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 DIECK, SUSAN M | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $102,143.08 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LULY, CHRISTINE H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,143.03 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHOENIX, GEORGE S, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,142.97 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERBITZ, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,142.57 | Date 09/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUFFRE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,142.28 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JEFFREY T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,142.28 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINSON, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $102,142.28 | Date 06/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURGES, LORRAINE M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $102,142.28 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,142.06 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNONE, MICHAEL | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,141.71 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVING, JOHN D, JR | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $102,141.61 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, LINDA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $102,140.96 | Date 11/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYSON, ERIC M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $102,139.75 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROPETER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $102,139.52 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABERSHAM, TRINODD R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,139.50 | Date 04/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGEL, DANIEL A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $102,139.23 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, RAYMOND M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,138.43 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $102,137.85 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, NATHAN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,137.32 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEAVEY, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,137.09 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATHANASSIADIS, NANCY J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,136.74 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPALE, ANDREW N | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 12/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-DEANE, MARTHA | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, EILEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIS, MARY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, KAREN L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JULIAN W | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $102,135.14 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLOFATTO, LINDA A | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $102,134.61 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CYNTHIA E | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $102,134.44 | Date 08/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSBACH, CARL, II | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $102,132.95 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,132.40 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $102,132.11 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENZIERO, NANCY M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $102,131.99 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAWDZIK, TRACY F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,131.90 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, ERIN K | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $102,131.70 | Date 08/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, EDMUND G, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,129.80 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONOSKI, ROBERT | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $102,129.72 | Date 02/18/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRYMAN, DANIEL E | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $102,129.21 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAEUSSLER, KIM M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,128.72 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, CATHERINE E | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $102,128.59 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNONIER, INGRID L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $102,126.89 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMINALE, DIANE E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $102,126.60 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIRO, MELISSA A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $102,126.23 | Date 01/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVELETH, AMANDA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,126.19 | Date 02/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, HEATHER M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,126.19 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYBA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,126.19 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWLE, DANIEL C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $102,126.19 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $102,124.41 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENENDAAL, DAWN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,124.30 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, AUSTIN K | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $102,123.52 | Date 01/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARNAN-FARAGO, JUDITH ANN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $102,123.51 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NICHOL, JOAN E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $102,123.38 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, MAXINE PATRICIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,123.07 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDITTI, DONNA R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $102,122.32 | Date 08/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCKLET, DELORES A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $102,121.16 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUCH, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $102,120.81 | Date 07/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNS, SABRINA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $102,120.75 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLER, LEON J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $102,120.49 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASHOUKOS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $102,120.49 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHADICK, JILL A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $102,120.06 | Date 11/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANTUONO, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,119.72 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $102,119.50 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, THOMAS R | Employer name Center Moriches UFSD | Amount $102,119.36 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTERA, ROBERT V | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $102,119.20 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, VICTORIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,119.08 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, JOHN A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $102,119.08 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $102,119.00 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, GEORGE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,117.83 | Date 01/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, GEORGE S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,117.37 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LISA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $102,117.32 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, THERESA N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,116.60 | Date 04/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNZ, RICHARD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $102,116.23 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAZZI, MAUREEN T | Employer name North Babylon Public Library | Amount $102,115.86 | Date 12/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SUSAN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $102,114.28 | Date 08/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,113.16 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNDERS, JEFFREY C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $102,113.07 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $102,111.89 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, LAURA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $102,111.72 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PASQUALE, BRIAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,110.30 | Date 11/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT S | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,110.28 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWICKI, STEVEN V | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,109.86 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECOCK, SCOTT J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,109.73 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN C | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $102,109.25 | Date 02/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, INDU | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,109.20 | Date 01/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, MATTHEW P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,108.12 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUSTO, ERIC A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,107.93 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOSEPH D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $102,106.96 | Date 03/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THERESA A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $102,106.53 | Date 06/10/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, JUDI | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,106.40 | Date 12/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, ROBERT J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $102,106.38 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DANIEL E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $102,106.23 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, ABIGAIL | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $102,105.55 | Date 12/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, JANE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,105.55 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, SCOTT D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $102,105.41 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, ROSALIA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,104.70 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACER, RACHID | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,104.41 | Date 02/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLEGES, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $102,103.96 | Date 03/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, SUSAN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $102,102.74 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, GARY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,102.33 | Date 03/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICH, KENNETH G | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $102,102.02 | Date 07/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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