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 ZALESKI, MARK A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $77,945.97 | Date 02/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLI, LOUIS | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,944.16 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEN, RANDY W | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $77,944.12 | Date 06/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGINO, FRANK A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $77,943.98 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORO, ALICE H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,943.97 | Date 01/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVANE, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $77,943.66 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTHE, DEBRA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,943.60 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, EDWARD B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,943.60 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVEQUE, MARYSE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,943.52 | Date 02/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBRINSKI, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Village of Sloatsburg | Amount $77,943.03 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, DREW C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,942.79 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,942.50 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVRANEK, JOSEPH W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $77,942.36 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTELLI, DOMINICK | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $77,941.64 | Date 09/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, GAYLE A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $77,941.60 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSON, TRACY L | Employer name Greenburgh Graham UFSD | Amount $77,941.41 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSENI, OLUFUNKE F | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $77,941.20 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, SUSETTE L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,940.52 | Date 10/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLACH, ERIC R | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $77,939.66 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, NATALIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,939.56 | Date 09/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODROW, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,939.52 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUPPLEBEEN, DAVID W | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $77,939.26 | Date 07/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGIBBONS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $77,939.11 | Date 04/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGEN, MARGARET J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,938.98 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGBY, JOHN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,938.90 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NOTE, MARY E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,938.75 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BIASE, DARCY J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $77,938.50 | Date 06/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, GREGORY J | Employer name Village of New Hyde Park | Amount $77,937.72 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $77,937.41 | Date 03/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JEFFREY E | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $77,937.25 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, PHILIPP M | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $77,937.10 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, JAMES G | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $77,936.63 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOS, ESTHER | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,936.46 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, NEAL R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $77,936.33 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANG, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $77,936.02 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,935.93 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXCELL, MICHAEL W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,935.72 | Date 01/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CHARLENE F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,935.66 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $77,935.39 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRELL, SEAN M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $77,935.34 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JANINE N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $77,934.94 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSEN, ROZA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,934.57 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECH, DAVID L | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $77,934.35 | Date 01/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, DONNA A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $77,933.78 | Date 04/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,933.56 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RONALD A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $77,933.46 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWART, ROBERT J | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $77,933.31 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIECHLE, BEN P | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $77,932.04 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, EILEEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,931.60 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARR, KIRK A | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $77,930.91 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTONDO, PHILIP J | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $77,930.26 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, ERIC S | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $77,930.19 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOBART, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $77,930.19 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, GIOVANNI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,929.47 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARAGUSO, JANET | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,929.26 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALIGER, CAROLYN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,928.89 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAESAR, VIOLET G | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $77,928.25 | Date 09/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, PHILIP B | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,927.89 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, JAY J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $77,927.86 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MEGAN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,927.79 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DONNA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,927.32 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, BRUCE R | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $77,927.15 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $77,927.15 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, SARAH E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $77,926.92 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACHUTA, ROBERT H | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $77,925.98 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ANTHONY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $77,925.60 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALMES, PAUL N, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,925.41 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELESS, ROBERT R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,925.36 | Date 10/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERGER, ALAN D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $77,925.36 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULTRY, DIANE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $77,925.34 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURSTEIN, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,925.17 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARISCO, PHILIP | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $77,925.09 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERADSKI, BARNEY R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $77,925.05 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINCHBAUGH, JUDITH A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $77,924.81 | Date 08/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ALMA J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $77,924.79 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPASONA, PAUL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $77,924.73 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS C, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,924.62 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, GEORGEANNA J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $77,924.53 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATTON, GARY P | Employer name Greenlawn Fire District | Amount $77,924.21 | Date 01/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAKER, ROSLYN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,923.78 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN PIERRE, DAPHNEY | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,923.38 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DANA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,923.30 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERANEK, NANCY L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,923.27 | Date 07/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JOSE A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $77,923.04 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESOLOWSKI, ROBERT D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,923.01 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENA, NARCISO M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,922.97 | Date 02/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCHELO, MICHELLE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,922.91 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGO, GERALD S, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,922.88 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINE, JOE | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,922.73 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRY, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $77,922.61 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, ANTHONY E | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $77,922.21 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNICK, GEORGE M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $77,922.20 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAO, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Ellicott | Amount $77,922.00 | Date 05/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, JONATHAN H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,922.00 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLIS, CHARLES | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $77,921.53 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAEB, CHARLES | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $77,920.94 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, KRISTEN J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $77,920.94 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILONOVICH, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $77,920.70 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALESARDI, DANIEL L | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $77,920.30 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, KENNETH E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,919.82 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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