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 GROSS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,027.18 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLY, KEVIN W | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $80,027.04 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, EDWARD | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $80,026.63 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELA, DENISE M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,026.50 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, TARRA L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $80,026.35 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $80,026.35 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $80,025.67 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPTON, KENNETH D | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $80,025.65 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SALVO, FRANCIS S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $80,025.60 | Date 11/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLADWELL, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $80,025.29 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTER, ROBERT F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $80,025.11 | Date 01/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDZUK, PATRICK M | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $80,024.55 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPLESSY, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $80,024.22 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINES, ANDRES F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,024.10 | Date 07/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEINSCHMIDT, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $80,024.01 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, SHAWN EDWARD | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $80,022.75 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, BOGDAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,022.25 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JON M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $80,022.21 | Date 05/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, PETER E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $80,022.07 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIKDER, MOAZZEM H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,020.70 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIKER, JOANNE M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $80,020.44 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, MILAGROS | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $80,020.27 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRILLINGS, JOEY Z | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $80,020.00 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RICHARD M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,019.75 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIROSCAK, PATRICIA L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $80,019.54 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ANDREW R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,019.14 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSO, JONATHAN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $80,019.14 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKARD, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $80,018.70 | Date 06/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCEMA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $80,018.66 | Date 09/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JACQUELINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $80,018.32 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, MICHELLE P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $80,018.28 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, MELISSA M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $80,018.18 | Date 05/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LA ROSA, EVELYN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,017.09 | Date 08/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINI, ROSANNE | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $80,016.86 | Date 10/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, GENETTA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,016.69 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JACOB | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $80,016.47 | Date 09/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, RENEE M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $80,016.25 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEDEON, EMMANUELA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $80,014.62 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEOUGH, SEAN P | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $80,014.04 | Date 08/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JASON M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $80,013.71 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTTILA, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $80,013.35 | Date 05/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNAUTZ, EARL W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $80,013.33 | Date 07/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTH, HOWARD E, III | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $80,013.12 | Date 03/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNG, MARIA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,013.08 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUSSO, PAUL G | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $80,012.91 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PIERRO, PAUL | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $80,012.43 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, KEVIN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $80,012.22 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $80,012.13 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $80,011.94 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, DARRYL L | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $80,011.94 | Date 04/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, DONALD F, III | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,011.78 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YASHIN, SERGEY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,011.38 | Date 08/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLACICCO, SARAH K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $80,011.05 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $80,010.90 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, ANDREW J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,010.72 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFF, LINDA F | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $80,009.97 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUHART, RONALD J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $80,009.85 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITTBRENNER, SHANNON M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $80,009.52 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAIN, ADAM B | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $80,009.29 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, PETER F | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $80,009.21 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, APRIL S | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $80,009.19 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENKOWITZ, JASON S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,008.95 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, LISA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,008.95 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANGELO, DINO M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $80,008.46 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVILLY, RONALD C, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,008.02 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COMSEY, DAVID H | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $80,007.40 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATIGAN, KAREN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,006.89 | Date 09/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINWRIGHT, JEFFREY S | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $80,006.74 | Date 08/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORSANER, DEBORAH D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $80,006.72 | Date 04/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, GREG D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $80,006.62 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEPWORTH-JURENA, JULIA M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $80,004.86 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, LORNA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $80,004.46 | Date 01/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHSTEIN, JOSHUA M | Employer name Oyster Bay Housing Authority | Amount $80,004.33 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIO, SUSAN A | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $80,004.24 | Date 11/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CRUZ | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $80,004.23 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNISELL, BARBARA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $80,003.87 | Date 10/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVEY, JACKIE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $80,003.68 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVANNAH, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,003.63 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASARO, KATHY A | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $80,003.56 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHOCK, BRIAN C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,002.81 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARRAGUIBEL, ALYSSA | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $80,002.31 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBORN, ERIC M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $80,002.13 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALANO, GEOFFREY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,002.00 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, SCOTT E | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $80,001.37 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, REGINALD C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,001.31 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $80,000.58 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASANTE, KATRINA | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $80,000.20 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $80,000.04 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LISE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,000.04 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIE, KAREN N | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,000.04 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, JENNELL L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $80,000.04 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHYBERG, TERESA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $80,000.04 | Date 12/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAMARTER, THOMAS P | Employer name Town of Conklin | Amount $80,000.00 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $79,999.92 | Date 12/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRERO, WILSON A | Employer name Yonkers Indust Devel Agcy | Amount $79,999.92 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARKEY, GEORGE | Employer name Yonkers Indust Devel Agcy | Amount $79,999.92 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHVEN, CHRISTOPHER C, III | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,999.63 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVATA, SANDRA K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,999.56 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINSWORTH, HOPE T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,999.40 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, LOUIS E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,999.40 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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