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 HULSE, MALCOM L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,769.50 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELENDER, WALTER | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $101,769.13 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENSTER, JAMES G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,768.70 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, TERRY C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,767.86 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GISONNY, KAREN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $101,766.97 | Date 12/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARNOWSKI, MICHAEL N | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $101,766.94 | Date 03/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOSEPH J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $101,766.71 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, MATTHEW G | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,766.58 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEINKOFER, ROBERT J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,766.25 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANISZEWSKI, CHAD | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,765.79 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON-CHAPMAN, ROMAINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,765.57 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISAPIA, MICHAEL F | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $101,764.00 | Date 03/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TINA L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $101,763.16 | Date 10/20/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCA, ADAM M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,762.96 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGLIERI, STEPHEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,762.95 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIT, EUGENE A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $101,762.66 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAULFIELD, BERNADETTE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $101,761.62 | Date 06/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, STEPHANIE T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,761.20 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENN, ELISE H | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $101,760.45 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, DAVID A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $101,759.98 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, DEBORAH H | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $101,759.72 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, MIRANDA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,759.13 | Date 04/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BINGHAM, SCOTT H | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $101,758.59 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, RONALD E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,757.61 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDEROS, LETICIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,757.11 | Date 04/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFUNTNER, DANIEL L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $101,756.72 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARO, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,755.04 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMOSA, PETER | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $101,754.11 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, LINDA K | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $101,751.89 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ANGELA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 01/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCELHONE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 05/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLICASTRO, PATRICK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTA, MAUREEN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 11/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEYER, EDWARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOKER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIDE, DONNA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 09/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, PAULA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,751.20 | Date 11/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNABY, ROGER P, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $101,751.10 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLING, ASHLEY S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $101,750.37 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRICELLI, ROBERT L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,749.92 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, BRADLEY M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $101,749.11 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, WILLIAM J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,745.57 | Date 12/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,744.55 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWOOD, JENNIFER A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,743.88 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, LARRY D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $101,743.44 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALOY, DANIELLE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,742.73 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORPUZ, EDUARDO B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,742.02 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, IVAN C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $101,741.74 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, DAVID A | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $101,740.16 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIACOPPO, DENISE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,739.40 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JUAN | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $101,739.16 | Date 12/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, CORINNE M | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $101,738.62 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTWOOD, KRISTOPHER M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $101,731.97 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANESTRARI, DONALD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,731.96 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, LEE R | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $101,731.43 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ERMINE L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,731.16 | Date 03/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNER, KEITH A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $101,730.44 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $101,730.01 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, CHRISTO K | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,729.73 | Date 01/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLIG, GERARD E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,729.32 | Date 04/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLE, CHARMAINE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,729.17 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, MARIANNE V | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,729.01 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $101,728.06 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCIBILIA, SAL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,727.93 | Date 12/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,727.91 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHANNON L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,727.85 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEATHERSTON, PAUL | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $101,727.65 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELSHIN, LEE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,727.40 | Date 02/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, MACLOUD | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $101,726.96 | Date 07/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIENHARDT, ELLEN W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,725.92 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANSKI, JERZY K | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $101,725.91 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FLAIR-HOUGH, MARY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,725.70 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTON, DEBRA | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $101,723.85 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, JAMES E JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $101,723.62 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE-LOUIS, TAMEKA T | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $101,721.48 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILDER FIRESTONE, LAURIE B | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,719.77 | Date 02/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTO, VICKY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,719.76 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, PASQUALINO J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $101,719.01 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, PAUL N | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $101,716.45 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWICK, SHAWN K | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $101,715.56 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, JEAN E | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $101,712.66 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIAROLI, JOHN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,710.17 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSHIKANLU, BOLAJOKO A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $101,706.44 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKENS, SAMUEL R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $101,706.19 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, JASON A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $101,705.31 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY-BROWN, APRILEE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,705.02 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIER, JAMES | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,704.79 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASELMAN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $101,703.70 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, CLARE P | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $101,701.80 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, FRITZA R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $101,700.96 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, HENRY | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $101,700.64 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, REBECCA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,699.95 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNES, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $101,699.57 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEROLA, FRANCIS J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $101,699.48 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAEN, COLLEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,698.00 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHO, JASON M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $101,697.78 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JUSTIN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,695.94 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCSKAR, EDWARD F, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,695.76 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSANE, KEVIN J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $101,695.76 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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