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 CHEN, LU | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,500.20 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,497.99 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,495.96 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, DANIEL C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $111,494.01 | Date 07/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, CONSTANCE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,492.28 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, MARIANNE | Employer name New City Library | Amount $111,492.21 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, RANDY J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $111,491.46 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, TIMOTHY M, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,490.21 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALLA, SUNIL K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,486.94 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURIENZO, MARCO A | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $111,486.71 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, ANDRE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $111,484.93 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JOHN C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,484.46 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBACCIA, MARYALICE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $111,484.23 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, WALTER A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,483.67 | Date 03/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DEBORAH D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,479.93 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, JEREMIAH | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,478.43 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASKERBERG, ERICK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,478.40 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, GREGG P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,477.87 | Date 08/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROW, SCOTT A | Employer name Ausable Valley CSD | Amount $111,476.00 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, KATHRYN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,475.75 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOWIAK, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $111,475.55 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUI, CHARLIE T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $111,474.81 | Date 12/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSEN, CHRISTINE D | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $111,474.78 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, REGINALD D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,473.48 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN STAVEREN, FRANCIS D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $111,472.50 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $111,470.29 | Date 05/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORODETSKY, EVGENY | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $111,469.48 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ELIUD, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,469.29 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, ROCCO A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $111,468.52 | Date 06/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEIT, ROBERT D | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $111,467.77 | Date 12/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIEJEWSKI, JOSEPH L, IV | Employer name Erie County | Amount $111,466.70 | Date 11/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DATO, MARK J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $111,465.24 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERG, KARL F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,465.13 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, KEITH R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $111,464.37 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMJANCIK, IVO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,464.13 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELRATH, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $111,462.32 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELL, HILDA S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $111,462.14 | Date 09/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS, AARON J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $111,460.76 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARENGA, ELSY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,460.36 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINNIYI, BANDELE T | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $111,460.20 | Date 08/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEDERICH, JAMES P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,459.00 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DELLREE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $111,458.28 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABBITT, ANN G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,457.45 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $111,456.52 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, JOEL A, JR | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,455.93 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, THORA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $111,453.38 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAKOSE, MEENA P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $111,452.66 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAU, JIMMY W | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $111,452.66 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MARY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $111,452.66 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDEL, JAY M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $111,451.90 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALTIMORE, MARECIA C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,450.74 | Date 04/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTIGNANI, VINCENT A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,450.03 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TIFFANY M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $111,449.19 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, GARY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,446.87 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, BRETT N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,446.12 | Date 04/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, CHARLES H, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,445.66 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, NILES G, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $111,445.35 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPTEY, FREDERICK C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,445.30 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MICHELE M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $111,445.00 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRERI, ROBERT J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,444.49 | Date 04/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $111,444.33 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICHILO, ANGELO M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $111,443.77 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOSE A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,442.72 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANZARELLA, MARIO J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $111,440.81 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCK, JASON S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $111,438.77 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, SCOTT R | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $111,438.45 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZIZ, NADINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,438.40 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADIQ, BOLANLE | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $111,437.54 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELVEG, HOLLY A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $111,437.53 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLICCHIO, RALPH, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,437.15 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAGNA, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,436.66 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUGH, ERIC S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,436.25 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAMES F | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $111,434.85 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, SCOTT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $111,434.27 | Date 10/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTMAN, BERNARD T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,433.95 | Date 11/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONETY, SEAN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $111,433.06 | Date 09/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPRIANO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $111,432.47 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRONENBERG, LAURA N | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $111,432.40 | Date 02/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONO, CHARLES J | Employer name Village of Chester | Amount $111,431.17 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $111,431.08 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,429.69 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNPHY, JAMES M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,429.44 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENS, SHARI E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,428.62 | Date 12/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNICELLO, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,428.62 | Date 06/26/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGRIN, TARYN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,428.62 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, MARYANN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,428.62 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, FREDERICK M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,428.62 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERECZ, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $111,428.17 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUSCHENCHUK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,428.04 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELLINGER, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $111,428.03 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDOX, DAVID A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,427.90 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUS, KENNETH A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $111,425.62 | Date 04/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WISSENBACH, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,424.72 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BJORK, ERIK T | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $111,424.67 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMER, JAMES S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $111,424.56 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNIE, MORGAN A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,423.50 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSENZ, STEPHEN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,421.06 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, RAYMOND | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $111,420.74 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFF, GARY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,420.39 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, JANIECE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,419.60 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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