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 ENNIST, DAVID P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,267.61 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, MARK T | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $119,267.59 | Date 11/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $119,264.31 | Date 06/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTLEBERRY, NIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,262.61 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIVAR, WILSON R, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,258.66 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, CARLTON | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $119,258.28 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSSLER, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $119,257.58 | Date 06/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOHN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,254.51 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, ANNE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $119,254.32 | Date 10/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHRAF, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,252.82 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIR, JAMIE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,252.82 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISCO, JEAN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,252.82 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KERRIE N R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,252.82 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCENENY-SPENCER, RACHEL M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $119,250.00 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, THOMAS M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $119,249.27 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLLUSCIO, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $119,248.57 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SADID ZADEH, RAMTIN | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $119,247.45 | Date 09/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, GREG T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,247.40 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIGENFUS, JEREMY G | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $119,245.65 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, TERRY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,243.93 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, PAMELA R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,242.02 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, HAI SIL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $119,239.44 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URENA, ANGEL M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $119,239.34 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERONE, ANTHONY L | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $119,237.01 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALIS, MARGARET E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $119,235.76 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, DERKA M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $119,235.51 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, HECTOR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,235.02 | Date 04/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, ELAINE E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $119,232.48 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOK, DAVID G | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $119,226.55 | Date 08/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARON, DARVIN J | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $119,226.35 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLINEAU, ANNE-MARIE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $119,225.86 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, THOMAS | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $119,225.30 | Date 08/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, KATHLEEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $119,223.68 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, SCOTT R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $119,223.42 | Date 06/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPIENZA, DAVID | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $119,219.35 | Date 03/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANZIAK, STEPHEN P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $119,219.09 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NORMAN R, JR | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $119,218.81 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDNEY, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Porter | Amount $119,215.44 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROK, MICHAEL S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $119,215.44 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLAIN, CORY E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $119,215.34 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATA, JANICE D, DR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $119,214.68 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITRULLE, SHAWN F | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $119,213.44 | Date 02/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, DONAREEN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $119,211.83 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, KIM M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,209.81 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, TODD J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $119,209.30 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTODIMASO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $119,205.00 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNEY, JASON K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,199.03 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,196.94 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERKEL, KERRY D | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $119,192.77 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHICOINE, JAMES E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $119,192.26 | Date 06/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNBULL, LAURIE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $119,192.04 | Date 08/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, SHEILA E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,191.51 | Date 07/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOISELLE, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,188.10 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDA, PATRICK C | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $119,187.54 | Date 08/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOWERS, DERRICK R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,187.53 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DESMOND T | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $119,187.23 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIU, JOY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,186.90 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGREE, PATRICK R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,184.56 | Date 09/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATCHIE, MARK | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $119,182.82 | Date 03/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PECORELLA, JOSEPH S, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $119,181.70 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMAN, SCOTT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $119,181.48 | Date 06/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSETTE, IAN F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $119,180.32 | Date 02/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOLPH, BRIAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,179.60 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, KEVIN D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,178.06 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAVRE, ANTHONY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,174.70 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILEWSKI, GARRETT | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $119,174.67 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, BENJAMIN K | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $119,173.14 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, HANNAH Y | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $119,173.14 | Date 10/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON DIETSCH, MAX D | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $119,171.34 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EXARMAKOS, BILLY J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $119,169.90 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LORENSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,167.42 | Date 05/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DANIEL W, JR | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $119,164.74 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTON, KAREN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,161.04 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOS, MARK J | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $119,160.74 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, EDWARD F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $119,160.00 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, VERONICA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $119,156.19 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $119,152.29 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JACQUELINE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $119,150.91 | Date 11/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, SHARON | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $119,150.76 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTO, ROCCO S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $119,149.64 | Date 09/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, LISA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $119,148.57 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDER, JEFFREY W | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $119,147.65 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFORTE, ANNELIESE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,144.95 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIECNIKOWSKI, STEPHEN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $119,144.90 | Date 02/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, SAMUEL J | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $119,144.09 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INFANTI, PAUL R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $119,142.70 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMCZYK, GARY J, JR | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $119,142.52 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MICHAEL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,140.32 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, KEITH P | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $119,139.94 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIS, MICHELLE R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $119,139.94 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISNER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,135.15 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, TOMMASINO SALVATORE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,130.51 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVALREZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $119,129.71 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSEY, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,129.59 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, JAMES C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $119,126.86 | Date 11/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROUGHTON, JOHN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,123.86 | Date 02/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROHOSKY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,123.46 | Date 09/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELHANO, JOHN | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $119,122.90 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,121.68 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN ANDEN, ROBERT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,118.48 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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