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 EVANS, HAROLD | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $112,703.79 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, KEITH J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $112,702.27 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, KURTIS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,701.45 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERDICCHIO, GERALD J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $112,698.21 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLINSKY, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $112,697.32 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, DANIEL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $112,697.02 | Date 10/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, RENEE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,696.13 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDETTI, RAYMOND P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $112,694.89 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANNIBALE, MARK V | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,694.40 | Date 07/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, WILLIAM J, III | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $112,694.13 | Date 01/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, AIDA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $112,693.67 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABU, GEORGE P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,692.26 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATELLO, RANDALL G | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $112,691.19 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREMPP, KAREN F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $112,689.98 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUNKEY, KENJU L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,689.39 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIANNETTI, PAUL E | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $112,689.35 | Date 07/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTNEY BRIDGES, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $112,689.20 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRIANNI, FRANK A, III | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $112,687.32 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, NATHANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,686.09 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, EXTON D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $112,685.82 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADRO, JEANNINE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $112,685.82 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LEON, RAUL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,685.71 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUSCA, ROBERT A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,685.05 | Date 01/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OYENEYE, KINGSLEY T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $112,683.36 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, TARA L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $112,681.61 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, THOMAS M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $112,681.60 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $112,680.93 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADFORD, DENNIS W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $112,679.68 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILIERO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $112,678.69 | Date 08/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDI, GILDA P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $112,678.27 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDO, ERIC S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,678.08 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIDLEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $112,677.93 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWARYCZUK, JOHN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $112,676.37 | Date 02/08/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, ROBERT | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,676.19 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTAS, GLORY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $112,676.18 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWOLEK, EDWARD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,675.50 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOESTER, JOSEPH N | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $112,675.27 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHAI, MANOJ | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,674.44 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, KENNETH H | Employer name Erie County | Amount $112,674.18 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, KEITH P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $112,674.16 | Date 06/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNK, FRED | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $112,673.01 | Date 12/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOEY, BARRY B | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,672.42 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIBERT, KEVIN J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $112,669.96 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCELLA, DONNA M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $112,669.44 | Date 02/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUGLIARO, MARY F | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $112,668.23 | Date 10/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTORANA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $112,667.91 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHETT, BRIAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,667.68 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGOL, SALLY | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $112,666.93 | Date 03/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERK, YAKOV V | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $112,665.56 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, JASON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,664.85 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, DOWEN C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $112,663.88 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,663.65 | Date 07/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, JOSEPH C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $112,662.39 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDENAS, MARCO | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $112,660.61 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, DANIEL P, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $112,660.04 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMAD K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,659.00 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MITCHELL R, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $112,658.34 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, CARL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $112,657.69 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUDLA, RON G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $112,657.48 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARRY, DENIS M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,654.72 | Date 04/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, TEIGH | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,653.94 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, JAMES E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $112,653.54 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERFIN, KURT L | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $112,651.89 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLCZAK, JESSE R | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $112,651.82 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFONE, JAMIE M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $112,651.43 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $112,648.30 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LECKINGER, JASON M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $112,645.10 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCKMAN, GARY J | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $112,642.50 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNEST, WINFRED | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $112,641.99 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, OWEN, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $112,641.24 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $112,641.18 | Date 07/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERTON, ROBERT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,636.43 | Date 12/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SUSAN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $112,635.73 | Date 09/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, DAVID | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $112,635.49 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, AUDREY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $112,635.30 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIPITONE, GENARO M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,635.25 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, MARISA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $112,635.21 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANS, KATHRYN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $112,634.66 | Date 04/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARK A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $112,633.16 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESZYNSKI, SHANE | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $112,633.13 | Date 01/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, CANUTE G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,631.71 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, HEDDA C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $112,630.26 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, JASON A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $112,629.69 | Date 01/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, JANICE | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $112,627.00 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, THOMAS E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,626.92 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, JAMES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $112,624.49 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATTY L | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $112,622.51 | Date 01/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLRICH, STEPHEN M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $112,621.61 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, GREGORY B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,621.42 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZEAU, ADRIENNE V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,621.06 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSONS, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $112,620.44 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESOLOWSKI, DAVID R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,619.85 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURPISZ, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,617.68 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANES, MICHAEL W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $112,617.36 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTAMARIA, JOSEPH | Employer name No Hempstead Commun Devel Agcy | Amount $112,616.77 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGDAN, RICHARD F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $112,615.75 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DAVID M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $112,615.02 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTIERO, DERRICK J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,612.73 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PERCY H | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,612.09 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, ANN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,610.46 | Date 08/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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