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 NICKERSON, SCOTT M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $107,566.88 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPSEY, KEITH A | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $107,565.81 | Date 09/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIERS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,565.49 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, ROBERT E | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $107,563.99 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $107,563.28 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARKE, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $107,562.92 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLO, EVELYN | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $107,562.03 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALISI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $107,560.99 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, CRAIG F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $107,560.99 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $107,560.58 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, RONALD T | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $107,560.42 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDELYA, LYUDMILA G | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $107,559.96 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFF, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,559.10 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, JOHN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,559.05 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WITRIOL, MOSES | Employer name Village of Kiryas Joel | Amount $107,559.00 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, YUK H | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $107,557.36 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, D'JUNA N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $107,556.09 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLPACK, CHARLES W, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $107,555.19 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, KENNETH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,554.97 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONANT, CATHERINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,554.35 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOYCHAK, MICHAEL E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $107,553.46 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLENBECK, DANIEL P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $107,552.00 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRISCH, JULIANNA R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $107,551.24 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREAN, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $107,549.99 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOUFFER, JOHN E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $107,548.47 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $107,548.16 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, JAMES G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,548.11 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INZERILLO, IANNE A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $107,547.76 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUZMACK, MATTHEW A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $107,547.47 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, DENNIS G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,547.02 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCORI, RICHARD J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $107,545.31 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMBRUM, SUSAN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,544.53 | Date 10/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BRADLEY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $107,544.44 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $107,541.42 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MARIA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $107,539.66 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CAROL S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $107,539.66 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODRUFF, ASHLEY E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $107,538.72 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, JOSHUA P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,538.56 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYLETT, ALEXANDER D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,537.48 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASCOTT, PAUL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $107,536.03 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VOLKENBURG, TERRY L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $107,535.76 | Date 12/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, JOHN J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $107,534.00 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI, JOHN P, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $107,532.96 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRIZZI, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,530.48 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEACHAM, JAMES R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $107,529.14 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, KAREN J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $107,527.88 | Date 10/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATAPANO, ROBERT | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $107,526.58 | Date 03/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENENO, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $107,524.83 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, BRIAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,524.10 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARRICK, KYLE J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $107,522.68 | Date 12/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNIR, ANDREY A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $107,522.43 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, BRADLEY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $107,521.31 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHITSCH, DAVID B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $107,520.60 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIACHON GRANT, CONCESA T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $107,519.76 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HNATIW, PAUL J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $107,519.25 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, JOSEPH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,518.49 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLARD, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $107,517.68 | Date 04/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORREVOETS, LEAH N | Employer name Orange County | Amount $107,516.71 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, INGRID Y | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $107,514.78 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANSO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $107,513.94 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JUSTIN C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,513.77 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNABEL, ROBERT C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $107,513.01 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMBACK, BRIAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $107,512.78 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EBERHART, DARREN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $107,512.51 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSER, FRANCES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,512.16 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNNOOSE, JAI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,511.78 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRERAS, GILBERT A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $107,511.06 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGNOTTA, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $107,511.00 | Date 01/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASENCIO, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,510.31 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, GEORGE W, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,509.51 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLO, TARA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,509.28 | Date 10/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DARRYL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,508.63 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, WANDA T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $107,504.62 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVRE, KYLE G | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $107,504.27 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARRICHIO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $107,504.19 | Date 02/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVIA, BRENDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,503.53 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIMIENTI, VINCENT G | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $107,503.01 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRIOS, RUBEN | Employer name Village of Haverstraw | Amount $107,501.48 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKS, KATHY L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $107,501.43 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $107,500.06 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, CHERYL C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $107,499.62 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKEN, NAIMA L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $107,499.62 | Date 04/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOJTEK, ZUZANA L | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $107,499.62 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, PATRICIA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $107,499.62 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, JUSTIN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,498.22 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREBS, RICHARD P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,498.00 | Date 07/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOLIA, TIMOTHY | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $107,497.72 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, STACEY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,497.07 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTRIGHT, MARGARET M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $107,496.48 | Date 08/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, FRANKLIN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,495.79 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, JOSHUA D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $107,495.44 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINS, CECIL M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $107,494.23 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUISSERETH, NIRVAH | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $107,492.21 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, SHEVONDA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $107,491.11 | Date 03/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, JOHN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,489.09 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSER, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $107,486.46 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHLOSBERG, MICHAEL D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,486.00 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEZIALE, THOMAS | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $107,485.54 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERINO, GIUSEPPE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,485.46 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GEORGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,483.90 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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