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 CARTHY, CAROLINE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $107,401.50 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE-ROSENFELD, STEVE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,401.40 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, DARYL | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,400.58 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JENNIFER M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $107,399.87 | Date 07/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, CARL L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,398.86 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, LUCY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $107,398.31 | Date 06/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, JOSHUA M | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $107,398.20 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNNS, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $107,396.74 | Date 04/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSGOLD, JACQUELINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,396.60 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHKO, ANDREW | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $107,394.10 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMENICK, RICHARD E | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $107,391.56 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODWELL, FELICIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,390.30 | Date 11/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JESSICA S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $107,389.39 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,388.21 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JAMES F | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $107,387.86 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, JOHN R | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $107,382.36 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, EMILY | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $107,381.53 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OROSZ-POLLIN, LORRAINE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,381.50 | Date 05/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCIOLI, ANGELO A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $107,381.04 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, RAJEN S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $107,380.31 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULVEY, MELISSA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $107,379.59 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, DONNA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,378.94 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDONI, MATTHEW A | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $107,377.64 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, TERENCE P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $107,377.60 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTOWSKI, ROBIN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $107,375.18 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAZZANO, JOSEPH K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,375.09 | Date 10/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENFANTE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,373.97 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHZADPOUR, NASER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,373.50 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLUSCIO, KYLE D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,371.98 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGELI, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,371.80 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIK, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $107,371.10 | Date 07/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAVEN, MILTON G, IV | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,370.45 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, GREGGORY J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,369.55 | Date 07/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, DONALD P | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $107,369.37 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, TODD D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $107,368.07 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, PATRICK T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,367.19 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAFRANSKI, MYKHAILO | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $107,366.09 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENT, SCOTT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $107,365.18 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RICHARD J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $107,364.27 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENESIN, SVETLANA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $107,363.61 | Date 10/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEJNICZAK, DAVID J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $107,363.59 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHETY, FRANCIS X | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $107,363.52 | Date 06/07/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, VINCENT A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $107,363.20 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REEDER, CANDACE L | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $107,362.83 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYISZTOR, STEVE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,362.28 | Date 07/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, LYNN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,361.92 | Date 11/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORN, THOMAS D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $107,360.07 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANZI, ANTHONY | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $107,358.23 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOOTES, MARK | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,357.06 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, CARMEN M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $107,355.22 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONNER, LANCE C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $107,354.32 | Date 09/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, KENNETH E, JR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $107,354.13 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, CYNTHIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,352.43 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULDERIG, PATRICK G, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,352.32 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENTRASTI, DENISE M | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $107,352.13 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKULA, MARK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,351.04 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESCOTT, DEREK | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,350.93 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, LOUIS R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,350.51 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, DIANE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,349.69 | Date 09/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSEN, ELLEN V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,347.50 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, SAMUEL S | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $107,346.88 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, GEORGE J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $107,345.31 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, MILAGROS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,345.31 | Date 01/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, BETSY J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $107,345.30 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAU, WING | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $107,344.88 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, KATRIN A | Employer name Nyack UFSD | Amount $107,344.78 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RYNARD D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,344.71 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JOSEPH | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $107,344.15 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIO, CHRISTINE F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $107,343.96 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, VICTOR E, JR | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $107,343.07 | Date 03/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON-BEST, SHEILA D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $107,342.95 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNGE, JASON A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $107,341.63 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWYGERT, MICHELLE D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $107,340.07 | Date 12/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, TYLER L | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $107,339.58 | Date 07/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLANUEVA, JEREMY | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $107,336.78 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, JULIE F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $107,335.82 | Date 08/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARDI, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $107,333.94 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALISE, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $107,332.88 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSHEROVITZ, SHARON M | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $107,332.50 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, TERRILL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,331.94 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROWITZ, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $107,331.62 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,330.65 | Date 01/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CORRY | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $107,330.64 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKES, KEVIN V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,328.00 | Date 03/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFF, JACK, JR | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $107,327.54 | Date 07/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURCIO, MICHAEL A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $107,326.61 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, ALFRED S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $107,326.48 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, EMILY R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $107,325.85 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOGLER, LISA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,325.28 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLAK, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $107,324.84 | Date 08/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARRIS, TONY C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $107,324.62 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLIDORO, STEVEN | Employer name Island Park UFSD | Amount $107,324.12 | Date 07/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, GEORGIANN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,323.32 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, TONY M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $107,323.16 | Date 04/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SONA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $107,322.85 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIARAVINO, MELANIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $107,322.57 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SHA-NETTE E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $107,322.33 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, DENNIS | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $107,322.09 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALEWSKI, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $107,321.90 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,321.00 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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