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 ORESTO, FELIX F | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $109,565.01 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORD, MAIREAD A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,564.27 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSALACQUA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $109,564.09 | Date 07/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEBOWITZ, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $109,563.63 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSER, LARRY A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $109,563.39 | Date 02/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JASON A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,563.18 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKY, MARISSA H | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $109,560.18 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOLNICK, IVAN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,557.17 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUNG, JONATHAN H | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $109,556.26 | Date 11/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, ERROL J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,554.49 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSQUEDA, JERRY, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,551.32 | Date 07/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTVATER, WILLIAM E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,551.18 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, KENNETH | Employer name Commack Fire District | Amount $109,550.99 | Date 04/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, CATHERINE C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,550.64 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, JUDITH M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,550.63 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARMANT, EVANTZ | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,550.05 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAIER, JOAN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $109,549.35 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, JOSEPH N | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $109,547.36 | Date 01/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUSTAD, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $109,545.80 | Date 02/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, WILLIAM F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,545.20 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, HEBERT | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,545.16 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VINCENTIS, EMIL F | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $109,545.08 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, LORRIE A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $109,544.76 | Date 08/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PETER R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,543.98 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMUNDO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,542.07 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAYLOR, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $109,541.21 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITZER, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $109,541.10 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLLET, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,539.43 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HANLON, BRIDGET N | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $109,538.84 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, KATHY L | Employer name Town of Babylon Ind Dev Agcy | Amount $109,537.84 | Date 05/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAFOLO, JOSEPH | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,535.05 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, ALISSA R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $109,534.64 | Date 08/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTELIUS, ALEXANDRA R G | Employer name Clifton Pk-Halfmn Pub Libr Dis | Amount $109,534.18 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANT, FRANTZ F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,533.00 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCZAK, JULIET M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,532.48 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHUCA, GRACE Z | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $109,531.75 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MICHAEL C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $109,530.76 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, RONALD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,529.98 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARNIERI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,527.46 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAMY, KEITH L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,527.16 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNERICH, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,526.57 | Date 05/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,526.42 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, SALVATORE D | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $109,525.88 | Date 05/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ARLETT D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $109,524.63 | Date 01/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, LYDIA I | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,523.54 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALTES, MARK A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $109,523.21 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAMOTHE-BOURNE, MARLENE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,522.41 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, CAROL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $109,521.85 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMENALE, LOUIS A | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $109,521.73 | Date 09/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KISSEL, JOHN S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $109,521.46 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNDERDALE, CAROLYN D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $109,520.06 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,519.45 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAKABOSKI, DONNA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,518.98 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBRO, STEPHEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $109,517.22 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, AVRIL | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $109,515.18 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA STELLA, TRACY | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $109,514.76 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, OREN S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,514.03 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, MARK R | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $109,513.66 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, VALERIE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,513.07 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACHIM-MOORE, DARRELL K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $109,513.05 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,511.50 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, EDWIN L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $109,510.53 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE, JULIA W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,510.33 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARERI, GEORGE C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $109,509.69 | Date 06/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENT, ALEXANDER | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,509.13 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, CANDACE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $109,509.13 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,508.68 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, WILLIAM L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $109,503.94 | Date 06/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUFTI, MUHAMMAD ALI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,502.65 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCHETTI, KRISTIN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,499.54 | Date 01/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMETSON, EDDIE C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,498.99 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GER, SVETLANA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,498.99 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNJUKUNJU, PAPPY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,498.99 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKE, KIMBERLY B | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,498.57 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOSE, TANNER W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,498.28 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHYTALO, KAREN N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,497.20 | Date 10/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $109,496.73 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENSCH, WILLIAM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,495.43 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,494.01 | Date 03/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLLAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $109,493.62 | Date 11/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAKER, DANIEL T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $109,492.89 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, DAVID J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $109,492.57 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOZZAFAVA, DIERDRE K | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $109,492.29 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, BRET D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $109,492.02 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, COLLEEN C | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $109,491.85 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGOWSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,491.02 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMANIO, RYAN L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,489.52 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIMBER, DAVID L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,487.31 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMAN, DIANE | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $109,487.21 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, BENITA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,486.90 | Date 06/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESHARD-PLAYER, ANGELA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $109,486.80 | Date 11/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRSEN, JAMES E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $109,486.75 | Date 09/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, BRIAN L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $109,486.72 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANNERY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $109,486.16 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREYEISEN, CHRISTINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $109,484.09 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORROCKS, JOANNE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $109,484.09 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JAMES A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $109,483.66 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, DAVID A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,482.70 | Date 07/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARNELL, MARIE E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $109,482.37 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELEMEN, LAURA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $109,482.29 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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