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.

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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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