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 SHUNICHEV, ANDREY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,367.86 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARDEEN, GREGORY J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $113,367.78 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUSO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $113,367.56 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNSBERGER, DANIEL P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $113,367.45 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, PATRICK W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $113,367.20 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HESS, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,366.99 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELECIO, PHIL | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $113,366.65 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAIA, RUTH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,364.80 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, BARBARA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,364.36 | Date 11/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONGIOVANNI, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $113,364.30 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, CHARLES M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $113,364.29 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGNEW, MARLINE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,364.24 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELEHANTY, EDWARD J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,364.24 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUHLMAN, JOSEPH E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $113,362.15 | Date 10/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANVECHTEN, BARBARA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,362.05 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELATION, GARY A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $113,361.56 | Date 01/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, DAVID S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $113,360.36 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $113,360.27 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLAN, STEVEN | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $113,359.80 | Date 06/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTIELLO, ERIC M | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $113,358.59 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEOGHEGAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $113,357.49 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLECKER, VICTORIA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,356.81 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, DEBBIE K | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $113,356.01 | Date 05/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISO, ANTHONY | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $113,356.01 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, ERIC B | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $113,355.90 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MATTHEW C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,354.14 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $113,353.88 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ORLITA O | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $113,352.48 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAXE, DANIEL F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $113,350.99 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPACCIUOLO, VINCENT | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,349.83 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANAVAN, DANIEL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,349.45 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YANULAVICH, MARK F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,349.30 | Date 05/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, GEOFFREY R, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,349.18 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, TRACY A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $113,349.06 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BRIAN C | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $113,348.43 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMIS, RYAN T | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $113,348.13 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIER, BYRON | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,345.95 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKULAS, JANINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,344.94 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, WAYNE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,344.43 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, ALICE M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $113,344.13 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, JIA DEE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,343.30 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, FRANKLIN D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACKI, PETER D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCUM, WILLIAM G | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLINGSWORTH, DORIS U | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 09/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABARGE, MARTHA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 02/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBILLARD, DEBORAH L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 02/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, KELLY R | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $113,342.17 | Date 11/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIXLEY, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $113,341.60 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TROY E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $113,341.42 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, KENNETH M | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $113,339.65 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $113,338.94 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAY, THOMAS C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $113,338.16 | Date 06/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMILEO, LYNNE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,337.89 | Date 02/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSIGNANT, AMY | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $113,337.28 | Date 09/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, LUIS A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $113,336.95 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDORE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $113,335.96 | Date 01/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $113,335.96 | Date 06/30/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHRER, SCOTT E | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $113,335.52 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, RYAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,335.42 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE VRIES, MAX A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,333.60 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIST, DAVID W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,333.53 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNWELL, FRANCES F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,332.89 | Date 03/11/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPCZA, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $113,332.40 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPIO, ANITA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,332.40 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOWELL, JOHN F, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $113,332.40 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, CHRISTINA | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $113,330.24 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARKEY, THOMAS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,328.64 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, KATHLEEN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,327.94 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, RONALD J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $113,324.37 | Date 04/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUZA, SARA | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $113,323.56 | Date 02/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCALLISTER, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $113,323.48 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SAIN, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,323.31 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDEBACK, RYAN C | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN RYN, LISA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 10/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COSTANZO, MARIA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATHEN, KARI L | Employer name Department of State | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 05/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 06/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKO, THOMAS S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 05/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, RICHARD E | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $113,322.62 | Date 06/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWERRE, ERNEST J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $113,321.86 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATNODE, MAX D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $113,321.86 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTIN, SUSAN M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $113,321.86 | Date 09/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNELL, PATRICIA | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $113,321.80 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, ROY P, JR | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $113,321.14 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANBORN, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $113,319.55 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THACHER, DAVETTA M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $113,319.23 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFIN, KAREN M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $113,319.02 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSLYN, ANNE M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $113,318.75 | Date 08/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JAIME EMILLIO | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $113,317.51 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, RICHARD G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,317.02 | Date 02/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORTELL, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $113,315.49 | Date 12/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, THOMAS K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,314.52 | Date 01/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEINBACH, FRANCIS A, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $113,314.25 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, MICHAEL B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,311.77 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANNELLI, ASSUNTA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,311.54 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, KEVIN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,311.40 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICOLA, VINCENT S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,311.40 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE'MON, PAMELA J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $113,311.02 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEY, LYNNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $113,310.74 | Date 03/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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