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 RIESENBERGER, RODD A | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $105,243.82 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCOUX, DAVID M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $105,242.92 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINES, JAMES B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,241.15 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JELEN, THOMAS | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $105,240.78 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, DENNIS D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,238.46 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, SANDRA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,238.00 | Date 08/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, RENE A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,238.00 | Date 02/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KELVIN S | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $105,237.19 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIULLA, GARY R | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $105,236.39 | Date 12/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUCCIA, JOYCE L | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $105,235.51 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLI, CAROLE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $105,235.09 | Date 12/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,234.56 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOEHL, CINDY E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,232.62 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNINO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,232.28 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, JANINE R WOOD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $105,232.01 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACZKO, JAIME J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $105,231.01 | Date 03/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORIARTY, WILLIAM L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,227.70 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALDUN, JOHN C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $105,227.44 | Date 01/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOZZI, LISA G | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $105,227.43 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFORD, LISA D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $105,227.31 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERVELT, DARRICK E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $105,225.79 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNER, JAMES M, III | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $105,225.23 | Date 07/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,225.18 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISE, STEVEN M | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $105,225.04 | Date 03/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, STEVEN W | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,224.54 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSUI, MARGARET S | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $105,224.07 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, SANDY N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,224.03 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $105,223.52 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINE, DENISE G | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $105,221.82 | Date 03/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRYWY, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,221.82 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JOHN S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,221.60 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, EDOUARD | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $105,220.76 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVATORE, VICKI LYNN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,220.64 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRAFESA, JONATHAN M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $105,219.06 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINTON, DONALD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,218.60 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGILANTE, JOHN J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $105,218.50 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, DANIEL G | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $105,217.97 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWTH, AMY J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $105,216.60 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, THOMAS E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $105,215.49 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, LORRAINE A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $105,210.47 | Date 04/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSQUEDA, MARCOS A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,210.42 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLANTE, DOREEN | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $105,210.06 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, JOHN K | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $105,209.89 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMICA, LAN Z | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,209.21 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINTORI WELLS, LEANNE R | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $105,209.09 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELL, MAGALY V | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,208.88 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAHAGUN, YOLANDA F | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $105,208.79 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JAMIE B | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $105,207.98 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, TERRY L | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $105,207.71 | Date 04/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, PETER B | Employer name Village of Brewster | Amount $105,206.32 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JEANETTE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,206.00 | Date 03/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUONGO, FRANK J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $105,205.64 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILBRANDT, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,204.95 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRASCHUNUS, THOMAS J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $105,204.87 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DONALD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $105,204.67 | Date 08/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, SCOTT A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $105,203.99 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JASON C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $105,203.83 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEITZ, JAMES P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,203.74 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROG, ETHAN F | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $105,203.33 | Date 03/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TARTAS, IRENE M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $105,202.99 | Date 11/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMIDIJI, TOBA O | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $105,201.88 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTACCIO, JOSEPH S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,201.68 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, DAVID | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $105,200.91 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKFORD, TOMASINA F | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $105,200.38 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERT, SCOTT | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $105,199.78 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,198.56 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CINDY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,196.41 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, COLIN J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $105,195.19 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORR, CHARLES R | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $105,195.18 | Date 06/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASZEWSKI, ZACHARY T | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $105,194.96 | Date 11/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GEORGE S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,194.80 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, LINDA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,193.44 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURRICHIO, ANTHONY A, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 01/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFER, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 11/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISPENZA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, LINDA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 12/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIULIANI, ELIO A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 06/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, THOMAS G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, KAREN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 12/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKHART, REGINALD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, JOSE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUALE, ROSEMARIE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 03/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODIN, YVONNE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, DAVID J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TECCE, SUSAN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,193.21 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSE, WAI HONG | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $105,192.32 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MEARA, STEPHEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,191.57 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANEGAS, FRANKLIN | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $105,191.32 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONDORFER, PAUL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,191.25 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BRENDA K | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $105,191.18 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMOT, WILLIAM | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,190.82 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, MARK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,190.22 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,187.02 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, RUSSELL P | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $105,186.50 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMILLIE, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $105,186.28 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BONO, WILLIAM A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,186.17 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLEY, MARGARET E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,185.88 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTAMOUR, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,185.75 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,185.49 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, INGE F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $105,185.37 | Date 05/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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