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 KACZOR, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $122,091.64 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, EDWARD C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $122,089.98 | Date 07/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $122,085.83 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DENNIS C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $122,084.28 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOIGHT, WILLIAM R, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,079.97 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUBIK, BRIAN D | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $122,079.73 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBERT, FRANK N | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,076.74 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA DUE, KEITH T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,076.20 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $122,076.03 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDERMANN, MARIANNE E | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $122,075.24 | Date 04/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEHATA, MOHAMED R | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $122,075.00 | Date 04/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI, LAURIE | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $122,074.41 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,073.36 | Date 01/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, KEVIN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,072.09 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRON, JAMES M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $122,068.09 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZMAN, ARTHUR R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $122,067.85 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRITTON, TODD M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $122,065.99 | Date 05/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, TERENCE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $122,063.23 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, WILLIAM J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,061.98 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDREAS, CLAY W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $122,060.16 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARONSON, ROBERT J | Employer name Seneca County Ida | Amount $122,058.30 | Date 08/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,058.20 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TODD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,057.56 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLETON, PAUL V | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $122,055.79 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $122,054.75 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $122,053.04 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPH, KELVIN S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $122,052.93 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPOOR, SARIKA | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $122,052.88 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REANY, KRISTEN L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $122,052.88 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, SEAN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $122,051.49 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ELAINE M | Employer name Binghamton Housing Authority | Amount $122,050.99 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAURIN, SHERYL | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $122,050.76 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, LOUIS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $122,050.30 | Date 06/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANON, WIDLER | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $122,048.16 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $122,043.91 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYRBE, LINDA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $122,042.97 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLTE, GREGG D | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $122,042.60 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, JANET J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $122,042.28 | Date 05/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTER, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $122,033.78 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, ASHLEY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $122,033.46 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNINI, MAUREEN | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $122,028.50 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLAK, STEVEN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,027.90 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEDLEMAN, SETH J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $122,025.47 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, KEITH E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $122,021.16 | Date 10/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, MICHAEL F | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $122,018.17 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAZZO, MARK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,018.00 | Date 08/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JASETH A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $122,017.35 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, WILLIAM R | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $122,016.79 | Date 02/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, RONALD | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $122,015.84 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELBACH, DONNA L | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $122,014.96 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITFELLER, MARGARET H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $122,013.10 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURG, KEVIN D | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $122,012.60 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, KENNETH E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $122,012.52 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARGA, GREGORY J | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $122,010.94 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAURY, STEVEN H | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $122,010.73 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, JAY F | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $122,010.41 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELL, LANCE P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,008.89 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $122,007.55 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, FREDERICK C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $122,006.81 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, ELAINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,005.63 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, JOSEPH H | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $122,004.88 | Date 06/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GISERMAN, SUELLYN | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $122,003.44 | Date 10/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERZEL, CRAIG M | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $122,002.31 | Date 11/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, SEAN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $122,001.85 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, DEBORAH H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $122,001.71 | Date 06/19/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, CARLTON A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $122,000.45 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUTMAN, TODD A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,000.18 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ELLEN L | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $122,000.12 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, JOANNE M | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $121,995.62 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENAHAN, CYNTHIA K | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,995.34 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERPICA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $121,994.58 | Date 06/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTELL, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $121,993.52 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGAN, BRIDGET | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $121,992.37 | Date 12/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPACZ, MARGARET T | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONFREDO, IRENE F | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 02/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILNIK, BETTY E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAITTA, MARIA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALINE, GINA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, ERIC M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURBEK, CATHERINE A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $121,992.33 | Date 10/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AWAKA, IFEOMA O | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $121,989.92 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, STEPHEN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $121,987.82 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHRMANN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $121,985.42 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCAVONE, THOMAS B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $121,981.58 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADAPLACKAL, BABY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $121,979.50 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, NORMAN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $121,977.50 | Date 12/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONRAD, SHANE S | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $121,973.70 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIAQUINTO, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $121,973.26 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, VINCENT G, JR | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $121,966.84 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORACE, NICHOLAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $121,966.32 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUCKS, JARED D | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $121,963.85 | Date 03/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROLL, HEATHER R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $121,963.70 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHELE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $121,963.70 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECHER, LESLIE H | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $121,963.37 | Date 09/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAST, WALTER E | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $121,963.09 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGLIELMO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $121,961.78 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, ASHLEY N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $121,960.89 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILFUS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $121,959.92 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NUDING, JEFFREY C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $121,959.37 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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