBERT P | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,477.81 | Date 01/29/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICIRELLO, CESAR A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $81,477.54 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZULLO, CATHERINE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,477.33 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, SCOTT M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,477.19 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS-SEAMAN, COLETTE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $81,476.37 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, MELISSA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,476.37 | Date 12/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIOTTI, KAREN J | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $81,476.37 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, MONICA M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,476.37 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIMENI, JOHN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,476.25 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTON, JAMES D | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $81,475.62 | Date 05/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENG, EDGER | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,475.34 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSUMALAYAM, JOHN C | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,474.99 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, JAMES T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,474.88 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAEBELL, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,473.71 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAMA, ILI | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,473.56 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, CONNIE E | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,473.03 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, KUDACHI M | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,472.90 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, STEPHEN P | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $81,471.99 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROST, JEREMY E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,471.86 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COLA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,471.75 | Date 10/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTER, PAULINE | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $81,471.73 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNAN, JOSEPH | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,471.65 | Date 05/25/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOACHIM, HEINZ J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,471.65 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONAMICI, DIANE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $81,471.35 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER-ALEXANDER, PATRICIA C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $81,470.97 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, BEATRIZ R | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $81,470.95 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN STRIEN, MARTIN, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,470.89 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIAN FROCCO, PETER J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,470.80 | Date 10/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNKER, NATHAN L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,470.61 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOQUETTE, KYLE N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,470.50 | Date 06/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGON, CAROL G | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $81,470.37 | Date 02/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, PERRY S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,470.28 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILLER, DOUGLAS K | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $81,470.12 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUNELLO, EDWARD S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,469.70 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDEEN, KEVIN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,469.39 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $81,469.19 | Date 07/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEATON, GUY F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,468.91 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKLUND, JAMES E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,468.84 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKBURN, CAROLINE E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,468.75 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIANNI, VITO | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,467.85 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMAN, ROBERT | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $81,467.48 | Date 06/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOWACKI, ANNA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,467.10 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLIN, JAMES W | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $81,467.01 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOZUCH, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,466.98 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURCIO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $81,466.46 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTER, THOMAS A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,466.16 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, JAMES W, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,466.06 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,465.94 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JOHN C | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $81,465.88 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, EMMA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,465.80 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, STACY M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,465.80 | Date 08/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, KAUSHIK S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,465.80 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARKISIAN, ISKUI | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,465.80 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEUS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $81,465.80 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, NATHAN N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,465.51 | Date 02/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NUZZO, ANTHONY M, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,464.96 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSIT, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,464.95 | Date 09/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOWDHURY, DEBI | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,464.79 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELL, MELISSA J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,464.58 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNDERSON, LAUREN | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $81,464.45 | Date 01/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANG, WILLIAM Y | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,464.32 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, ALBERT S, III | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $81,463.19 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICE, ROSS J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,463.17 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORONA, KAREN A | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $81,462.70 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORT, TODD M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,462.50 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURELLO, KARIN F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,462.48 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, SALVADOR, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,462.46 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFFORD, JEFFREY | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,461.91 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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