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 STEVENS, CHRISTINE B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, BRIAN | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 08/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODELL, JOHN R | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 05/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, DEBORAH V | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWITZ, ALAN J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYTA, JANET C SAPIO | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 07/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEDA, ANDREA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 10/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEEZY, DONALD R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, JOSEPH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNCZUR, PAUL H | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYDER, WILLIAM T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 09/15/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHOLD, PATRICIA E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 06/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKA, ERIC A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, ROBERT H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOCTEUR, SCOTT A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKINNEY, GARY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 06/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIN, ERNEST A, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOURY, KEITH C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRESS, KURT A | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, JEFFREY J | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 05/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESDORPH, RICHARD J | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, KEITH J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, WILLIAM A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNUKJIAN, ALAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 01/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICKMAN, STEPHEN K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIBELL, EILEEN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, KEVIN F | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, RONALD J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, JACOB | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,449.91 | Date 10/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $113,449.35 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI POPOLO, REMO, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,449.11 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAINT PAUL JOSEPH, CHRISTENE M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $113,448.41 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, WILLIAM R | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $113,445.99 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELAS, PETER A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $113,444.74 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, TABITHA J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $113,443.84 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, MAUREEN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,443.68 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROV, RICHARD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,443.68 | Date 09/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, RANDALL C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,443.68 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, AMY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,443.68 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREIS, PHILIP A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $113,443.48 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, TIMOTHY | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $113,442.90 | Date 04/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, JOHN G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $113,442.90 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUTI, KENNETH J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $113,441.80 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $113,441.80 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, EDWARD B | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $113,441.79 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, JUDITH | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $113,441.62 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JACOB S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $113,441.54 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSAR, JAMES W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $113,440.27 | Date 02/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISKIN, RYAN | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $113,439.71 | Date 07/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIETSCHIER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, ANTHONY P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 04/28/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROMER, FRANK L, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMSEN, WAYNE D | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLERS, AIPING | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, TERRI J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORRAZZO, KAREN A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, MARTHA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 09/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIDAL MARY, C L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $113,439.47 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JOHN R | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $113,439.46 | Date 05/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAMY, KAREN R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $113,438.89 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABBE, NORMAND R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,438.46 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, BETSY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,438.46 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,438.13 | Date 10/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, MARIE B | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $113,438.07 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAFT, ARTHUR F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $113,437.61 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, JOSEPH P | Employer name Department of State | Amount $113,437.27 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, MARK S | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $113,436.67 | Date 01/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDAU, SUSAN L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $113,435.75 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELIX, DANIEL N | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $113,435.59 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ZANDT, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,435.05 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, DENNIS J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $113,435.05 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINTRAUB, LAWRENCE H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,435.05 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARLITTI, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $113,434.90 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUKASZEWSKI, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,434.69 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIELLO, GERARD P | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $113,434.68 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN WYEN, ROBERT W | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $113,434.13 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JAMES | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $113,433.88 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, DAWN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,433.25 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, GARY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,433.25 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICIA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $113,433.25 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREIN, DAVID J, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $113,432.73 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRINGTON, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $113,432.63 | Date 11/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURR, ERIC D | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $113,432.46 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLER, ARNON | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $113,432.18 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMKO, ELISHA S | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $113,432.05 | Date 08/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, MICHAEL F | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $113,432.05 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIFFEN, KATHLEEN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $113,430.66 | Date 12/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, TIM T | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $113,428.59 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEESHAW, HOLLY E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,426.34 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDMAN, SUSAN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $113,424.60 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, PATRICIA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,423.69 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLI, GILBERT A | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $113,423.46 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKER, DIANE J A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,423.11 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOI, DENNIS W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,422.50 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, RICHARD E, III | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $113,422.19 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDO, WILLIAM D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $113,420.88 | Date 03/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, BRIAN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $113,418.12 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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