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 DILELLA, AMELIA MEADOWS | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,417.14 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, CORIENTHIA R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $113,416.21 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CURTIS D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,416.03 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAUDE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $113,415.50 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, IVELISSE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $113,414.80 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, MALISSA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,414.35 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLESS, CATHERINE M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $113,414.31 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, MARK A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEARNS, CHARLES A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACK, KEVIN E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORKELL, STEPHEN F | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 11/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALASKI, LAWRENCE | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 07/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGMAN, JEFFREY P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, PEARSE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $113,411.27 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, RONALD S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $113,411.18 | Date 06/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARIELLO, JOHN D | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $113,410.88 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREER, MALCOLM M | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $113,409.57 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTS, MARK L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $113,409.53 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEFANKO, MELISSA K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $113,407.06 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTI, DAVID | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $113,406.99 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMETRANO, ROBERTA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $113,406.59 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, BARRY M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $113,406.59 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, PRISCILLA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $113,406.59 | Date 12/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, PAMELA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $113,406.59 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, ROSEANN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $113,406.59 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARK J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $113,405.87 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELRATH, CHARLES D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,404.70 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $113,404.14 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, SCOTT J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $113,404.14 | Date 12/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBOX, RAYMOND E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $113,404.09 | Date 11/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILSTEIN, DAVID E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $113,403.68 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $113,403.32 | Date 05/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLIN, VIVIAN M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $113,401.25 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, MICHELE M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $113,400.86 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, DORIS | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $113,400.86 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, STEVEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,400.86 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, JONATHAN | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $113,400.69 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRON, DITTER A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $113,400.21 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERVIN, BENJAMIN F | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $113,399.91 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENZA, CARMEN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $113,399.26 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHMAN, MARALYNE P | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $113,398.48 | Date 05/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, SIZHEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,396.95 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIDA, DAVID E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,396.90 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROSANNE M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,396.90 | Date 12/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST-AMUSA, TENEKA E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $113,396.73 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBEY, LINDA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $113,396.29 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, ROBERT G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,395.97 | Date 01/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADRETTE, MARK W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,395.24 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRLICH, RONALD S | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $113,395.15 | Date 06/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, VICTORIA C | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $113,395.09 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, TERESA A | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $113,390.68 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, SZ-SHYAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,390.68 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROMIRSKI, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,390.68 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRUCE F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $113,390.50 | Date 08/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, MARK E | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $113,390.06 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKOTOH, JONATHAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,389.77 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, LOUIS H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $113,388.64 | Date 10/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBNEY, BRIAN | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,388.15 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KIM A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $113,387.31 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $113,387.00 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGSON, SCOTT T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,386.60 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, VERNITTA N | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $113,386.10 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, EDWARD R | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $113,385.81 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDRICH, DESIREE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,385.57 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKASON, NORINE K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,384.78 | Date 03/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIX-COSSIFOS, ELLEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,384.54 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, BRENDAN J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $113,384.53 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, TYRONE J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $113,384.53 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, VINCENT J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $113,384.53 | Date 12/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICINIC, PHILLIP | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $113,384.53 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, PATRICK | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $113,384.53 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABO, MARY FRANCES | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $113,384.13 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, DAVID F, JR | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $113,383.33 | Date 03/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESEL, DONNA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,383.06 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTOLONI, AUGUSTO | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,382.05 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSENGER, ROBERT W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,382.04 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCZYK, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,381.85 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JAMES S | Employer name So Farmingdale Water District | Amount $113,379.05 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, EDWARD R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $113,378.15 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMKUHL, LORI J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,376.46 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,376.33 | Date 01/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR-STEWART, JOAN | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $113,375.80 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, KYLE P | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $113,375.68 | Date 11/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, KEVIN J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $113,375.20 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARDIBONE, FRANK J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $113,375.18 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATTA, LYNN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,374.86 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGER, DAVID S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $113,374.37 | Date 01/10/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $113,374.11 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, WILLIAM T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,374.05 | Date 02/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, BETH ANNE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,373.87 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, KEITH J | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $113,373.54 | Date 11/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ROBIN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $113,373.24 | Date 03/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,372.86 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPINIELLO, JAMES R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,372.68 | Date 12/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPIK, SUSAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,372.51 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, KIRK W | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $113,372.40 | Date 03/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADINO, THOMAS F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,369.78 | Date 12/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, MICHELLE M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $113,368.79 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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