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 MICHAELS, ALAN T | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $127,493.33 | Date 02/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,492.54 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERACE, DONALD R | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $127,489.05 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAINE, KEITH C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,488.41 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, DAVID J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $127,487.66 | Date 11/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRENIUS, JOHN F | Employer name Pub Employment Relations Bd | Amount $127,484.14 | Date 12/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGAI, LISA S | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $127,479.25 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $127,475.54 | Date 11/09/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIA, GERARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $127,475.54 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $127,475.54 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $127,475.54 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARUDSKY, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $127,475.54 | Date 09/28/1965 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORDWAY, RYAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,471.86 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOGAVERO, JOHN J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $127,470.41 | Date 03/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, ROSA W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,466.42 | Date 09/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEARY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,466.04 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTORO, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,457.99 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITBECK, DAVID E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,457.99 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, BRIAN O | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $127,457.90 | Date 07/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CRAIG M | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $127,456.71 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEISENDORFER, ANN B | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $127,452.05 | Date 03/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASTINI, MATTHEW T | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $127,450.47 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARREDA, KARINA G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,449.97 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENCKE, ROBERT F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $127,445.96 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPE, MARGARET J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,444.74 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JADICK, MARYANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,443.47 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,442.20 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, THERESA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,439.28 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUGHTRY, CLARENCE M, JR | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $127,439.20 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, JAMES | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $127,437.98 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, VIRGINIA F | Employer name Rocky Point UFSD | Amount $127,435.69 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, JOSHUA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,435.00 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAM, CHRISTINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,428.30 | Date 01/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS MATTSON, JENNIFER M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $127,428.21 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVOLA, THERESA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $127,427.67 | Date 11/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, GERALD F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,426.67 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JOHN T | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $127,426.41 | Date 04/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRYAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,423.59 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SISCO, GARY B | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $127,422.61 | Date 11/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOUNT, ANDREA K | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $127,422.52 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, PATRICK A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $127,419.21 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, JAMES S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $127,418.37 | Date 06/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JUANA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,417.29 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, KEVIN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,414.68 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAILLIE, JOHN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $127,413.12 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONDERDONK, MARNE L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OURSLER, MARK N | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, ERICA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCANSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 03/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGAROSA, EDWARD C | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, MARSHA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MARGARET N | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE PERO, SHANNON J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNODGRASS, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANISLAUS, KAREN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, JEFFERY G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRKLER, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 04/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, TAMRA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKAN, MARY L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUHOLSKI, JILL M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, KRISTEN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $127,411.57 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTISON, MARK P | Employer name Department of State | Amount $127,406.40 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, WEN Z | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $127,397.76 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAWBRIDGE, GLENN R | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $127,397.12 | Date 02/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YEVOLI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $127,394.16 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMENDOLA, MARY T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $127,391.38 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAN, ANDREA V W | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $127,391.30 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, MARTIN, JR | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $127,390.84 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOV, LEONARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,389.50 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENZO, NICHOLAS S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,386.11 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LISBY-SMITH, MICHELE E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $127,378.99 | Date 05/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCACCIA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $127,377.62 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JEFFREY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,377.15 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRINIDAD, THELMA C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $127,376.41 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, COURTNEY L H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,374.01 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, EDWIN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,374.01 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNDON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,372.16 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, HAYDEE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,368.17 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, KEVIN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,367.17 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRUNG, NADINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,364.00 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, JOHN A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $127,363.21 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRDIE, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,361.92 | Date 09/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, MARGARET | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,360.01 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, CARLOS | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $127,357.19 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, DAVID A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,353.08 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSINSON, D SCOTT | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $127,347.94 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, CARL W, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,346.18 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, INGRID L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,339.99 | Date 01/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGI, PETER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,339.37 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOWEN, MARK S | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $127,339.01 | Date 04/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, JESSICA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,338.58 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,335.10 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, JARED L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,332.48 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WACHOWSKI, PETER L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,331.73 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JAMES | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $127,326.47 | Date 04/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, BRYAN P | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $127,325.83 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYELLO, JANET P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,319.90 | Date 02/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKMAN, DEU'WAYNE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,317.98 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,313.65 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, BRUCE D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $127,312.06 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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