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 BENVENUTO, GIANNI | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,695.64 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHAN, ANDREW T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,695.57 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, WILLIAM C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,695.16 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIROLA, THOMAS P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,694.01 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, INBONG | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $101,693.06 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREDOR, JOSE WILLIAM | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $101,693.04 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAITZ, JAMES M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $101,692.71 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALESSI, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,692.71 | Date 12/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JOEL M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $101,691.91 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, SHANTA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,691.90 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDEBRANT, DANIEL L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $101,691.17 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUZOW, HAILEY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,689.44 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGERT, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,689.32 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWAR, KEITH A J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $101,689.04 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUPKOWICZ, MARK S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,687.92 | Date 11/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOISE, KECHNER B | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $101,687.26 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GLENDA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,687.02 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEKHMUS, BRIAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,685.63 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOMALEWSKI, STANLEY W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,685.10 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGA, MINAWATTIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,684.94 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINACORI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,684.90 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WENK, GEORGE J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,684.56 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURG, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,684.24 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, GERDINE P | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $101,683.46 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, JAMES D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,681.90 | Date 04/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, JAMES | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $101,680.64 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OJINNAKA, CORNELIUS C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $101,679.43 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, CHERIE L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,679.30 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, SCOTT M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLMAN, MAUREEN A. | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDELSADEK, FAWZY I | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCHER, JAMIE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANERJEE, DILIP K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARAMINTZOS, SIDERIS A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 11/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, NIGEL N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, GIRISH V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCARPETA, DENSFORD D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALHOTRA, KAMAL K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIRAPPEL, CICILY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 04/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, ANIT | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMRAKHIANI, DEEPAK | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 09/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHITOMIRSKY, ALEXANDER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAANEN, YELENA T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 07/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, RACHEL R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMASCOLO, FRANK J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATION, COURTNEY W | Employer name Department of State | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, SHIHCHIN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIANG, CHUNG-KUO | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MORRIS E | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 06/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELIYIANNIS, JAMES | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUGENE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHANI, NASIM U | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNDU, TAPAN K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, HUNG KWONG | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRZA, MISBAHUDDIN K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARIKH, SANJIVAN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, JAYANTI V | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, SYED N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJBANSHI, BIMAL | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, TRUMAN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARASIAK, LEON J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADOUR, CHRISTIAN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATTACHARYA, SHESHADRI | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHALIL, SHAJU K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONDA, JAMES | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASRI, HASHEM | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREKH, YOGESH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QURESHI, TAHIR M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDIQI, RAZI A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, LIZY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, MAYA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHARIA, JOSEPH P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 10/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $101,679.23 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JAMES M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,678.79 | Date 01/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLETTI, DOMINICK J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $101,678.14 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, MARCIA B | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $101,676.51 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, ANNA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,676.46 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, DAVID E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $101,675.49 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, ANDREW G, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,675.25 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, PATRICK G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $101,674.99 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALARCZYK, SCOTT T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,674.73 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BATES, DAVID E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,674.44 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKHART, SANDRA S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,674.27 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, MICHAEL W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,674.25 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, LISA J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,672.89 | Date 05/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, MAHESH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,670.91 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUSSA, NINOS H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,670.35 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMANN, ERIK K | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $101,669.83 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DEWAYNE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,669.32 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, BRYAN K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,669.00 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, SHARON D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,667.49 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,667.02 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEISING, DANIEL P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,665.84 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DANIEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,665.41 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNISTON, ANDREW G | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $101,664.40 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, TIMOTHY R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $101,664.40 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, JOHN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $101,663.65 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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