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 COHEN, SHARON D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $110,541.94 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUOMO, KAREN | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $110,541.94 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERANOVIC, KATY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $110,541.94 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORKE, COLIN J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $110,541.94 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, NORMAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $110,541.44 | Date 06/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAN, MELODY A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $110,540.31 | Date 02/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSELL, KATHY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $110,539.52 | Date 01/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARGO, WARREN D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,538.93 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHODKOWSKI, WILLIAM | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,538.19 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GITNER, FRED J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $110,538.11 | Date 12/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYRE, GREGG C | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $110,537.90 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODY, THERESA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $110,535.89 | Date 08/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, STEVEN F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $110,532.69 | Date 01/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLEBERG, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,529.73 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, NICHOLAS E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $110,528.77 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, NICHOLAS A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,528.71 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CINQUE, DONALD E | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $110,528.56 | Date 08/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, JASMIN M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $110,526.46 | Date 10/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHIOZZI, DEAN M | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $110,526.26 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONYINANYA, THERESA N | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $110,524.14 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENG, GARY C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,523.77 | Date 05/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, JOHN N | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $110,523.09 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESCINITI, VINCENT C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,522.70 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, THOMAS B | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $110,521.07 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, GREGORY L | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $110,517.04 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, SEAN G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $110,514.63 | Date 12/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, KEVIN C | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $110,514.54 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, MARK R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $110,514.08 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, CHRISTINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,513.53 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HSIEH, MICHELLE Y | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $110,510.81 | Date 07/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIRE, BARBARA J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $110,510.51 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRACZKAJLO, ROBERT J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $110,507.59 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, THOMAS P | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $110,506.67 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, RONALD R | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $110,506.31 | Date 10/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLENIUS, LARS C | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $110,506.04 | Date 04/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGENDORF-MOYSE, SILVIA E | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $110,503.22 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, ELIZABETH | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $110,503.12 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, CHRISTIAN T | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $110,503.05 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DREWNIAK, PETER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,502.64 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOWASSO, LEONARD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,501.09 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVILLE, LESTER H | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $110,498.84 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, JOHN F | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $110,498.16 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRACCHIOLO, ROBERT | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $110,498.05 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEKVAPIL, EDWARD J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $110,495.33 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIS, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,493.37 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, MAMOUN | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $110,490.66 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAYTON, ANDREW M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,490.22 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FONG YIT, FAYE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $110,487.31 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRO, EVA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $110,486.66 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUME, ANGELA T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $110,486.59 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, KENNETH D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,486.13 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCHETTI, RICHARD A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $110,485.10 | Date 01/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSALES, FRANCES | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $110,484.90 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIMI-PASHAKI, MOHAMMAD | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $110,483.47 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AU, KAI TUNG | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,481.30 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MARA, ROBERT M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,481.10 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASCILLA, VITO | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,480.80 | Date 12/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EISENHANDLER, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,480.62 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETRUSZKI, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,480.49 | Date 07/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISARE, JEREMY R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $110,480.10 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, AIDAN S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $110,479.88 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADALETA, MAURIZIO A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,479.62 | Date 05/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOMMARITO, NICOLINA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,478.96 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,477.57 | Date 03/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, NEIL A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $110,476.15 | Date 01/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENEW-HEIN, TAMMIE J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $110,474.01 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIES, PHYLLIS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,473.92 | Date 01/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ELLEN C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $110,473.46 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVER, ELIZABETH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,473.17 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, PAUL J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $110,472.30 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, SANDRO E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,471.70 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANATASIO, CHARLES P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $110,471.57 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROM, GEORGE V, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $110,470.20 | Date 02/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, ERICA A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $110,468.88 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LISA M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $110,468.23 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ALBERT | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,468.15 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POPTANICH, JUDITH A | Employer name Wallkill CSD | Amount $110,468.03 | Date 04/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APREA, RALPH A | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $110,466.45 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, LUIGI A, JR | Employer name Port Washington Water Poll Dist | Amount $110,465.99 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDVUKAJ, PASHKO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,465.76 | Date 04/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIONE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,465.53 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REMSEN, JOHN S | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $110,464.55 | Date 12/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEIGLER, KENNETH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,464.10 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, THOMAS R | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $110,463.84 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMERINI, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,461.20 | Date 03/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, CHARLES H, JR | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $110,459.77 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, RAYMOND | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $110,459.68 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, EARL R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $110,458.95 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANTHONY E | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $110,457.20 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENECKE, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,455.65 | Date 03/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, THOMAS H | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $110,454.50 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLENBENZ, KENNETH W, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,452.96 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, LAURA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $110,452.46 | Date 08/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZENSKY, CHARLES E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $110,452.40 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, JULIE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $110,452.32 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERGER, MARY P | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $110,452.26 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORDE, M KENRICK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,452.20 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, VICTOR K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $110,451.77 | Date 02/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, NORMAN W, III | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $110,450.90 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUESTIS, JAMES E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,449.57 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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