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 CORNELL, PHILIP M | Employer name Great Neck Water Poll District | Amount $105,034.68 | Date 01/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORANGE, ROBIN L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $105,034.39 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHUNIAK, KATHRYN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,034.35 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWEIFEL, LAURIE J | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $105,034.30 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, CHARMAINE ALEXIS | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,031.90 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMANDIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $105,028.48 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, RYAN J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,028.42 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, STARRIS | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $105,026.67 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDIQUI, SAEED A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $105,025.68 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBENCHAIN, VALERIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $105,025.45 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASCONE, SHERRY A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $105,024.37 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALARCO, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $105,023.18 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, LESLIE E | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $105,023.09 | Date 12/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAKOSTA, ANTHONY | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $105,021.55 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSINGER, MITCHEL | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $105,020.58 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,019.89 | Date 09/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGSTON, KEVIN W | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $105,019.86 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSCHEN, GAIL M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $105,019.84 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGINA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $105,019.84 | Date 02/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, JACQUELINE F | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $105,019.84 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDELL, THERESE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,019.22 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLQUIST, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,018.49 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEH, JOHANNA V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,018.30 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PATRICIA E | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $105,016.93 | Date 09/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIERSON, CRAIG J | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $105,016.50 | Date 10/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI GAUDIO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $105,016.41 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, WILLIAM C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,014.40 | Date 01/15/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, CRAIG I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,014.00 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTA, DION M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $105,013.85 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, HEIDI L | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $105,013.80 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, JASON M S | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $105,013.30 | Date 06/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASNIEWSKI, BERNARD J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $105,012.05 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANCER, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,011.87 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, GARY A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $105,011.58 | Date 09/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, DAVID W | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $105,011.03 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANAS, THERESE R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $105,011.00 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI RUBBIO, DEAN P | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $105,009.65 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, RALPH V, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $105,007.31 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $105,006.99 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEACON, ADRIAN V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,004.63 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANEPINTO, ROBERT F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $105,004.61 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUDHRY, ABDUL Z | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $105,004.40 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, SCOTT A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $105,004.13 | Date 08/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, ABBE S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $105,003.55 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSLEY, DAVID S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,003.50 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DUFFIE, DARREN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,003.43 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOOTHROYD, BRIAN D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $105,002.02 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, AARON R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $105,001.42 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTARO, MICHAEL D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $105,001.42 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JASON G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,000.99 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, CAROL M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,000.99 | Date 11/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBUTI, DAVID A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,000.73 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGET, MICHAEL A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $105,000.20 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERMELSTEIN, BINYOMIN F | Employer name Village of Kaser | Amount $105,000.00 | Date 05/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATHMAN, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $104,999.97 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, KAREN KELLY | Employer name Suffolk Co Indust Devel Agcy | Amount $104,999.96 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGFIELD, JOHN G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $104,999.86 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $104,998.81 | Date 04/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAART, KELLY L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $104,997.71 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LETOURNEAU, CHRIS E | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $104,996.85 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, MARC D | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $104,996.63 | Date 09/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEOLUS, PANEL | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $104,996.51 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDD, HOWARD A, JR | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $104,995.83 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLS, CHAD T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $104,994.83 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONAS, KEITH M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $104,994.79 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELOT, MARIANNE T | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $104,989.06 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, BRYAN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $104,989.06 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGLIMBENI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $104,989.06 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUILES, DINA | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $104,987.12 | Date 11/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $104,987.10 | Date 10/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENT, LAURA A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $104,986.86 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINONE, STEPHEN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $104,986.58 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGLIORE, MARC S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICARD, JOAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKER, MICHELE | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 09/20/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, ANTOINETTE S | Employer name Department of State | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTH, MICHAEL G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINTUP, JOHN W | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $104,985.94 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, LU ANN I | Employer name Department of State | Amount $104,985.03 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHECCHIA, MARK A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $104,984.80 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DEVON K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $104,983.93 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $104,983.81 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSLAR, ERIK B | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $104,983.25 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY, CHAD P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $104,982.61 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, GREGORY C | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $104,982.32 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $104,982.08 | Date 12/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, TREVOR A | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $104,981.77 | Date 05/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, RUBINA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,980.33 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMM, JAMES M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $104,980.31 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, VINCENT M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $104,979.42 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $104,979.42 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRINE, WAYNE D | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $104,977.64 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEZEL, JAMES W | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $104,975.95 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PETER J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,975.73 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, GEMMA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,975.65 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NARDO, KRIS | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $104,974.93 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, ALLISON D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $104,973.50 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSCOLA, ALFRED J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $104,973.34 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $104,972.55 | Date 12/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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