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 KAZANJIAN, GEORGE M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $102,589.29 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRY, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,589.07 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYS, LISA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $102,588.40 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEANE, JESSICA M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $102,587.07 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAGLE, ERIC L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $102,586.06 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, LELAND J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,585.77 | Date 06/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, KAREN A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $102,585.01 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENBERG, HARRY A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,584.46 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATES, MARVIN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,584.21 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVEAU, AMY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,583.11 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOLE, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $102,582.26 | Date 02/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUDIN, JEFFREY W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,582.14 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KAREN A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $102,581.69 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, JOSE A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $102,581.52 | Date 02/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CALVIN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,581.44 | Date 06/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, BRYAN G | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,580.75 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JOHN R | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $102,578.08 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, KENNETH C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,577.57 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGAN, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $102,577.53 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAQUIN, DAVID L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $102,576.74 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKNEY, AMANDA L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $102,576.46 | Date 08/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, MARY JEAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $102,575.70 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, AMALA V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,575.41 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLEDO, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $102,575.33 | Date 01/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JERRY L | Employer name Village of Cayuga Heights | Amount $102,574.64 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSONS, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $102,574.10 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WETTERGREEN, JONATHAN C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,574.07 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, GEORGE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,571.86 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEKER, DIANA K | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,571.49 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $102,569.75 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVANO, GLENN T | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $102,567.85 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELORO, MARIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,567.81 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAREMA, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $102,567.51 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PECORE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $102,565.92 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANZANDT, KENTON K | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $102,565.79 | Date 05/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCIK, KATARZYNA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,565.63 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDEJ, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $102,565.38 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORJEN, GLENN K | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $102,564.96 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIBELLA, AMANDA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,564.94 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALICHIO, JUDY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,564.20 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, JOSEPH | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $102,563.87 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OURY, STEPHEN M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $102,563.63 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUESSIG, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,562.42 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, CATHRYN L | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $102,562.41 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, LEROY N, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $102,562.14 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHUEY, GREGORY T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $102,560.89 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTULA, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,560.50 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIONDI, STEVEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,558.69 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONALDI, JOHN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,558.63 | Date 12/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,558.21 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN-COOK, MARY E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $102,557.05 | Date 05/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORINCZ, NICOLAIE | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $102,556.96 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELEO, CHARLES S | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $102,556.44 | Date 01/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, MARK W | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $102,555.64 | Date 12/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Wilton Water & Sewer Auth | Amount $102,554.76 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, LYNN C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $102,553.71 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZYBOWSKI, HELEN T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $102,553.64 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARDER, JAHANGIR H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $102,553.57 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOONMAKER, HOLLI N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,552.10 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, MICHAEL D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $102,551.52 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSER, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,551.28 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIZENEGGER, ROBIN D | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $102,550.80 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNISH-EPPS, JOANN | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $102,549.84 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELAND LEWIS, KELLI A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $102,549.75 | Date 12/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, JOHN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $102,548.03 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERIGLIANO, FRANK J | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $102,547.48 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC WEENEY, JOAN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,547.38 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIANO, MARK J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $102,546.01 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAINO, ROBERT P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $102,545.98 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,543.44 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOBIECKI, SHERRIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,543.43 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTER, AARON P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,543.27 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISMANSON, EVANS U, III | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $102,543.20 | Date 04/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $102,543.15 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYER, THOMAS G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $102,542.72 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATHERLEY, MICHAEL O | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,541.92 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGFIELD, RICHARD L | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $102,539.95 | Date 09/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, SCOTT R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $102,539.91 | Date 02/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JULIE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $102,539.35 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY-COLEMAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $102,539.23 | Date 12/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, KENYATHA D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $102,537.90 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, VAUGHAN F | Employer name Brentwood Public Library | Amount $102,537.76 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, GEORGE H | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $102,536.54 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTAUZZI, MARK T | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $102,535.65 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURTA, MARGARET | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $102,534.81 | Date 09/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRISAFFI, MATTHEW W | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $102,533.85 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $102,533.75 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, DEBORRAH C | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,531.78 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, ROBERT D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $102,528.67 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SBRIGLIA, PHILIP A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,527.40 | Date 02/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WILLIAM H | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $102,526.95 | Date 01/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSHOFF, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $102,526.06 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHENBERGER, JOHN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,525.63 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,525.24 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JENNIFER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,522.70 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KEVIN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,522.59 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURTZ, DONNA J | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $102,522.03 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, WILLIAM A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $102,522.03 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, GALE R | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $102,522.03 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULICK, DALE I | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $102,522.03 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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