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 BARANSKI, HENRY E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $115,250.42 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, JAMES A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,249.80 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINTZ, DONNA K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $115,249.14 | Date 01/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHANDRU, CHARAN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,248.44 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHONG, NAN | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $115,248.03 | Date 06/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHBURG, MELISSA R | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $115,246.62 | Date 01/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODENTHAL, GROVER | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $115,246.33 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, PATRICK D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $115,245.58 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANO, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $115,245.38 | Date 06/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULZYCHI, URSULA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,243.64 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, ANGELA P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $115,239.66 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ROSAMUND E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $115,238.81 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HO, STEPHEN J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $115,236.58 | Date 10/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, TEJKIRAN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,236.31 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,235.49 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOBRASZ, DANIEL, JR | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $115,232.50 | Date 08/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOCHET, CHARNI | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $115,231.35 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, STUART | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,230.15 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, DANIEL A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,229.79 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUFER, FRANKLIN N | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $115,229.34 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MARIE D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $115,229.34 | Date 12/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUENTE, ANDREW | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,229.02 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY-HEG, MARTIN E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $115,228.93 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $115,227.96 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, GLEN A | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $115,227.74 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, JEANMARIE | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $115,227.29 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, JASON R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $115,227.07 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIBA, JOHN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $115,225.49 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, RICARDO J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,225.00 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGONA, FREDERICK | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,223.15 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PYC, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,222.11 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, KENNETH W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,222.06 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TITO, BRADFORD J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,221.86 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INDELICATO, THOMAS O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,221.69 | Date 04/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASELEY, AUVA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,221.06 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULSEN, DAVID J | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $115,219.94 | Date 04/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, NICOLE S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,219.59 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATHY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $115,218.01 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROIG, JENNIFER J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $115,215.70 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ANGEL D | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $115,215.11 | Date 03/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, LINDA M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $115,214.96 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTAR, DAVID V | Employer name Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Amount $115,214.86 | Date 01/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, LORI A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $115,212.57 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTRON, ANTONIO, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $115,211.92 | Date 01/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, DEAN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $115,210.92 | Date 01/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KADERLI, ERIC D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $115,207.40 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, JOHN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,205.10 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCHALE, PAUL F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $115,205.08 | Date 03/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHIDBEE-JORDAN, VENITA D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $115,203.72 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, KENNETH J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $115,203.59 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MARCA, JOSEPH L | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $115,203.07 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, DIANE M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $115,201.38 | Date 08/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, VINCENT J | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $115,200.36 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, JENNIFER | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $115,200.02 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAMSON, DALE S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $115,198.90 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHL, LAUREL L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $115,198.26 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREMO, PATRICK J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $115,198.26 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTO, ELENA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,197.94 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHO, CARMEN S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $115,195.99 | Date 12/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, JOANNA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $115,195.68 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERLAU, JOHN V | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $115,194.71 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUDOR, RODNEY A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $115,194.02 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACKBURN, JANE M | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $115,193.12 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,191.86 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELEWIN, MICHAEL W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $115,189.72 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, FRANK C | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $115,188.16 | Date 06/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADDEN, LINDA F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $115,184.86 | Date 10/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O DONNELL, JOSEPH P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $115,183.12 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZATROVICH, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,182.38 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBLER, DAVID S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $115,180.45 | Date 07/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JAMES F | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $115,179.48 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, SAMUEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,177.48 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANNITTO, GEORGE R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $115,177.21 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNINO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $115,175.49 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, LUIS E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,174.19 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEREK C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,172.33 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, DIEGO | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $115,171.65 | Date 12/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISENCHEK, CATHRYN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,170.90 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $115,170.00 | Date 08/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATA, THOMAS | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $115,168.20 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICINICH, RICHARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,168.13 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, NEIL R, JR | Employer name Village of Greenwood Lake | Amount $115,165.12 | Date 07/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEARSE, RHONDA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,164.90 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELONG, JONDAVID S | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $115,163.26 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILEY, KEVIN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,162.70 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,162.70 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDARI, FRANCIS R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,162.52 | Date 01/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $115,160.84 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STONEBRAKER, BETTE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $115,160.19 | Date 03/25/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LODGE, ANDREW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,159.52 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ROBERT W | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $115,157.78 | Date 12/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, CHERIE D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $115,156.05 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON-SINGER, RUTH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,154.11 | Date 10/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, WENDY J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $115,152.02 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOPINATHAN, JINI | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $115,150.52 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DETTLING, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,149.70 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROTSCHINSKY, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,149.70 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, CHARLES | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,149.70 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARRABEE, SHAWN J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $115,148.47 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASHBY, CAROLINE H | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $115,143.82 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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