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 GALLAGHER, JOHN J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $106,296.48 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGI, CATHERINE | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $106,296.20 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, BRADLEY S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $106,295.68 | Date 02/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILO, RONALD | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $106,294.69 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADORNO, EILEEN | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $106,293.59 | Date 10/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAWSON, BOYCE D, JR | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $106,293.15 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $106,292.94 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEALY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $106,292.44 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, JACQUELINE O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,291.29 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINGALI, PAUL S | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $106,291.28 | Date 08/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEARS, MARCUS L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,290.81 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, PETER A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,290.76 | Date 02/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, SHANE T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,290.00 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTRAND, KENNETH N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,289.58 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLAN, RHETT W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,289.15 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,289.12 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, FRANCIS E, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $106,288.73 | Date 12/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMMER, GREGORY P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $106,287.16 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, GEORGE F | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $106,287.10 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARR, ROBERT L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $106,286.49 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABAH, PATRICIA U | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $106,285.07 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGLUCCI, MARIANGELA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $106,284.87 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABAL, BARBARA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,282.00 | Date 07/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAR, DAVID C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $106,280.97 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLENSKI, CRAIG M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,280.63 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAYAGE, VALERIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,280.40 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, GREGORY | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $106,279.55 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAGNOLETTI, VINCENT | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $106,279.13 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENTNIK, ETHAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,278.77 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, MELANIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,277.72 | Date 02/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, DANIELLE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,276.66 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTREICH, JONATHAN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $106,276.56 | Date 05/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFANCHECK, MICHAEL W | Employer name Village of Baldwinsville | Amount $106,276.55 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLINGHAM, DREW E | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $106,276.18 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPER, JASON J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $106,274.10 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINS, LINDA | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $106,273.60 | Date 01/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGTON, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $106,273.31 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, STEPHEN K | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $106,272.90 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTERINO, PASQUALE J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,272.86 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCHARK, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,272.48 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALDINA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $106,271.66 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, JONATHAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,271.45 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, ROWLAND L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $106,270.89 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADLEIGH, SHAUN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,268.73 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TWEEDY, MARY ANN T | Employer name Franklin Square Public Library | Amount $106,266.57 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSIO, CARA F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,264.45 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGSTEEN, KRISTEN M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $106,263.96 | Date 04/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTHA, ANN R | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $106,262.80 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ANTHONY A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $106,262.59 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, CHRISTY Q | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $106,262.59 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURZA, GERARD, JR | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $106,262.59 | Date 01/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,262.42 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWDEN, CURTIS P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,262.04 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,262.02 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL CHASE, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $106,260.65 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAPLE, PATRICIA M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $106,259.50 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGILIO, LISA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $106,258.73 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKHALEVA, ANNA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $106,258.73 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIE, ANDREA W | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $106,258.73 | Date 12/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, CATHY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,258.53 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XIKIS, MICHELE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,257.96 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIECK, ERIC R | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $106,257.84 | Date 07/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATTIGAN, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,257.78 | Date 08/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMART, DARRELL L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $106,257.14 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, THOMAS R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $106,256.88 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, ANNE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $106,256.83 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $106,255.35 | Date 04/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, THOMAS W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,255.19 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPROUL, PETER M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $106,254.45 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, KATHLEEN B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $106,254.06 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, MARK R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,253.44 | Date 03/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTA, STEVEN G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUMENSTETTER, MARRIANNE R | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINO-DRISCOLL, VALERIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETHERSON, BARBARA J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, EFFIE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,252.75 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,249.88 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER BRADLEY, UNA M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $106,249.76 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHER, ALAN R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $106,249.60 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALINOWSKI, JOSEPH T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,249.38 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, SHERON L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $106,249.35 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,247.92 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOTZ, PEGGY S | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $106,247.33 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, NICHOLAS | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $106,246.41 | Date 10/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $106,246.38 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS S, III | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,246.05 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,245.70 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKHOLDER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $106,244.91 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WITTWER, FREDERICK S, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $106,244.07 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, SANDRA D | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $106,242.37 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, ROBERT M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $106,240.33 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEAL, WILLIE E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $106,240.02 | Date 09/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, LEAYN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $106,239.11 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALI, DANIEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,239.10 | Date 09/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $106,238.81 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, HENRY C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $106,238.10 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, BARBARA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,237.82 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELZY, KEVIN P | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $106,237.35 | Date 04/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OELKERS, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,236.87 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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