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 OKEKE, ANGELUS O | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $105,299.85 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDD-FRANCIS, ALECIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,299.54 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, SHEILA | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $105,298.66 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, JASMIN C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $105,298.20 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIDANQUE, CLAUDIA S | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $105,297.30 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZA, ERIKA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,296.47 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JOHN H | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $105,295.81 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPULLI, ADRIAN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,295.74 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, VANESSA L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,295.37 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RAMON E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $105,295.32 | Date 01/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $105,295.25 | Date 07/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCKEE, DEBORAH ANN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $105,294.93 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $105,293.94 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGNEW, ADAM C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,292.16 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINARSKI, THOMAS J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,291.69 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRO, CHRISTINE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,291.58 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGNARD, JOSEPH L | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $105,291.58 | Date 11/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABEE, RICHARD D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $105,291.58 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELCAREK, SHEILA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $105,291.58 | Date 06/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUREK, MICHELLE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $105,291.58 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELATION, JEFFREY A | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $105,291.21 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWNES, DAVID T | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $105,291.01 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, LIZ BEIYAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,291.00 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVELACQUA, ANTHONY F | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $105,290.86 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGLIN, ERICA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,290.37 | Date 12/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, ANTHONY D | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $105,289.19 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNKEL, JILL K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $105,287.42 | Date 03/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARSHA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,286.99 | Date 11/24/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINO, PETER A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $105,286.41 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMIE LYNN | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $105,286.03 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUNJIAN, DEBRA A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $105,285.28 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, THOMAS | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $105,284.40 | Date 01/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVER, SHARON M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $105,283.45 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA-THOMAS, CARMELITA | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $105,282.90 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETSCHLER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $105,282.45 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $105,279.18 | Date 05/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNGER, JAMES P | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $105,278.88 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANETTA, ANDREW J | Employer name Bethpage Water District | Amount $105,277.52 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZELLA, RUGGIERO | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,277.00 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADICCHI, REMO P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,277.00 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISBECKER, PETER J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,277.00 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTIE, ALINA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $105,274.96 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESCA, KENNETH R | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $105,274.96 | Date 08/27/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, THOMAS E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,274.31 | Date 08/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODNESS, GAIE S | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $105,272.81 | Date 09/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASTON, BENITA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $105,271.27 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNYSON, JEFFERY E | Employer name Warren County | Amount $105,270.72 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLAND, CHAD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,269.94 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AZZAM-GOMEZ, SHADY A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $105,268.97 | Date 10/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $105,268.62 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $105,266.94 | Date 03/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESARE, JAMES F, III | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $105,265.04 | Date 03/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPSTEEN, ERIC M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $105,264.70 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEMI, RICHARD L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $105,264.52 | Date 05/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHMAN, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $105,263.60 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDRIS, SANDRA M | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $105,263.53 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGHALAR, MARYAM | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,263.51 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMS, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $105,263.47 | Date 05/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCHUS, SANDRA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,263.31 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEILL, SEAN M | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $105,262.68 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, JOEL R | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $105,261.52 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSS, LISA MARIE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $105,261.31 | Date 12/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, BERNADETTE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $105,260.73 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURNETT, KATHERINE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $105,260.11 | Date 11/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, MARY T | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $105,259.35 | Date 10/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCI, JAMES C | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $105,258.38 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $105,258.09 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEARN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,257.29 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, AMED | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,256.24 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JACQUELINE K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,256.20 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHT-MOTELSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $105,255.17 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONGE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $105,255.16 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILBER, HEATHER | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $105,252.99 | Date 12/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SHOMB, ALLAN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,250.64 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VIGNA, JOHN | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $105,249.98 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKERSON, KAREN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $105,249.76 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGELLO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEGAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIBOWITZ, KENNETH R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, DAVID | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, GLORIA E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOHN, JULIET J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MONIQUE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 05/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, QUN | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 06/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATELLA, GARY R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, MIA G | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUMIA, RITA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNG, TERESA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $105,249.62 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERO, JOHN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $105,249.35 | Date 07/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARKNARD, STEPHEN J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $105,247.34 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $105,246.31 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, NATHAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,245.89 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZAKACS, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $105,245.64 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, EILEEN G | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $105,245.32 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, SUERATTAN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,245.25 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARPEY, BRIAN M | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $105,245.24 | Date 12/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, GREGORIA | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $105,245.18 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, ROBERT D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,244.51 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAINES, JENNIFER L | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $105,244.03 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCHUCK, JAMES | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $105,243.94 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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