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 VOIGTSBERGER, LAWRENCE F | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $130,976.90 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VIGNE, MARK M | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $130,975.07 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, PATRICK K | Employer name Albany Port District Commiss | Amount $130,975.00 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $130,974.81 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOM, EDMUND H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,973.68 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, DORRAINE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $130,972.91 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECHNICKI, BRIAN S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $130,972.86 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $130,972.42 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIAM, JOHN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,971.83 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLEO, JOHN F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,970.39 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, FRANCES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,970.37 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBY, MATTHEW B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $130,967.54 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WENDY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,962.58 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBLES, LIZZETTE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,962.07 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, WILLIAM S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,961.43 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIASTA, EVAN J | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $130,956.38 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, RICHARD E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,954.60 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $130,950.18 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, MARIE C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $130,949.41 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEJEDA, JEREMIAH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $130,947.95 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, LISA M | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $130,947.14 | Date 08/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLASKON, MARY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,947.10 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLOMBO, ROBERT A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $130,947.05 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENICE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $130,946.09 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHRUP, SANDRA L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $130,946.01 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $130,944.34 | Date 01/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEILBRUNN, PETER G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $130,941.73 | Date 12/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KARA | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $130,940.60 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADINENI, VENKATA S R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $130,938.97 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOARE, FRANCIS G | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $130,938.71 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, JIMMY D | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $130,935.84 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, ERIN P | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $130,931.65 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLANIGEN, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,930.97 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUONAGURIO, DANIEL V | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $130,929.50 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY SHEEHAN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $130,927.70 | Date 03/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BLASIO, ANEITA L | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $130,925.92 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKOM, AFUA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $130,923.84 | Date 03/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JAMES T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $130,919.52 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAMPOLI, JOHN N | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $130,919.22 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAMARCZUK, SUSAN L | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $130,918.70 | Date 11/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEHAN, KENNETH P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,918.43 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSALES, LEOPOLDO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,914.85 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANDREA, CRAIG W | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $130,914.29 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRZESPO, EUGENE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $130,913.25 | Date 11/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, MARIE A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $130,912.29 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VLEET, WAYNE | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $130,910.41 | Date 08/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHAN, LARA B | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $130,908.37 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWART, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,902.76 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, EDWARD L, JR | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $130,901.89 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINI, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $130,900.47 | Date 01/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, GREGORY C, II | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $130,896.04 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUL, CLARRIE C | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $130,894.12 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBLAUCH, ROBERT D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $130,887.72 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINKEN, SALLY G | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $130,880.40 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGE, KAREN S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $130,875.02 | Date 07/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LODENQUAI, MICHAEL W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,873.31 | Date 05/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, PAUL M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $130,872.67 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASTANIS, JAMES T | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $130,871.35 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TASSONE, FRANK | Employer name Leg Adv Task Force Reapp Co C | Amount $130,870.00 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSEL, NEIL E | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $130,863.89 | Date 05/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAPILE, MATTHEW A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,863.32 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $130,862.69 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINDLER, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $130,860.11 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIDDINGS, JON E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,859.07 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DERR, MARK A | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $130,857.63 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,852.62 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAUTNER, STEVEN B | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $130,851.88 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, WALTER R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $130,850.93 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOGUT, SHAHIBA M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $130,846.20 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGNITTA, SCOTT | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $130,844.29 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABAEE, MEHRBANOU | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $130,839.15 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHYMURA, MARIA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $130,838.81 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, KENNETH E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,835.81 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, ERIC N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,833.74 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCY-SPEIDEL, BETH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $130,833.43 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, BRADLEY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,829.93 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRIE, BRETT A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $130,829.35 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $130,829.00 | Date 08/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, RAYMOND E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $130,826.55 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, SAMUEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $130,825.57 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPINE, RONALD D | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $130,825.49 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, FRANK C | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $130,822.80 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSORIO, ANGELA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,822.48 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYKES, JASON G | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $130,820.41 | Date 02/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,819.64 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELIS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,819.64 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELA RABA, SUZANNE Y | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,819.64 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETZER, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,817.70 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANIGAN, MICHAEL K | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,817.25 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICH, DAVID H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,817.03 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,810.91 | Date 08/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLAIN, EILEEN J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $130,810.51 | Date 01/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKELMAN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $130,809.37 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOULIHAN, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach | Amount $130,808.61 | Date 12/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPNEY, ARNOLD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,808.18 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYS, ELIZABETH S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $130,807.64 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACANIELLO, GARY J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $130,806.95 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADMANABHA PILLAI, AJAYAN | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $130,806.35 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, COLIN P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $130,805.33 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, JEREMIAH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,803.71 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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