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 SUPREME, MIRLENE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $109,982.30 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINTLOUIS, ALESIA V | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $109,981.43 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $109,980.68 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMBROWSKI, ELLEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,979.93 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, CAROLINE | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $109,979.80 | Date 02/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGBIE, HELIANA V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,976.62 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VATTER, ALFRIDA L | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $109,976.44 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDOTI, LYNN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,976.20 | Date 03/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBACZ, ANTOINETTE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,975.77 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, RUBEN, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,975.26 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEST, LARNEZ R | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $109,974.48 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, TARA S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,973.99 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, MADELINE F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,973.03 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLIN, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $109,972.14 | Date 04/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUNTRYMAN, TERRY W, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,971.50 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHSTEIN, ROBERT B | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $109,971.09 | Date 10/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVUTO, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,970.78 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROYAL, ANDREA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,969.75 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOSEPH R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $109,968.00 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLMAN, RONALD R, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $109,967.04 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, LEE-ANN | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $109,966.50 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMLINGHAUS, ANDREW F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,966.18 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEHL, JAMES A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,965.56 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $109,964.71 | Date 08/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAVES, LAURA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $109,964.50 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARY T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,964.43 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITARELLO, LAWRENCE P, JR | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $109,963.33 | Date 06/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAIGH, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,962.04 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITENBACH, KATHERINE G | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $109,961.99 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPERSMITH, CHERYL A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $109,961.95 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, MARJORIE A | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $109,961.82 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACUM, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $109,961.50 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORETTI, DANIEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,960.62 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHALICS, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,960.13 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $109,959.86 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GINNANE, GERARD | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,959.74 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEL, ANNETTE M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $109,957.87 | Date 08/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, KAREN LYNN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,956.42 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, WILLIAM R, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,955.60 | Date 05/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, DAVID | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $109,953.03 | Date 11/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, SANTA B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,952.88 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CAROLIS, DANIEL T | Employer name Oyster Bay Sewer District | Amount $109,951.01 | Date 10/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADDLEMIRE, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,950.53 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,950.24 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ROGER J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $109,949.75 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, SHAUN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,948.82 | Date 04/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERRY, WILLIAM E | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $109,945.78 | Date 05/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTECKI, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $109,944.62 | Date 09/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREUNDEL-LOMAS, JENNIFER S | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $109,941.05 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANCHAK, LINDA D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,940.45 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFFE, PAUL V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,938.74 | Date 06/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, ANTONIO F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $109,938.28 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, MISHELLENE R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,936.72 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, SULEIMAN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,936.25 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, LEO A, III | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $109,935.13 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,933.76 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JACOB P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,933.34 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, CHERYL L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $109,932.14 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $109,930.48 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DAVID H | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $109,929.39 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELFAND, BORIS L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,929.28 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEICHTY, TODD M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $109,928.90 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIO, RUSSELL E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,928.30 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLERY, JOHN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,926.56 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DANIELLE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,926.20 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELL, BRIAN EDWARD | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $109,922.98 | Date 03/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, CARMINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,922.84 | Date 04/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, CHARLES E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $109,922.55 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $109,921.04 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHA, TERESA J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,919.38 | Date 12/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOESTER, ERIK M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $109,918.91 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK-JAMES, TRACY L | Employer name Riverhead Industrial Dev Agcy | Amount $109,918.89 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVONA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,917.76 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JOHN S | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $109,917.63 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, EDDIE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,917.11 | Date 05/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLOTON, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,915.93 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FILION, DAVID R | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,914.82 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONDON, ERIC N | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,914.82 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANIER, OMAR J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $109,912.44 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGANA, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $109,912.15 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDOW, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $109,911.75 | Date 05/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MLACKER, REBECCA D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,909.50 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, WILLIAM P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $109,909.00 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, JOHN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,905.49 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, STEVEN V | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $109,904.01 | Date 09/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, STEVEN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,903.66 | Date 05/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENAN, GERALD J, III | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $109,903.52 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MICHELE, MARK C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,901.11 | Date 05/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROST, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $109,899.69 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, HAROLD D | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $109,898.21 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUKSA, FRANK A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $109,897.94 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLB, PAUL C | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $109,897.40 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, LYNDON G | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $109,896.70 | Date 10/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, PATRICIA | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $109,896.41 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCANTONIO, JONATHAN D | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $109,896.19 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARICAN, EMRE E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,894.74 | Date 02/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HULKA, ANN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,892.86 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, TONY D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,891.63 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEN, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $109,890.89 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JAMES S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,890.67 | Date 03/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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