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 WILSON-HEW, ELMINA C | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $112,520.68 | Date 03/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKTER, KEITH M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $112,520.18 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANWOOD, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $112,519.98 | Date 05/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, BRIAN E | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $112,518.29 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREER, JOHN T | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $112,518.20 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIFFANY, LINDA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $112,517.01 | Date 01/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIAREL, ANTHONY A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,516.02 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGBON, MOSES A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,516.02 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLMER, PATRICIA M | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $112,515.87 | Date 07/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $112,514.73 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FALL, KEITH E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $112,514.64 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDARIO, JOHN R | Employer name Department of State | Amount $112,514.16 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHOLK, EUGENE A | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $112,513.82 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, SEAN P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $112,513.81 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATRO, GARY FRANK, JR | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $112,513.24 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MICHELE A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $112,512.36 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYLOZYNSKI, WALDEMAR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $112,512.18 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,510.68 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BERNARD | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $112,508.54 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, SHARON M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $112,506.98 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUHAN, ROSE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,506.60 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRULL, CHERYL A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $112,501.97 | Date 06/19/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDER, SAMUEL P | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $112,500.00 | Date 07/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, JOANN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,498.17 | Date 10/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RYAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,497.69 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZDENEK, LISA A | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $112,494.76 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, ANN E | Employer name New Paltz CSD | Amount $112,494.09 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEVIN P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $112,493.70 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, GEOFFREY M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $112,492.85 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SANTHOSH A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $112,492.67 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAZEE, JAMES R | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $112,492.30 | Date 10/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, DAVID | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $112,491.28 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, SHOLA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $112,491.12 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JERRY W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $112,490.63 | Date 06/02/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, JENNIFER L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $112,490.63 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, WENDY S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $112,490.09 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERY, DILLAN L | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $112,488.25 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DONALD D | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $112,487.86 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, SANDRA A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $112,487.73 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES K | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $112,484.81 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRELLA, FRANK | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $112,484.79 | Date 05/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBZELTER, DAWN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $112,483.87 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,482.39 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSTON, KENNETH E, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,481.36 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, COURTNEY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,481.35 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HASSELT, JOHN L | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $112,481.00 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, PETER J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $112,480.22 | Date 06/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNEY, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $112,480.20 | Date 04/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULTIS, JEREMY B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,479.91 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JONATHAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,477.79 | Date 05/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER MC NEILL, LAURIE S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $112,477.14 | Date 01/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTRONEO, RICHARD A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $112,476.46 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUEY, LYNN S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $112,476.46 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, JEREMY W | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $112,476.46 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACH, MICHAEL A | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $112,476.09 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRIAGA, MYRA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $112,474.75 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $112,473.06 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEZZI, MARY R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $112,473.01 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, CURTIS J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $112,472.88 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWROTNIAK, ERICA JOAN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $112,472.43 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DARLENE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $112,470.23 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, CATHERINE A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $112,469.95 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRARD, JAMES M, II | Employer name Monticello Joint Fire District | Amount $112,468.36 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, JEFFREY R | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $112,467.50 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDZIK-ANDREWS, LESLEY | Employer name Orange County | Amount $112,465.55 | Date 09/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, GRACE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $112,463.77 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, DANIEL S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $112,463.09 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEVIN J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $112,462.45 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELEC, SHAUN P | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $112,461.23 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, MAURICE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $112,458.48 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, ANDREW J | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $112,458.32 | Date 02/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, HOWARD J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $112,457.56 | Date 02/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,455.80 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, TIMOTHY S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,455.43 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, STEPHEN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $112,455.29 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRANCE, GERALDINE P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $112,454.49 | Date 06/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APRILE, DOMINICK M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,453.24 | Date 11/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GONZAGUE, LOUIS R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $112,453.12 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESTASIO, ROBERT J | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $112,453.01 | Date 09/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MEGAN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $112,452.02 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTHRIE, TYRONE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $112,451.75 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, MARY ANNE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,451.40 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIDER, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,450.94 | Date 05/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEADNELL, LUKE W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,449.53 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YUSKO, ROBERT D | Employer name Glens Falls City School Dist | Amount $112,449.30 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBEY, DENISE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $112,448.38 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $112,448.02 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYAZ, TURAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $112,447.60 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMAGGIO, DOMINICK J, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,446.68 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBLER, JEANNETTE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $112,445.02 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, GAVIN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $112,444.69 | Date 12/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $112,443.46 | Date 03/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, DANIEL | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $112,442.64 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHOY, MAN YING | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,441.54 | Date 07/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, SHAOHONG | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,441.54 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DERICK A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,441.54 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, HOWA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,441.54 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONCE, BLANCA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $112,440.69 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, JAMES J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $112,438.46 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, PETER J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $112,437.52 | Date 05/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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