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 PERSELL, PATRICIA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,990.18 | Date 09/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, NICHOLAS A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,988.99 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAIME, PAULA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,986.73 | Date 10/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESSETTE, PAUL E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $101,984.35 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,983.98 | Date 05/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALIPOLITES, MARC | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,983.09 | Date 11/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, BETH MARIE | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $101,982.76 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAUNZINGER, KENNETH W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $101,982.00 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKWOOD, RANDOLPH S | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $101,981.91 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOL, MARY ELIZABETH | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,981.60 | Date 11/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SCOTT M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,980.59 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLOMBO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $101,980.50 | Date 05/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINBERG, DONNA L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $101,980.03 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, PAMELA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,979.11 | Date 05/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN KAMPEN, PETER A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $101,978.94 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, WILLIAM | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,978.22 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, SALVATRICE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,977.65 | Date 05/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ARLIN H | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $101,977.24 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATIA, JENNIFER I | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $101,976.16 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, CARLOS I | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,975.90 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DEA, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,975.23 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTELLO, SYLVIO L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $101,974.40 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERSEN, MATTHEW L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,974.05 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHOWDHURY, SOAIB A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $101,973.70 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DANIEL R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $101,973.26 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, KEITH R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $101,973.04 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TILLIS, DONALD K | Employer name West Islip Fire District | Amount $101,973.01 | Date 02/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURTZ, MEGHAN J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,972.94 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SYLVIA | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $101,972.67 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, DAWN E | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $101,972.33 | Date 01/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSYN, ROBERT W | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $101,971.86 | Date 06/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUCHAMP, SANDRA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $101,971.24 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $101,971.20 | Date 09/17/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPESS, SETH A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $101,970.91 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, TODD N | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $101,970.80 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIOLA, ROBERT | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $101,970.62 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSFLOG, PAMELA C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,970.06 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANA, YVES H | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $101,967.36 | Date 03/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDILLO, ROCHELLE A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $101,967.12 | Date 06/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, SERENA N | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $101,966.23 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCEWICZ, ARTHUR P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,965.35 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMM, DOREEN M | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $101,964.46 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ONOFRIO, CATHERINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,963.50 | Date 07/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, SANDRA M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $101,963.25 | Date 10/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN BARHOLD, MARIE | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,962.96 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMULAK, THOMAS R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $101,962.78 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADARO, THOMAS W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $101,961.20 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,960.81 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, EDWARD D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,959.45 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIETH, CHRISTINA B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,959.39 | Date 10/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUTSKY, WARRAN | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $101,958.71 | Date 09/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, THOMAS F | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $101,958.52 | Date 09/20/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, LAKISHA S | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $101,957.95 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, ANNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,957.30 | Date 11/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTIN, MAGALIE H | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $101,956.51 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELO, FRANCIS R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,955.66 | Date 11/07/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCAGNINO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $101,954.98 | Date 07/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $101,952.85 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTALDO, JOANNE | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $101,952.63 | Date 02/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRTS, MICHELLE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,952.31 | Date 12/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOZDALSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $101,950.86 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEDESKY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $101,950.16 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCKLER, ROBERT T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,949.75 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARING, ADAM M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,949.03 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANDS, LAURA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,949.03 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILATOS, OURANIA R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $101,948.87 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALORE, BRIAN G | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $101,945.04 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANDERPOEL, MARK W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $101,944.94 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEBULA, MARK D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $101,944.01 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEROLETO, JOHN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,943.69 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEICHER, SANDRA M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $101,943.24 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILWELL, LORI A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,941.77 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEN, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $101,941.46 | Date 02/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPPINS, MARYANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $101,940.91 | Date 08/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, JAMIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,939.40 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MUTH, NICOLAS | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $101,938.62 | Date 01/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVESE, BRENDAN C | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $101,938.19 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, KYLAH M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,936.14 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEI, EMILIO C | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $101,934.21 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, JOHN M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $101,932.25 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $101,931.75 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLENKER, BYRON | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $101,930.95 | Date 05/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, DIANE T | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $101,930.68 | Date 12/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SFORZA, FRANK P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,930.26 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLTS, LON E, II | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,929.06 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $101,928.85 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAGENKOLB, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,927.20 | Date 07/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, SANDRA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,926.21 | Date 07/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTZ, JOSEPH P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,925.62 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPS, TERRY R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,925.37 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DES ROCHES, SHAWN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $101,924.75 | Date 07/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCITELLI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $101,924.24 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLOP, TINA L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,924.05 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JOSEPH W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,922.99 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARES, RAYMOND R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $101,922.64 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLINTON, ANSU R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $101,920.40 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE QUARTO, PETER J | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $101,920.07 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORROS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $101,920.00 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, SHERRI | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $101,920.00 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THUENER, JOHN J | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $101,919.98 | Date 11/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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