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 TOLLISEN, BRIAN S | Employer name Department of State | Amount $110,730.90 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, CHRISTINA M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,727.36 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, LUCY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,726.47 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANION-COMBS, MEGHAN M | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $110,726.31 | Date 04/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORECKI, DANIEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,725.61 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOEL | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $110,724.96 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSNEY, DAVID W | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $110,723.81 | Date 01/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,722.98 | Date 12/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESTERS, ALAN R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $110,718.79 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, JOHN J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $110,717.64 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIFFLE, JOHN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,717.30 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MICHAEL C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $110,717.01 | Date 12/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTON, DONALD L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $110,715.68 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, RICHARD H | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $110,715.38 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISOWSKI, STEVEN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,715.36 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONTOWICZ, MATEUSZ J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,713.96 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECHT, CHRISTIAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,713.50 | Date 06/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESMIRE, JASON R | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $110,712.44 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ-FRANKLIN, JEANNETTE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,711.48 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JOSEPH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,710.23 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENESE, DEBORAH F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $110,709.58 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, JAMES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,709.32 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNION, THOMAS W | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $110,708.64 | Date 05/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ADAM L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,708.64 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLEE, GERARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,707.74 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDSMAN, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,707.31 | Date 12/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIEPLY, DAVID M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,707.13 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLL, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $110,707.13 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLETY, AMANDA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,706.15 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENHARD, ERIC M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $110,703.88 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWABISH, STEPHEN D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $110,703.75 | Date 06/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, STEPHEN A | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $110,703.22 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, TODD A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,702.96 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, THOMAS L, JR | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $110,700.99 | Date 08/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $110,700.60 | Date 11/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDGELL, ROBERT A | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $110,700.33 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, GEORGE | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $110,698.59 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, BRETT C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,694.82 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLMAN, WILLIAM C | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $110,693.37 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, EDWARD | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $110,693.37 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE REYNA, DENISE | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $110,692.34 | Date 05/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILEY, RYAN A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,692.27 | Date 01/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERGES, MARIANA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,692.17 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALSITTA, ANTHONY F | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $110,691.08 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, THOMAS G, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $110,686.86 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EL-TURK, JAMAL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $110,684.69 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, TOBY G | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $110,684.15 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECERE, SALVATORE R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,683.75 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRI, MARIA S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,683.46 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURGENSEN, WILLIAM L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $110,682.98 | Date 06/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, ADAM H | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $110,682.85 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAREWELL, JAMES M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $110,680.60 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMANELLI, RICHARD F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,679.08 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, RAYMOND F, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,677.03 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORE, MICHAEL B | Employer name Rondout Valley CSD at Accord | Amount $110,675.14 | Date 06/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, DIANA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $110,674.74 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLESIMO, PETER F | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $110,673.30 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDLING, ELLEN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $110,671.29 | Date 01/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, MARK A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $110,671.02 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORAUS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,669.89 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AU GUSTE, YVES | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $110,668.91 | Date 10/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPO, PAUL A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $110,668.49 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, NARDARA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,668.38 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, EBONY S | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $110,667.68 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETKER, JOHN G, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,664.56 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITCHETTE, JOANNE | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $110,663.90 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMER, ILYA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $110,663.69 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLERAN, KIERAN J | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $110,662.51 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIVAR, MIREYA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $110,661.50 | Date 03/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, VINCENT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,656.08 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, DENARD O | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,655.93 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, FRANCIS X | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $110,655.08 | Date 09/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZUBERI, SIKANDER H | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $110,653.82 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINOJ, NISHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $110,652.20 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,651.97 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $110,649.72 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KIRK W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $110,646.65 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTA, STEPHEN T | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $110,642.20 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENTE, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $110,641.95 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VITRO, LAUREN T | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $110,641.35 | Date 07/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, MERYL L | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $110,640.19 | Date 10/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DEREK M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $110,639.78 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIDLEY, CHERYL L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,638.79 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIDGETTE, DANIEL D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,637.53 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSNER, EILEEN B | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $110,635.84 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERMEYER, SUNDY A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $110,635.50 | Date 03/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAL, WENDY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,635.28 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHEED, AMEEN F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $110,635.02 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, FREDRICK A | Employer name Dix Hills Fire District | Amount $110,633.99 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVALL, MICHAEL H | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $110,633.96 | Date 01/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, GIACOMO A | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $110,633.18 | Date 06/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUTHENOW, JOSEPHINE M | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $110,632.34 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAITTA, MICHAEL C | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $110,631.10 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANINO, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $110,630.93 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANZILLOTTI, ERCOLE J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $110,630.35 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIAS, GERARD D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,629.85 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, BRIAN D | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $110,629.05 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONENBERG, BERNARD H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $110,628.72 | Date 02/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $110,628.39 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEELY, CLARENCE R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $110,628.32 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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