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 MITCHELL, GARTH W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,733.00 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, KAREN O | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $102,732.75 | Date 11/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMAFIDON, EDGAL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $102,732.50 | Date 02/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATERNOSTRO, RUSSELL J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $102,731.91 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,729.83 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLIN, DALE R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,729.55 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAFFEY, MARY H | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $102,729.44 | Date 03/15/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILO, PHILIP J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,727.62 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, SHARON Y | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $102,725.80 | Date 04/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHMER, NORA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,725.77 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANO, JILL M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $102,725.70 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIMA, NDUKWE A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,725.08 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, ARIANNA E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,723.22 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, PIERRE-MICHEL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,721.89 | Date 12/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDERMAN, JULIA B | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,721.51 | Date 03/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELA, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $102,721.00 | Date 02/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCUSO, CHRISTINE D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,719.46 | Date 06/26/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, JILL C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $102,719.29 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGOSIAN, NEIL K | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $102,718.18 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRIGAN, SCOTT M | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $102,718.08 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKONUK, JENNIFER J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,717.96 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RABUSIN, ERIC F | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $102,717.85 | Date 08/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PEYTON A | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $102,717.85 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JASON M | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $102,717.80 | Date 09/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN BRUNT, CHERYL A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,717.77 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELHARDT, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,717.54 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, MARYKUTTY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,716.97 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNROE, KAREN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $102,716.64 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENHARD, LAURA B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,716.48 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINACORI, JOANNE T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $102,715.13 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, KAREN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,714.35 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROBERT K | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $102,713.06 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINZ, MATTHEW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,711.97 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LILIAN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,709.48 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZEMIEN, DAVID H | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $102,709.39 | Date 02/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MISHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $102,707.74 | Date 08/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, VALENCIA H | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $102,706.42 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, MICHAEL M | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $102,705.48 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOEL, MARIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,705.46 | Date 08/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $102,705.43 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTH, JEFFREY P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $102,704.72 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGG, DAVID P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $102,704.51 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, EMILY | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $102,703.32 | Date 01/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,702.40 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRAFESA, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,702.05 | Date 10/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUICKSHANK, MICHAEL S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $102,701.31 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAMIGHETTI, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,700.21 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, SHANE R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,699.89 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EISELE, JUDITH ANN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,698.22 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, SCOTT W | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $102,697.12 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, SAYAKA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,696.07 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRTCH, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,695.69 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEMLEAR, DARLENE F | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $102,695.25 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, PHILIP A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,694.61 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $102,694.23 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, DAVID B | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $102,693.99 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSSEN, ROBERT M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,693.78 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBARINO, JOHN | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $102,692.81 | Date 05/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITCHCOCK, MARJORIE C | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $102,692.56 | Date 08/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, ROBERT E | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $102,692.31 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNON, JEAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,691.77 | Date 05/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JIMMY J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $102,690.83 | Date 04/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISERENDINO, DOREEN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,690.40 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, ANTONIETA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,689.29 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESNAN, EDWARD C | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $102,689.24 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERSON, TODD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,689.18 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DAMARIS A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $102,686.37 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORIO, JOHN G | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $102,685.64 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OKDEM, ENGIN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,684.51 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROOCKE, KURT C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,683.48 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULE, PERRY M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $102,681.78 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, CYRUS J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $102,680.28 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, HILDA | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $102,679.39 | Date 08/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, THOMAS G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $102,678.39 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, JASON | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,677.68 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACKSTEIN, SUSAN V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,676.30 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, DENNIS R | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $102,674.87 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $102,674.83 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Village of West Hampton Dunes | Amount $102,671.60 | Date 11/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOINOSKI, JASON R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,671.34 | Date 12/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAZYK, EDMUND C | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $102,671.24 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, JON S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,671.09 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POHJA, JOHN H | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,670.88 | Date 05/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, MELISSA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $102,670.05 | Date 07/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROZAK, DANIEL J | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $102,668.21 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $102,667.09 | Date 08/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDLEUR, PETER E, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,666.77 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERERE, MARIE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,666.35 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARKEY, LAURA D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,665.17 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHINAUL, AARON L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $102,665.08 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREASEN, CARL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,664.00 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINO, DIEGO | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $102,663.74 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISTEFANO, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $102,661.51 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, BRUCE W, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $102,661.50 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,661.19 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CHRISTA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,659.80 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JEREMY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,659.35 | Date 04/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTBERG, JOSHUA D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,658.05 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTO, FRANK L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,657.36 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, PAUL F | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $102,656.89 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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