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 ELLIOTT, JASON K | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $101,530.49 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALPH, SEAN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,529.69 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVIELLO, GREGORY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,529.49 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRENIA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,529.23 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARIEPY, JOHN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,528.44 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCLELLAN, CAROLINE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,527.90 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINES, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $101,525.61 | Date 01/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, MAXINE B | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $101,525.52 | Date 04/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSARA, GIUSEPPE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,524.70 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSKIN, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,524.44 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, CONCETTA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $101,524.42 | Date 02/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINNELLA, MICHELE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,523.63 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWULSKI, EMILY V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,522.73 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVELO, JUAN A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $101,522.45 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURINA, JOHN R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $101,522.32 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $101,522.22 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISLING, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $101,520.95 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALSONE, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $101,520.56 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORTOLUSSI, JOSEPH L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,520.00 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA MURA, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $101,519.57 | Date 04/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBARESI, MARGARET A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,518.83 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRONA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,518.50 | Date 10/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MARY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,518.27 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGENN, BRANDON L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,516.65 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOERGES, STEVEN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,516.62 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MICHAEL F | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $101,515.74 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JANICE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,514.24 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKEREIT, MARGARET A | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $101,514.14 | Date 08/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAZZERA, ERIN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,513.78 | Date 03/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, MARISOL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,513.32 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURELIEN, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,513.03 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYDINGS, TERENCE E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,510.98 | Date 05/24/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, RANDY S | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $101,510.87 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, CHING J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $101,509.38 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, LISA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,509.37 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPANSKI, JEFFREY C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $101,508.95 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, ERIC | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $101,508.52 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EMANUEL J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,508.12 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISANZA, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,507.76 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERBA, JANICE L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $101,505.92 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGINO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,505.11 | Date 11/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DVORSCAK, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $101,503.74 | Date 01/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHMAN, ROBIN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,503.65 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARROW, SHERRI L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $101,503.20 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, VERONICA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,502.70 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGHLAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $101,500.06 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, NOAH N | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $101,500.00 | Date 11/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,499.26 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELEHER, FRANCIS M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $101,497.59 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEER, DENNIS J | Employer name Holland Patent CSD | Amount $101,496.79 | Date 11/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,496.38 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, MELISSA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $101,495.71 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, RICHARD M | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $101,494.78 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, KATHLEEN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $101,494.46 | Date 01/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-BURNS, PERIN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,492.89 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, NICHOLAS M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $101,492.82 | Date 01/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, JOHN C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $101,491.48 | Date 04/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, LISA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,491.40 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINTO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $101,490.24 | Date 02/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $101,489.85 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYHEW, MARK S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,489.79 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, CHERYL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,489.61 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, CRISLYN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,485.20 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTI, VINCENT F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,484.84 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, LEON T | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,484.35 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUCKFIELD, KEVIN G | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $101,484.08 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOBBIE, JEAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,483.20 | Date 03/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIABATTONI, EVELYN W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,482.63 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASELLA, DANIEL V | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $101,480.83 | Date 05/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIFORD, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $101,479.37 | Date 01/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ANDREW F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $101,479.27 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNBERG, STUART B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,477.99 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, MYRIAM Y | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,477.34 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURUVILLA, JIJU | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $101,477.28 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLENSTEIN, LEIF E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $101,476.21 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGAUD, LEONIE | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $101,475.81 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOUT, RUSSELL J, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,475.24 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAIOLI, RONALD J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,475.19 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FABBRICATORE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $101,474.65 | Date 11/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,473.02 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JEREMY B | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $101,473.00 | Date 05/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CABRERA, RAMON C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $101,472.47 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, ANNE B | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $101,472.21 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISIEWICZ, SANDRA M | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $101,472.21 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSCA, GLENN | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $101,472.21 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZIK, ROBERT D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,471.11 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAIN, SAAMI | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $101,471.08 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADRID, NELSY, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,470.84 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANQUI, MARY ANN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $101,470.32 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, DANIEL | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $101,469.26 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CHRISTOFER J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,469.18 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYSKA, MATTHEW J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,468.68 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, ARTHUR S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,467.64 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, PHILLIP A, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,467.43 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRECKER, DONNA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,467.23 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANNO, COREY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,467.03 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUMCIZK, JEFFREY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,466.06 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, KIM E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,462.89 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMET, PATRICK J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,462.05 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVE, JAMES M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $101,460.04 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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