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 MC GRADY, DAVID M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,393.31 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNAR, BARBARA B | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $109,393.05 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JOHN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,393.04 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIVANS, SHARNA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,392.89 | Date 11/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZAFRANSKI, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,392.81 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, JOSEPH D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,391.48 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, JOHNNY T | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $109,391.41 | Date 09/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Albany County | Amount $109,390.17 | Date 01/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JAMES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,389.62 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $109,388.12 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, DONNA E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $109,387.82 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVOST, PAUL E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $109,387.80 | Date 07/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTERS, RICHARD K, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $109,387.78 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $109,386.81 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DACRE, RONALD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,385.53 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOAKYE-AGYEMANG, EMMANUEL | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $109,384.58 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERO, VINCENT D, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,382.88 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANCTIL, NATHAN S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,382.74 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERUS, GERALD T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,382.60 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRASBA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,379.78 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOSEPH M, II | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $109,377.52 | Date 09/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $109,375.58 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONESIO, CRISTOPHER | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,374.37 | Date 10/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, JASON | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,373.71 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMASULA, FRANK J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $109,373.66 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, MARGARET D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $109,372.39 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINSABAUGH, CLIFFORD G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $109,371.53 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEHBRING, KEVIN W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,370.78 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARFO-BOATENG, PAULINA F | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,370.42 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MARTINO, JOHN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $109,370.18 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENG, MAMIE | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $109,369.50 | Date 03/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENGER, SHARON M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,368.60 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECTOL, BRYAN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,367.41 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, RHONA S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,366.26 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABON, WILFREDO, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,365.72 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, MARIE-FRANCE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,363.51 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, RAYMOND A | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $109,363.22 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACY, JENNAFER M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,363.08 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, JAMES R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,361.97 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, JOHN A | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $109,361.12 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, BRUCE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,360.67 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STICKLE, HEATHER E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $109,360.49 | Date 04/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, TERESE | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $109,359.97 | Date 03/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSTROM, DARLENE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,359.40 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALARNEAU, ERIC M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $109,359.13 | Date 07/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONIO, MARK S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,357.70 | Date 01/03/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAPYAPAN, DONNA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,357.70 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,357.63 | Date 09/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $109,353.71 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADISO, JOHN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,352.86 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIDALGO, FRANCISCO | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,349.85 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARKENTON, JOHN G | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $109,349.70 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAINEY, LEO R, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,349.43 | Date 05/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRUGIA, DEBRA J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $109,348.80 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOFKO, CRAIG H | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $109,347.31 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULICK, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $109,346.27 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNHARDT, ALLAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,346.11 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS-HARRIS, SONYA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $109,344.79 | Date 06/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIANO, KARIN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,343.46 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTIN, BENJAMIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,342.99 | Date 12/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,342.74 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBAUM, D J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,342.58 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIREY, JEAN M | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $109,341.45 | Date 10/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, MEI | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,338.15 | Date 06/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAPPIN, WILLIAM E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,338.06 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLINI, DARLENE T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,335.75 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLOY, SARON | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $109,335.52 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,332.57 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BYRON T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,331.30 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCHMAN, TAVORA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,331.02 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,330.45 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, MARK E | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $109,329.11 | Date 02/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GARVEY, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $109,327.79 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNARINO, FRANK D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,327.41 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABALOLA, VICTORIA O | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $109,326.94 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDOZA, HORACE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,326.29 | Date 01/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUSKER, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $109,324.64 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATNODE, RANDY R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $109,324.48 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, SUSAN J | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $109,320.38 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLISTREA, RICHARD L | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $109,320.23 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MARY LYNN | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $109,319.84 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $109,318.86 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,317.76 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITARRESI, JENNIFER R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $109,317.29 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $109,316.54 | Date 04/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $109,315.62 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPPINI, DIANE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,312.58 | Date 08/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O' CONNELL, CATHERINE M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $109,309.72 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER, JESSICA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,309.67 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,309.06 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WISSNER, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,308.40 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONETTE, MARIA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,306.32 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, AUBREY, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $109,304.22 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LAWRENCE | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $109,303.38 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, TODD P | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $109,300.26 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYHOOK, JASON M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,299.60 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, KERRY G | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $109,296.29 | Date 03/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,296.17 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, GERARD C | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $109,296.00 | Date 01/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, RUBEN F | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $109,295.41 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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