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 ORTIZ, RENEE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,619.91 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWIRN, BENJAMIN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,619.91 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, RICKY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,618.86 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEBITETTO, VINCENT J | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $116,618.23 | Date 09/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARQUEZ, RAFAEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $116,618.13 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, EARL M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $116,617.27 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLACARA, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $116,615.98 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLIVKA, DAVID G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $116,613.62 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELL, DAVID A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $116,613.36 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EINTERZ, THERESA L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $116,613.12 | Date 08/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $116,612.25 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPION, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,611.99 | Date 06/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, RYAN G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $116,608.58 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,606.05 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, NICOLE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $116,605.80 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIER, ROY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $116,604.50 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY, GABRIELLE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $116,603.47 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMIEL, KAREN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $116,602.02 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, STEVEN M | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $116,601.78 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISAFULLI, LAURA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $116,601.73 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, ARTHUR | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $116,601.14 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGAL, BETSY J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $116,599.03 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOARE, MATTHEW C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $116,595.54 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $116,595.48 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, IVAN N | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $116,594.83 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUETHER, JOANNE B | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $116,594.78 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, LYNN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $116,594.71 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGIERI, ROBERT R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $116,593.98 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PYNE, PETER, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $116,592.42 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, AMANDA P | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $116,592.12 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DAVID | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,590.75 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REZEK, JOHN J | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $116,589.28 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFA, MATTHEW P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,588.78 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESSER, DEBORAH E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,578.63 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $116,578.54 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALYZADA, FARID S | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $116,576.58 | Date 03/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, SHANE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,576.48 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARKMAN, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $116,575.85 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALIL, TARA M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $116,574.01 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERNAN, THOMAS M, JR | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $116,569.71 | Date 01/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, EMAN Y | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $116,568.47 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, JANET E | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $116,567.09 | Date 04/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUTTNER, JACK | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $116,567.09 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, URSULA M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $116,567.09 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIFA, THOMAS J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $116,561.82 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUDDEN, BRIAN L | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $116,561.78 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, ROBERT E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $116,561.25 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NJIE, SENGAN W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $116,560.98 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRIO, JONATHAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,560.43 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENKALSKI, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $116,559.61 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, JAMES T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $116,559.46 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INGLIS, STEPHEN C | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $116,557.82 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAFOUNTAIN, LOWELL H, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $116,555.55 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINE, BRIAN D | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $116,555.22 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIEGMUND, ROBIN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $116,551.61 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBACH, ROSEMARY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $116,550.88 | Date 02/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARRAH, DANIEL T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $116,549.83 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, KEITH D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $116,545.08 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, SCOTT S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,543.57 | Date 05/27/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPERT, HEATH B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,540.41 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, GRACE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,539.54 | Date 07/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, DANIEL R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $116,538.00 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, SEAN J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $116,537.79 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JAMES W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $116,537.40 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERTSAS, KONSTANTINOS | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $116,537.30 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, DIEU D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $116,533.81 | Date 10/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, STEVEN M, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $116,532.99 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, MARIA A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $116,531.75 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCHETTA, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $116,530.15 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALVITTI, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $116,528.51 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYWALD, PETER C | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $116,528.29 | Date 11/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRZYZYNSKI, MARK S | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $116,528.05 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PESCATORE, CARMINE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $116,527.70 | Date 11/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENICHEL, EDWARD C | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $116,525.77 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, MICHELLE | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $116,525.19 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REINLE, THOMAS L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $116,525.06 | Date 06/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTO, DARLA P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $116,521.61 | Date 12/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, RICHARD E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,518.69 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRICINELLI, STEPHEN E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $116,518.07 | Date 12/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHANIOTIS, PAUL P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $116,516.93 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, GLENN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $116,516.86 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, HEATHER J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 11/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIUDICE, JOYCE E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CANDIA, LOUISE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVARE, MAUREEN G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 11/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORINI, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, SUSAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, WILLIAM J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHRER, ANDREW | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIEKONSKI, THADEUS J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 10/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, JONATHAN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZULO, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOHN P | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, LAURA J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRECHEL, GARY M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, TODD M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASLYN, ROBERT A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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