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 RITTEREISER, PAUL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,894.85 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAFONTE, ALICE C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $118,890.66 | Date 02/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DUNCAN T | Employer name Albany Convention Center Auth. | Amount $118,890.20 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDBROOK, MICHELLE | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $118,889.91 | Date 06/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, OSCAR E | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $118,889.53 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZORN, FREDERICK A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $118,889.48 | Date 04/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKIE, KAY A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $118,888.48 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JERRY R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $118,888.39 | Date 01/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORREGGIANI, KENNETH | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $118,885.04 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCSKAI, MARY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,883.61 | Date 01/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRANDON P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,882.73 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, LINDSI E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $118,881.64 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOPE, JOSHUA J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $118,879.91 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ERIKA A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $118,876.49 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREVOFF, JERRI | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,875.28 | Date 08/27/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CATHERINE R | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,875.28 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILAS, WENDY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,875.28 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, BRIAN F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,873.82 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUERVO, PETER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,870.88 | Date 05/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASHA, JEREMY R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $118,870.44 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $118,868.01 | Date 04/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, TERENCE L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $118,865.28 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, DORIANNE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $118,864.09 | Date 08/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELFI, DAWN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,863.41 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAPPIED, MARK C | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $118,862.22 | Date 12/03/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, KIMBERLY G | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $118,859.19 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANIS, GREGORY M | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $118,855.49 | Date 01/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $118,855.40 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $118,852.52 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, ALBERT | Employer name Supreme Court Justices | Amount $118,849.07 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, KENNETH S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,848.61 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORECKY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,847.32 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JONATHAN P | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $118,846.61 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLAN, ROSEMARY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,846.60 | Date 12/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAISCH, PATRICK R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $118,842.72 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASS, ANDREW | Employer name Orange County | Amount $118,840.91 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROPRESE, FERDINAND P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $118,836.20 | Date 11/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILMER, ROBIN A | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $118,835.56 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, LOWELL F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,835.34 | Date 06/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OQUENDO, ALBERTO, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,833.03 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $118,832.75 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABASSA, JANET L | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $118,830.19 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, NATHAN C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $118,829.91 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, MANETTE E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $118,829.43 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEJKO, KELLY J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $118,829.43 | Date 01/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELTIDI, SALLY E | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $118,828.71 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $118,826.82 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DINOTO, THEODORE C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $118,826.71 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEDER, MARY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,823.30 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZ, KEVIN A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $118,823.21 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, CLAY V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $118,822.00 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WALTER N | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $118,819.01 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYGONIK, STEVEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,818.65 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUENTHER, THERESA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $118,814.41 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMBKE, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $118,814.33 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OKOCHA, GRACE N | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $118,814.20 | Date 12/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ROBERT E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,813.76 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, GARY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,813.76 | Date 01/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROTAIN, SHEILA V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $118,812.51 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLESSINGTON, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $118,811.53 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JAMES J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $118,807.15 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, JOSEPH V | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $118,802.05 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARLOTTA, FRANCIS L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $118,800.55 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBAYO, WILLIAM R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,800.33 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFFARELLA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $118,793.17 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POBLINER, JODI | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $118,793.03 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETZOLD, PAUL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,792.47 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAHILRAMANI, CHAND A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,792.38 | Date 12/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBELO-VELAZQUEZ, ROSA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,791.92 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTALE, JOHN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,791.92 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DENISE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,791.92 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLESINGER, LANE R | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $118,791.74 | Date 01/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALPERIN, SHANIT E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $118,789.80 | Date 05/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAYSON, KAREN M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $118,789.53 | Date 08/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLIA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,789.18 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, KATE V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,787.24 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRIQUEZ, GRACE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $118,786.31 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALTEZ, SUSAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $118,786.15 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASMAJIAN, DANIEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $118,784.90 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABLE, DANIEL R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $118,781.39 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUPID, RAY A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $118,781.16 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENT, SHAWN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $118,780.74 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,780.59 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $118,778.09 | Date 08/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, SARAH J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $118,777.97 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSINKO, DOUGLAS R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $118,777.31 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGUID, JOHN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,776.08 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAYE-FINK, CINDY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,775.28 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, GEORGEANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $118,775.28 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, JAMES W | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $118,772.40 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, CATHERINE J | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $118,772.12 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZELLA, FRANK L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $118,770.78 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAKIEWICZ, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $118,770.77 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, GILBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $118,770.12 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, MORRIS, IV | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $118,769.64 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, PATRICIA M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $118,768.99 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, JONATHAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,768.52 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, RODNEY A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $118,767.89 | Date 03/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, CLAYTON A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,767.26 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, EDWARD E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,767.19 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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