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 STANTON, ROBERT J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,302.77 | Date 06/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFFMAN, MARIE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,302.72 | Date 09/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,302.67 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFREY, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $125,301.84 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FADER, MARYBETH | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,301.26 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOREL, EDWARD D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $125,300.68 | Date 05/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONY, THRESIA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $125,300.52 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, SHAINA D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $125,300.18 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLAND, GREGORY J | Employer name Pub Employment Relations Bd | Amount $125,300.10 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANZA, MARK D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,300.10 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOT-SCHEUERMANN, GERARD W | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $125,299.17 | Date 09/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNG, NANCY A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $125,299.17 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, WILLIAM A, MR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $125,299.17 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAL, JEFFREY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 10/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLANT, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVELDINE, JACQUELINE B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 09/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PAMELA R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, KATHLEEN S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHL, RICHARD R | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $125,298.84 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,297.97 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBRO, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $125,296.09 | Date 12/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE, MARK T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,295.88 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IACABUCCI, TIMOTHY E | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $125,295.57 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAROWICZ, STEPHEN J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $125,295.36 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELS, PETER J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $125,295.36 | Date 08/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVER, ROBERT A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $125,295.36 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, ALAN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,293.36 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ADRIAN H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $125,293.20 | Date 12/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERILL, DUANE E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,293.05 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, WILLIAM M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,292.55 | Date 10/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DENBURGH, JEFFREY K | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $125,290.16 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY-PINCUS, PAMELA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,289.92 | Date 12/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROBERT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,289.91 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARIGNAN, LINDA M | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $125,289.91 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, KEITH P | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $125,286.60 | Date 08/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, THOMAS E | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $125,286.48 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DEBORAH S | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $125,281.57 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, RICHARD J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,281.18 | Date 08/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORE, PAUL B | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $125,281.18 | Date 04/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS-SULLIVAN, TARA L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $125,280.01 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, JOHN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $125,278.99 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSSUNG, JOHN W, JR | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $125,278.44 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, JOSEPH G | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $125,277.24 | Date 11/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JOHN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $125,275.97 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TAGUE, JAMES L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $125,273.99 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NANCY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $125,273.17 | Date 02/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, ALAN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,273.09 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODIN, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $125,272.72 | Date 03/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELA SERNA, NENITA N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,272.40 | Date 09/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCHER, BRUCE L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARUTH, MARCEL R | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, OWEN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHAI, LAVI K | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JAMES H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WNEK, BRONISLAW A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 03/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, SIU P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWILINSKI, PAUL H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITI, JOHN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $125,269.86 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,269.77 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,268.95 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DIANE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,268.78 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOY, PETER M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $125,267.50 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $125,267.50 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, ROBERT T | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $125,267.24 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, DONALD D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 11/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 11/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 03/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN B, JR | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELFANT, STEVEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $125,264.54 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL V | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $125,264.54 | Date 07/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUBBS, JOHN V, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $125,262.22 | Date 06/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, LAURA L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $125,261.89 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRIE, MICHAEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,261.24 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRITSCH, MARY ANN | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $125,260.21 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAMES, HOWARD T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,260.09 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIS, GREGORY K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $125,258.93 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSINGER, RAYMOND F | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $125,258.44 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEODIS, PETER | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $125,258.40 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKSH, SHAFIROON | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $125,258.25 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREADY, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $125,256.67 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, CHERYL B | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $125,253.64 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,253.43 | Date 06/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDON, EILEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $125,251.45 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAGER, LORRAINE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $125,251.15 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMOVICH, THOMAS D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $125,251.09 | Date 10/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,250.89 | Date 10/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLTE, JOSEPH M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,250.63 | Date 09/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUYLE, CRAIG F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $125,250.44 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINKELSTEIN, SUSAN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $125,247.63 | Date 06/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EALLONARDO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,246.71 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GHOSH, DEBASHIS | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $125,245.40 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,244.75 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWARINGEN, KYLE W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $125,244.60 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, WILLIAM S | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $125,244.36 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, LESLIE B | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $125,244.36 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, ANGUS K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,243.72 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, JOHN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,243.72 | Date 06/12/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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