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 RODLER, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,920.10 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFELT, DANA C | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $115,918.27 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHIA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,918.22 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERNSEY, BRIAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,918.09 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUTNIK, TIFFINAY M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $115,915.90 | Date 09/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELYSER, ANDREW G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $115,915.64 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, PATRICIA L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $115,915.38 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORIO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $115,913.15 | Date 04/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZROY, KEITH R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $115,911.16 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISCOE, SEAN D | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $115,909.94 | Date 08/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $115,909.85 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKOWSKI, EDWARD F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $115,908.76 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, MARTIN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $115,908.46 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRIE, SEAN C | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $115,905.26 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, LARRY E | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $115,905.17 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANINO, RICHARD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,904.44 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLEK, HELEN T | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $115,898.75 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTCHLER, KIERAN T | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $115,898.34 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JAMES A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,895.53 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, BARRY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,895.47 | Date 12/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPUS, RANDALL M | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $115,893.36 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEWIT, RALPH W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $115,889.39 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $115,887.33 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COROMATO, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $115,884.65 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BACLIJA, MARC R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,884.62 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, BRENT E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $115,883.08 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPS, JERRICE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,879.64 | Date 02/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFLEGER, GARY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,879.08 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHAM, BRANDON L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,878.57 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARGAI M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $115,878.20 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, JUDITH ANNE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $115,877.19 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHR, JENNIFER F | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,876.07 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, DIANE E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,876.07 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOOMBA, DONNA J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,876.07 | Date 09/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINDER, BARBARA J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,876.07 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOEHR, NANCY B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,876.07 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROWSKY, BETTY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,874.19 | Date 07/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIST, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $115,872.12 | Date 08/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $115,871.46 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORELLANA, JULIO C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,871.01 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THOMAS P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $115,867.79 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O MALLEY, LINDA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $115,866.02 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLAVEY, THOMAS M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,862.49 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERARDINELLI, ROBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,859.57 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENBAUM, FRANK | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $115,858.60 | Date 03/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUK, DIANE P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,856.82 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, KENNETH A | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $115,856.55 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,856.14 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVONE, LEE M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $115,854.91 | Date 03/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENIO, PAUL J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $115,854.12 | Date 10/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH-FLORES, MARIE F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,853.95 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, PETER | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,849.59 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZBERG, RUTH | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $115,846.78 | Date 10/04/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONS, CARMELLA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $115,845.77 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIXAS, DANIELLE D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,845.64 | Date 07/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTRINO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $115,845.37 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUMUSO, DONNA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,843.75 | Date 10/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, FRANK A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $115,842.85 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, DANIEL L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,841.02 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALRYMPLE, SCOTT A | Employer name Dix Hills Fire District | Amount $115,840.86 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, DEBBIE A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $115,839.49 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS-LANZILLOTTA, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,838.61 | Date 10/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLING, WILLIAM H | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $115,838.29 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWOMEY, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $115,835.44 | Date 03/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $115,835.34 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YADOO, SHLOMO S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,834.70 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMKO, JEFFREY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,834.26 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DROHAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,833.79 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, LORETTA R | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $115,832.49 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUSHANSKIY, DIMITRIY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,832.27 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, EDWIN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $115,832.21 | Date 11/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANTZ, THOMAS E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $115,831.62 | Date 01/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, JANET A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $115,831.08 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTERO, DANIEL | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $115,830.96 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWRONSKI, COLIN | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $115,829.94 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONE, ALFONSO | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $115,825.87 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOULIHAN, THOMAS E | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,825.22 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAUBACHER, ALLISON B | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $115,823.77 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, SHAWN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,823.58 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASTUTO, PHILIP S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,823.56 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOODY, WILLIAM | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $115,823.23 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, ROHAN A | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $115,822.37 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRITY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $115,822.13 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $115,821.45 | Date 01/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANK, JOHN J, III | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $115,817.84 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORD, RICHARD | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $115,817.75 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADEWITZ, MATTHEW W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,814.48 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNECHT, JAMES R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,813.60 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISESTO, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,813.33 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARBONARO, PETER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,812.80 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, ASHLEY L | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $115,810.89 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE-BROWN, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $115,810.89 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARP, TROY W | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $115,810.56 | Date 02/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $115,809.95 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLONI, MARGARET R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $115,808.34 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, DONITA E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $115,808.02 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, BRENT G | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $115,807.62 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, ELYSE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $115,807.37 | Date 09/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, EDWARD F, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $115,806.22 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MARGARET M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $115,805.31 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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