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 WESTFIELD, MATTHEW G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,723.00 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $109,721.94 | Date 04/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MICHAEL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, DENNIS J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONOWITZ, DENNIS P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, THOMAS B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUDING, KATHRYN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIMKUNAS, MICHAEL E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOSKI, JANET L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $109,721.76 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHRIMAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $109,721.63 | Date 09/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICK, STEPHEN B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,721.42 | Date 03/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENK, DAVID S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,721.14 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, STUART M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,721.14 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASKO, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,721.13 | Date 08/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPE, MELANIE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $109,719.90 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARTINE N | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $109,719.90 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMORE, LINDA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $109,719.66 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, DIANE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUFFHAMMER, THOMAS S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPADONIA, ALICE E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, EMERY H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEMBKA, JOHN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBB, SUSAN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CELLE, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTORANA, EDWARD | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONYON, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,719.25 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSOTTA, MAURIZIO A | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $109,718.63 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSSON, JEAN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,718.60 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO CICERO, ROBERT | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,717.94 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURSE, GARVIN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,717.60 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENTHAL, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name Town of Batavia | Amount $109,717.08 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANI, ALEXANDER | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,716.36 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTINI, LAURA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $109,715.69 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, THOMAS A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $109,715.58 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, STEVEN A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $109,715.45 | Date 07/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, CATHLEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,714.86 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHLUDZINSKI, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $109,714.43 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICKEL, KATHLEEN MARY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $109,714.20 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOFFEL, THOMAS R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,714.09 | Date 11/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORE GARD, KAREN C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,711.19 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHAMBEAULT, MAURA K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,710.84 | Date 12/26/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCAMPBELL, KAY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,710.45 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, JOSEPH V | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,710.45 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPPEL, JOANNE E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $109,710.45 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAO, WENJUN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,710.45 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,710.36 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGER, JOHN F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,710.32 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRATES, DENISE D | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $109,710.32 | Date 04/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDORCHAK, DAVID J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,710.32 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLAMER-VAN PATTEN, SUSAN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,708.63 | Date 05/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAICHEL, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,708.63 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, PAUL V | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $109,708.25 | Date 03/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWANK, ROBERT C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,707.85 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORENSEN, JEFFREY H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $109,707.85 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECER, GREGG M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,707.46 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, LINDA S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $109,707.20 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNDON, GLADYS G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,707.17 | Date 12/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, RICHARD S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,707.14 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANAT, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $109,707.01 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAMINATHAN, JYOTI | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $109,706.69 | Date 01/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, GEORGE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,706.60 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,706.38 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRISINO, LEO W, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,706.07 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROUGHEL, JEANINE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEHAFER, PETER B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, KENT P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEELEY, SCOTT E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, T STEWART, III | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SING-WAI, STORME M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANIL K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 08/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, SANDRA L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $109,705.78 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, SHERI E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,704.74 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DAWN M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $109,703.58 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, RICHARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,702.81 | Date 02/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLECK, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,702.19 | Date 08/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRHART, W COREY | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $109,702.18 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRAND, SARAH J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $109,702.01 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOU, YU-FEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,698.58 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELO, GABRIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,698.50 | Date 06/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUCOIN, ROGER F | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $109,697.91 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MICHAELEEN | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 05/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDORICK, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINEO, SCOTT J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBEK, AMY M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ANN B | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUB, COREY M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,697.55 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, ROBERT R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,697.32 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, MAUREEN F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,697.32 | Date 11/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, CARLTON E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,697.32 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKEE, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,697.17 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGG, RUSSELL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $109,697.10 | Date 05/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGEN, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,696.92 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FASSBENDER, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $109,696.39 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, CRISLINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,695.92 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRIVER, JOHN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,695.86 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADORET, CAROLYN R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $109,695.44 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY-SBREGA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $109,694.30 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REULET, DAVID F | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,694.13 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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