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 FIORENTINO, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $105,432.66 | Date 03/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRYVNIAK, JOSEPH T | Employer name North Shore Public Library Dis | Amount $105,432.12 | Date 12/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, GLORIA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $105,430.53 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, SHERRI J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $105,430.41 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, ASIF J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,429.53 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PETER J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $105,428.41 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAK, DOUGLAS E | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $105,428.26 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $105,428.24 | Date 01/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGLUND, TIMOTHY W | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,427.89 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE, TONY | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $105,427.86 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CHARLES E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,427.11 | Date 03/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, BELLEW S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,426.70 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, LORRAINE Y | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $105,426.12 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNE, RICHARD D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $105,425.90 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIFTON, WENDY S | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $105,425.85 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, ELAYNE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,424.18 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEITLER, DENISE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,424.01 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDDLE, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $105,423.66 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, BERNARD A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $105,423.38 | Date 08/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFALO, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $105,421.92 | Date 11/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, DONNA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $105,419.87 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, STEPHEN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,418.75 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, ROBERT M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $105,418.65 | Date 03/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRISCARI, NICHOLAS | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $105,418.60 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $105,417.50 | Date 12/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGLER, GINA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,417.50 | Date 06/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, XIAOHONG | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $105,417.20 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCZMA, CARLENE N | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $105,416.02 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITCHCOCK, LORI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,412.39 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANTERT, RICHARD L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $105,411.64 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, JOHN J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $105,411.24 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, KIRK R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,410.43 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALLORAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,410.11 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODUGBESI, RISIKAT A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,409.74 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, JASON A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $105,409.10 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ROBERT L | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $105,408.82 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, EILEEN C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,408.35 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBY, ANDREW T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $105,407.28 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MARTIN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $105,404.56 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDERONI, RICHARD S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $105,404.04 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODING, JOANNE M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $105,403.98 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,401.05 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, PEDRO V | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $105,399.44 | Date 10/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIMONE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,399.25 | Date 08/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, RONALD H | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $105,398.64 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARKEY, KERRI D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,398.11 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, BARRY M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $105,396.85 | Date 08/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAN, RAFAL C | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $105,396.69 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, LILIAN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,396.55 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ANTOINETTE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $105,396.55 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GREGORY E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $105,396.43 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSBURGH, DAVID T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,396.37 | Date 02/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSLAND, ALFRED J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,394.98 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLADE, DARLENE D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $105,394.21 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, SHANNA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,392.77 | Date 08/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, SHELBY L | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $105,392.64 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, JON P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,392.64 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, HARRY J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $105,391.75 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $105,389.07 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, MOLLY C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $105,388.09 | Date 10/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARONE, DOMINIC A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $105,387.49 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRIZO, FRANK J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,387.29 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGGREY, JOANA H | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,385.45 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, BRADLEY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $105,385.26 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,385.08 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, DANIEL S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,384.57 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $105,383.29 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERNOWSKI, RONALD J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $105,382.86 | Date 07/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, LINDA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,381.11 | Date 11/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURDEAU, FEE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,380.05 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPP, GEORGE E, III | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,379.29 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, HECTOR F | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $105,379.21 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES F | Employer name Village of South Nyack | Amount $105,378.51 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSER, THOMAS F | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $105,376.98 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHTMAN, STEVEN W | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $105,376.85 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TODD J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $105,376.59 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $105,376.01 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JESSY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,373.88 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, ERIC | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $105,372.72 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEDWORTH, STEPHEN A | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $105,371.45 | Date 02/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGSHEAD, KEITH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,371.28 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JOHN J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $105,369.65 | Date 07/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, JOSEPH B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,368.12 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Amount $105,367.75 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, LISA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,367.27 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $105,365.09 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINO, PETER P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,364.90 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALZMAN, LAWRENCE D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $105,364.48 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, LORNA S | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $105,364.16 | Date 05/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, SEAN | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $105,363.68 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, RONALD W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $105,361.77 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,361.34 | Date 01/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDDERMAN, SUSAN E | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $105,360.80 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARANJO, LUIS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,359.67 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT-WATKINS, TANYA D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $105,359.33 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, CHERYL L | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $105,359.15 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JEFFREY P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $105,358.88 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, DAVID | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,358.46 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEG, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $105,357.66 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBRAHIM, MOHAMMAD T | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $105,356.19 | Date 08/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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