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 DRURY, NOEL F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $110,343.98 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JONATHAN B | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $110,343.78 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMSOOK, BOBBY | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,343.78 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, MICHELE R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,342.40 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, GEORGE MICHAEL | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $110,341.08 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, FRED R | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $110,338.40 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, DAVID P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,335.84 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MAXINE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $110,335.64 | Date 08/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKOS, ALICE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,335.30 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,335.30 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKHAM, GERARD | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $110,331.24 | Date 06/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPORALE, KELLY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,331.16 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, DANIEL | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $110,331.03 | Date 06/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI LAPO, DANIEL, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,327.15 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN-BUTHMANN, DONNA | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $110,325.47 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIT, DIANE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,324.40 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADUVETTOOR, ANNAMMA ABRAHAM | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $110,322.03 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASARIK, PHYLLIS | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $110,321.07 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $110,321.00 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, ELIOT L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,318.72 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSINI, RYAN F | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $110,316.61 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $110,316.45 | Date 12/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIBERATORE, JAMES M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $110,315.94 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WADE, ADAM J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $110,315.32 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHABER, LORIANN M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $110,314.59 | Date 06/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBARRON, ROBERT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,313.32 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAZLETT, JEROME J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,310.05 | Date 07/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUPER, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $110,310.04 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERNELL, SEAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,307.54 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,307.41 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,306.17 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDDENHAGEN, KAREN M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $110,305.90 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNIE, RUSSELL V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,304.47 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRACHAN, LEWIS, II | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,304.42 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,301.40 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, GREGORY T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $110,300.65 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JASON A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $110,300.55 | Date 08/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, LORRAINE G | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $110,298.05 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, MARK | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,297.16 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, PRAMODKUMAR R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $110,295.46 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLVIA, FREDERICK W | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $110,295.06 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, PAUL R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,294.80 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, MARK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,291.30 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, THOMAS R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $110,289.67 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, SINEAD P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $110,287.75 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONORA, DEREK A | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $110,286.93 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, ROGER A | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $110,286.89 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COREY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $110,285.98 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, STEPHEN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,285.68 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, DENNIS R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,284.94 | Date 09/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCHINTESTA, RICHARD S, JR | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $110,284.91 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBLIN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $110,284.15 | Date 05/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESSHA, MESSAYE T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,282.50 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name Jericho Fire District | Amount $110,282.32 | Date 11/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, MICHAEL K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,281.28 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANGL, EUGENE J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $110,277.78 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, CATHERINE F | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $110,277.74 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERTZ, KEVIN K | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $110,274.75 | Date 04/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, ROBERT S, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,274.11 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, KRISTIN M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $110,273.69 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRACKEN, AMY E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $110,273.66 | Date 08/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHAN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $110,271.97 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ISAM J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $110,268.98 | Date 03/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,268.53 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DENIS A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $110,267.07 | Date 11/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, BENJAMIN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,265.61 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, SHERRIE O | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $110,264.70 | Date 09/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, DANIEL D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $110,260.05 | Date 11/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, CRAIG B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $110,259.22 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANEY, KATHERINE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $110,258.64 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZEAT, JACK D | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $110,258.14 | Date 10/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, ANDREW J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,256.32 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIKAS, CHRIS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,255.91 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $110,254.54 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANZOTTA, DARLENE L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $110,254.44 | Date 09/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGALITE, SHEMIKA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,252.91 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, ARTHUR G | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $110,252.33 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,251.46 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLI, CHRISTA | Employer name Farmingdale Public Library | Amount $110,250.82 | Date 03/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, EDWARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $110,250.55 | Date 02/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGOBARDI, FRANCIS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,250.40 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARNELL, JOHN | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $110,250.13 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALES, PATRICIA M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $110,248.94 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,248.39 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAREKH, MRUDULA K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,248.02 | Date 07/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEMAN, RACHAEL H | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $110,247.98 | Date 08/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMP, THOMAS C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,247.85 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRUSSEIN, LINDA S | Employer name Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib | Amount $110,247.31 | Date 10/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,244.89 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINES, MICHAEL | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $110,244.27 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, JOEL F | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $110,244.03 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, BRIAN T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $110,243.91 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,243.23 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, ANDREW C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $110,242.63 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN HESS, KERRY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,242.59 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRESA, JOANN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,242.55 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITTRELL, JAMES P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,242.35 | Date 07/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNING, BERNARD A, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $110,242.18 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, DENNIS S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,242.01 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOEN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $110,241.32 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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