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 CICERO, FRANK G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,704.61 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,702.80 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ROBIN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,702.80 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELOSKY, JOHN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $111,702.75 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DANIEL | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $111,701.51 | Date 04/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMONCHAK, SARA E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,701.04 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTANTINO, GAETANO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,700.30 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, SABENAH K | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,698.44 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIM, MEGHAN K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $111,698.00 | Date 08/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEMETTE, JAMES L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $111,697.95 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLVIN, TRAVIS J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $111,697.64 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERENS, KAREN B | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $111,696.33 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, JAMES W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $111,695.00 | Date 04/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RONNIE | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $111,694.96 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, JODY E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $111,694.62 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINEO, ROY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,693.45 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITANO, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $111,692.16 | Date 11/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $111,689.90 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK P | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $111,689.71 | Date 02/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELGIOVENE, MICHAEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,689.16 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, DARREN P | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $111,687.43 | Date 11/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, DEBORAH | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $111,687.16 | Date 01/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZERBA, LAWRENCE W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $111,686.27 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINELLI, JOSEPH V | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $111,683.95 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRADY, ANTHONY M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $111,683.31 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOLIS, ALBERT F | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $111,681.73 | Date 03/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $111,680.62 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRILLO, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $111,679.40 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, MICHAEL S | Employer name Long Beach Public Library | Amount $111,679.24 | Date 09/04/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, PATTI-JO | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $111,677.60 | Date 02/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN-DOOLIN, LAUREN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,676.54 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCROFT, FREDERICK S, III | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $111,676.31 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRASK, JAMES G | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $111,675.66 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROFMAN, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $111,674.85 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, JOSEPH P | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $111,673.32 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, JANIS L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $111,673.19 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DORRIAN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,673.04 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, CARMELO | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,672.49 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DANIEL R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,672.12 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ALICE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $111,671.37 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORHERR, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $111,670.59 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HULLER, DAVID M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,667.29 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAPKA, MICHAEL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,664.47 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTACHE, DIANA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,663.61 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERSTAND, ADAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,662.51 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROCKMANN, RONALD R, II | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,662.06 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOWALL, SCOTT R | Employer name Hancock CSD | Amount $111,661.65 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPE, THOMAS M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $111,660.56 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, DAVID A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,660.38 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, JERRY D, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,659.87 | Date 03/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLEGATE, TRACY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,659.02 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADDEN, VINCENT R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,658.92 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASAREALE, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,654.83 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSULLIVAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $111,654.16 | Date 04/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMAR, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $111,652.07 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKELSON, JEANNE M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $111,652.07 | Date 01/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSLANHAN, MICHELINE H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,650.15 | Date 02/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,649.11 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMINI, ROBERT V | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $111,648.07 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, PAUL J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $111,647.53 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, PETER H | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,647.05 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, QUINN M | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $111,646.15 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTANO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,645.96 | Date 09/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, PETER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,644.44 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONLON, THOMAS P | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $111,643.99 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROPIERI, ROBERT B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,642.81 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDI, DEAN | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $111,641.37 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKOWSKI, KELLIE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $111,640.81 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $111,638.90 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $111,638.64 | Date 01/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, STEVEN E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $111,638.59 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNDALE, CHARLES W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,638.50 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,637.46 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MARCO A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $111,636.70 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLEA, CHARLES | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,636.70 | Date 03/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, LYNNA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,636.57 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRTAZA, MUHAMMED | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $111,634.75 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACANELLI, MARGHERITA | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $111,631.94 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBEY, RYAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,630.84 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, CECIL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,629.57 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOXEY, DARYL R | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,626.68 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,625.63 | Date 08/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTE, ROY W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $111,624.72 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEGELE, MICHAEL | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $111,624.48 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,623.99 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, JOSEPH | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $111,623.29 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPPONE, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,622.80 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORGENTI, LOUIS R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,622.20 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEENAGHAN, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,622.09 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, PAUL M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,621.90 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRASSER, ALLEN R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $111,619.44 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEITLIN, DEBRA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $111,619.03 | Date 03/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEER, CHARLES H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,617.80 | Date 06/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $111,616.74 | Date 08/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, HOWARD C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,616.59 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURILLO, DAVID | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $111,616.26 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARTINA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,615.89 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRO, ADAM | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,614.51 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEGRE, DIANE | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $111,614.20 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, ROBERTA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $111,612.24 | Date 08/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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