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 RABIUS, JOHN G | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $105,980.36 | Date 06/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, ANGELA E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $105,980.33 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, JAMES E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,979.36 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFELD, ANDREW K | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $105,978.00 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JAMES | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $105,975.73 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANNAPIECO, NICHOLAS D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,974.44 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'DEA, GRETCHEN | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $105,973.98 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ROBERT L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $105,973.97 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERA, DEANNA | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,972.43 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYNIN, HOWARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,971.18 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITA-HAQ, DALIA F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,970.90 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERPE, MATT C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $105,970.88 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHMIELOWIEC, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $105,970.55 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUMMEL, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $105,969.97 | Date 12/21/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, KAMILAH F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,969.80 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORCELLO, STEVEN D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,968.93 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, PETER | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $105,968.75 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $105,967.96 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, STEVEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,964.23 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTES, OMAR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,962.34 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSON, MICHELE | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $105,961.94 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREET, VIVIAN S | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $105,961.94 | Date 09/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISMAN, MARIAN M | Employer name Schuylerville CSD | Amount $105,961.55 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTING, GEORGE J | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $105,960.80 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $105,960.22 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLKE, DANIEL C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $105,957.23 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,955.83 | Date 01/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAY, SHERI C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,953.39 | Date 11/16/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,953.14 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LORETZ, JOSEPH F | Employer name Vestal CSD | Amount $105,951.94 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, PHILIP F | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $105,951.22 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEHOE, JAMES G | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $105,949.53 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLOMAIO, ROSEMARIE F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $105,948.71 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACHTER, NEIL R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $105,947.52 | Date 10/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMEIDA, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,945.20 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, PATRICK M | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $105,943.92 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUFF, AUGUST H | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $105,942.63 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENEY, PATRICK R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,942.47 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $105,942.44 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DANIEL I | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,942.27 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, GEORGE J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $105,941.09 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $105,940.82 | Date 10/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARANO, BARBARA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,940.70 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRECKMAN, HOWARD L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,940.07 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWING, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $105,939.63 | Date 11/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,938.41 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGETT, WILLIS | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $105,937.41 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUTT, STEPHANIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,937.32 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, BRIAN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $105,934.62 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCOLL, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $105,933.85 | Date 03/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, JOHN F | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $105,933.60 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HIRAM C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,933.33 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PEARLINE E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,932.22 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $105,931.14 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,930.82 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLOTTI, MARIA | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $105,930.03 | Date 02/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JESSICA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,929.44 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, JOHN G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,929.36 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, UMANG R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,929.30 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $105,927.95 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, MICHELLE | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $105,925.04 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TARNAVSKAYA, GENYA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,924.87 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, ANGELA J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $105,924.63 | Date 04/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENAN, REGINALD P | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $105,924.61 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERDIS, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $105,923.61 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUTZENBERG, FRANK H | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,923.37 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADEN, KARL-ANN L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,922.13 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASULO, SEVERINO E | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $105,921.39 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, CAROLE W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,921.36 | Date 06/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOND-ROSE, MARIE J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $105,920.76 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ-BHATTI, DENIELLE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $105,919.83 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, JEFFREY P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $105,919.55 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,916.81 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLEN, DEBRA C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $105,916.25 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIDLEY, BRUCE A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $105,915.92 | Date 03/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIFTARI, ALTIN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,915.47 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, KENIVEN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,914.50 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHINAULT, DE WAYNE J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,913.05 | Date 07/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, THOMAS A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $105,912.31 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAF, GEORGE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,911.37 | Date 05/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALKOVSKY, PAMELA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,910.59 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, PATRICK R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,909.45 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATTUCK, ARTHUR R | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $105,907.33 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, CHANTAL P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $105,906.36 | Date 06/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,904.70 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, ROSY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,904.43 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SAMANTHA T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,903.84 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, PETER C | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $105,903.37 | Date 12/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, SHAUN P | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $105,903.36 | Date 11/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, LISA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,903.05 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARCONE, LANCE C | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $105,900.48 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSENTINO, KRISTEN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,900.45 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, WILLIAM D | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $105,900.11 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGAULEY, MEGAN D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $105,899.07 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUITS, JOHN C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $105,898.34 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGTON, PAMELA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $105,897.91 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARELLA, PHILIP C | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $105,897.29 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROEHLEIN, THOMAS G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,896.83 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, STEPHANIE Y | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $105,896.76 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINGENFELTER, DALE G | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $105,893.64 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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