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 MAC GIFFERT, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $105,107.55 | Date 11/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLER, ELYSE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $105,106.93 | Date 11/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANO, ARNOLD V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,106.20 | Date 02/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARON-WILLIAMS, ANDREA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $105,105.95 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTHONE, KATHLEEN R | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $105,105.05 | Date 04/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNE, BRIGITTE L | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $105,103.78 | Date 06/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLGREN, GUY Q, JR | Employer name Bath Mun Utility Commission | Amount $105,100.87 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLONSKI, SUSAN K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $105,099.20 | Date 12/26/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE-ETERE, ANTONETTE J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $105,099.09 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHURR, KAREN D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $105,098.68 | Date 02/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, COLLEEN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,098.06 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $105,097.38 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, DAVID E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,096.27 | Date 06/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANNAN, EDWARD A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, KRISTIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMFIELD, PAMELA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRGRIEVE, TARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, RYAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALAYER, AMIR-SAAM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, ANNE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, EMMA J H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKORUPA, STACY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS-MESSINA, LESLIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAN-FEHRINGER, LAUREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,095.70 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, TARA J | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $105,091.02 | Date 07/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INCE, BRANDON M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,089.63 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARTIN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $105,088.92 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLANCY, SEAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,088.46 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JAMES P, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $105,088.13 | Date 03/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDELSTEIN, DARYL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,086.75 | Date 07/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, JUAN R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $105,086.08 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIVGULAM, RAJ | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $105,084.97 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, MATHEWS C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $105,084.97 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, DAVID L | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $105,084.92 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WIDMAN, HOWARD D | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $105,083.08 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, VINCENT C | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $105,082.67 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JOHN P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,082.60 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, RUSSELL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,082.10 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, SCOTT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,080.66 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDMANN, JAMES C | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $105,080.03 | Date 02/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, SANJAY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,079.49 | Date 05/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, STEPHEN V | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,077.88 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTZ, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $105,077.68 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEETE, DANA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,077.33 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCO, ARIAN | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $105,077.31 | Date 07/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVIN, GINA C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,076.93 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEN, MICHELE B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,076.73 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFIELD, PETER J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $105,076.29 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHOWIAK, CHRISTIAN S | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $105,075.51 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, AVIS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,075.34 | Date 11/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEIPO, JEFFREY L | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $105,074.58 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, JAMES M | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $105,073.95 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADSEN, CHARLES J, IV | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,072.28 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JAMES, JR | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,072.05 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, LOUIS A | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $105,071.58 | Date 11/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, ANTHONY P | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $105,070.85 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABOUR, JAY E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $105,069.03 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $105,067.41 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELLY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $105,066.56 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLINTO, JAMES T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $105,064.79 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COCO, JAMES J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $105,064.23 | Date 10/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVER, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,060.99 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALAVER, FRANCISCO J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $105,060.28 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMPF, ROSE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $105,059.91 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IERARDI, DOREEN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,059.26 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, FATIMA L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $105,058.65 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'FLAHERTY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,058.18 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, ELIZABETH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,056.31 | Date 02/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIONDI, RICHARD P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $105,056.09 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, DARREL R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,055.97 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROSTOWSKI, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $105,055.84 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, MARY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $105,055.61 | Date 10/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSEL, PATRICIA M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $105,052.84 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEE, BRIAN E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $105,052.76 | Date 04/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCTAGUE, CAROL L | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $105,052.72 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRUZZO, MARTIN P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $105,050.75 | Date 06/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECINE, JULIUS J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $105,050.46 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDFORD, FREDERICK Y, III | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $105,049.54 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FYVIE, TERRIE L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,049.41 | Date 04/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDENHOLM, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $105,049.22 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNG, BETTY L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,047.81 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, SARAH | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,047.81 | Date 02/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, KEITH D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,047.79 | Date 10/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARROW, LESLIE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $105,047.73 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSLEY, ALEXANDRA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $105,047.39 | Date 11/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, SCOTT R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $105,045.73 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAK, IRINA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $105,045.51 | Date 07/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALBACK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $105,043.77 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISEY, ERIC A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $105,041.98 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CICCO, RICHARD M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,041.08 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MELISSA M | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $105,040.37 | Date 03/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, CAROL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $105,040.12 | Date 04/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, PATRICE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,040.00 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNDARARAJAN, KUENWEI L | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $105,038.41 | Date 03/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRYMAN, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,037.92 | Date 02/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIGURI, FRANK | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $105,037.34 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEIGHTS, MARGARET | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $105,035.83 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, ERICK S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $105,035.60 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENKO, PETER J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $105,035.40 | Date 12/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESKETH, BRIANNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,035.22 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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