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 CURRERI, MATTHEW B | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $103,854.51 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, DIANNA L | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $103,854.51 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GBOCHO, MARGUERITE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $103,853.73 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, STEPHEN A, III | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $103,852.17 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZRAK, RAMI G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $103,851.84 | Date 11/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, ANDREW J, JR | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $103,851.83 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATWOOD, JOHN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $103,851.05 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, GENESIS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $103,850.74 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHORAT, STEVE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $103,849.84 | Date 12/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $103,849.63 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEDDES, SAMUEL M, JR | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $103,848.51 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, RANDALL B | Employer name Dewitt Fire District | Amount $103,848.12 | Date 05/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAETA, GINO D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,847.10 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, DONALD A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $103,846.92 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, BRIAN A | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $103,844.64 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, DANIEL | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $103,844.36 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROBERG, RITA | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $103,843.70 | Date 02/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADWALLADER, DANA J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $103,842.56 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name USZENSKI, ANDREW S, III | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $103,841.98 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,841.48 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $103,841.27 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, PETER M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $103,839.86 | Date 02/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, KAMILLA S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $103,839.66 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIBRANY, STEVE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,838.48 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADSWORTH, STEPHANIE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $103,836.17 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STECK, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,835.42 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBHAM, WAYNE E | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $103,834.66 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KENNETH J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,834.12 | Date 03/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHR, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,833.90 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDY, DAVID C | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $103,833.83 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $103,833.71 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNSHIE, JAMES L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $103,831.87 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDLEY, ROBERT B | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $103,831.83 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGELMAN, VICTOR M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $103,830.51 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, PATRICK C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $103,829.38 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZULBORSKI, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $103,829.34 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, MICHAEL | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,828.17 | Date 02/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOHN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,828.17 | Date 10/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LENNON, ROHAN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $103,828.15 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SHAWN A | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $103,827.82 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULP, ROBERT V | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $103,826.06 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DEBORAH D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,826.04 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWALK, SCOTT M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $103,825.75 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONERA, RONALD J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $103,824.00 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DALE M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $103,821.05 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $103,820.95 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $103,820.42 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAY, MICHAEL | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $103,818.34 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARR, JOSEPH M | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $103,818.20 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMAKA, STANLEY W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,818.10 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDER, ANDREW | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $103,818.07 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, SYLVIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,818.00 | Date 07/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCIANO, THOMAS D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $103,817.76 | Date 01/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, GLEN L | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $103,816.63 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, RICHARD L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $103,815.78 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUNKST, DANA B | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $103,813.21 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, DEBRA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $103,813.21 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGARI, SUSAN T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $103,813.21 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBEL, MARY A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $103,813.21 | Date 07/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELLUCCI, PAUL M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $103,812.70 | Date 09/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPLINSKI, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,812.51 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKMAN, ALEXEY | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $103,811.77 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALAMIA, JOHN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $103,811.71 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGELGLASS, HOWARD B | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $103,809.27 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PAUL N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $103,808.06 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, LAURA R | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $103,807.19 | Date 02/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKPATRICK, ALEX W | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $103,806.80 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELY, JEFFREY S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $103,805.68 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARL, TODD F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $103,805.35 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, JOSEPH G, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $103,804.53 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, GREGORY S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $103,802.58 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANO, ANTHONY J, III | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $103,802.12 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEGQUIST, ELLEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,801.77 | Date 07/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, RANDY S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $103,801.76 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUADRA, RICARDO | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $103,801.03 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLE, CAROLYN M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $103,799.79 | Date 06/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JOSE L | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $103,799.51 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PAULA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $103,799.50 | Date 01/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDRICK-BURGIN, THERSEA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $103,798.94 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, GRACE J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $103,797.81 | Date 06/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELFON, MARY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $103,797.81 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $103,797.36 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISENZAHL, JEREMY C | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $103,796.43 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OPRAMOLLA, THOMAS A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $103,795.13 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RAYMOND OTHO, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $103,794.79 | Date 02/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, ROBERT J, III | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $103,793.55 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAI, JIAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,793.21 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASSMAN, ALAN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,793.21 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, DAVID A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,793.21 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, CARL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,793.21 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHU, PINGPING | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,793.21 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, LISA G | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $103,792.95 | Date 02/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANIGAN, PAMELA Y | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $103,792.59 | Date 12/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLKES, KIRK D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,792.08 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, STEPHEN A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $103,789.28 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINA, PAUL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,788.33 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, KELLY K | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $103,787.81 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, JAMES | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $103,787.47 | Date 03/18/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, MONIQUE H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $103,786.69 | Date 02/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, ROBERT E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $103,785.71 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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