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 MURPHY, ROGER A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $108,752.87 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, TODD R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $108,750.93 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KROPP, JEFFERY G | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $108,750.01 | Date 05/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGUORI, PAUL B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $108,747.80 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, NICHOLAS W | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $108,747.53 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLYER, GEORGE V | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $108,746.18 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, NORA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $108,746.06 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, RAMLOCHAND | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $108,745.51 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,745.29 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KATHERINE D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $108,742.29 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, LIANNA K | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $108,742.01 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, GERMAINE A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $108,741.64 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINN, EVAN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $108,741.08 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ARLENE R M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,740.91 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL F | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $108,737.91 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTAK, PHILIP D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $108,737.76 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, ALICE T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $108,737.43 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $108,736.80 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, JOSEPH X | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,736.70 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGAM, SHAWN A | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $108,736.31 | Date 03/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Orange County | Amount $108,736.14 | Date 06/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, ELIZABETH F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $108,735.31 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, XINJIANG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $108,732.67 | Date 07/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURDY, RICHARD W | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $108,732.58 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, KATHERINE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $108,732.43 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHITELL, JOSEPH R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $108,731.67 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, PATRICIA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $108,730.66 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLIWA, STANLEY J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $108,729.81 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGOS, GREGORY L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $108,727.13 | Date 02/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, ANTHONY R, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $108,726.86 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIT, PATRICK J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $108,725.26 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMONTANARO, LAURA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,724.89 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $108,722.82 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAY, CHERLYN BRAIS | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $108,722.73 | Date 10/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHILVOCK, GREGORY A | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $108,721.69 | Date 05/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALIN, MELINDA E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $108,720.85 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDOCK, JOHN N | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $108,720.81 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, SUSAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,720.40 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, LAZINKA E | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $108,719.67 | Date 07/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANA, DHARMENDRA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,719.12 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $108,718.90 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, RANDAL L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $108,718.01 | Date 04/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NOON, ROCHELLE J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $108,717.84 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLON, JUNE | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $108,716.87 | Date 05/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANELLI, ANTHONY C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $108,716.22 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSTON, DAMON A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,714.93 | Date 04/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, GORDON R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $108,713.58 | Date 03/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTSPREE, HOLLY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $108,713.56 | Date 08/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARDLEY, WILLIAM D | Employer name Village of Sag Harbor | Amount $108,713.45 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZIER, CHERYL L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $108,712.46 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON-MOORE, APRIL | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $108,708.76 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, ARTHUR J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $108,706.53 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAVITA, LYNNE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $108,703.62 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, NANCY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,702.01 | Date 05/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVASIA, ELSAMMA S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $108,699.85 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESEK, MARTIN J, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $108,699.76 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, NICOLE K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $108,699.31 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECORA, THERESA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,698.96 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $108,698.75 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LADEN, JULIE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $108,696.62 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AJAYI, GODFREY O | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $108,694.18 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, MATTHEW R | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $108,693.73 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECTOR, PATRICIA K | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $108,693.54 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, LORETTA B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $108,691.32 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO-WADE, THELIA I | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $108,691.22 | Date 01/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEATH, JUDITH A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $108,689.45 | Date 01/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, PAUL P, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $108,687.89 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELICH, ROBERT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $108,682.77 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, LYNN M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $108,680.41 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DININNY, THOMAS M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $108,679.84 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARCHNER, WILLIAM D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $108,679.51 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, KERRY P | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $108,678.66 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACKLEY, MICHAEL G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $108,678.16 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLARD, JENNIFER J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $108,678.14 | Date 03/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORIS, KENNETH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,672.15 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULLEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,669.80 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, SCOTT C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,668.20 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, GINO B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,666.72 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ELISE A | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $108,666.02 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELKINS, MARK E | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $108,665.45 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OHEA, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,665.19 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, SUSAN K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $108,665.16 | Date 05/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, ADAM S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $108,664.54 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMORUAN, ANTHONY I | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $108,664.54 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOEHL, JAMES G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $108,663.80 | Date 01/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ANDREW B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $108,663.54 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SICURELLI, KAREN A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $108,662.52 | Date 06/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHOWSKI, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,662.17 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, JAMES L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,662.08 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERMA, KAMLESH | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $108,660.63 | Date 12/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER-RICHTER, MARY C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $108,660.10 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, STEPHEN | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $108,659.35 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZZESE, ALFRED P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $108,659.15 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARFOH, SHANNON | Employer name Albany County | Amount $108,659.08 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, GARVEY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $108,658.17 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPPE, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $108,657.23 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETL, ERIC C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,656.28 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIUTTA, ROGER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,655.32 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BULERA, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $108,655.22 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,654.84 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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