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 VALENTI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,326.25 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, MARISA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,325.90 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, CINDY S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,325.17 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,324.11 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDICH, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,323.70 | Date 02/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUF, LYNDA L | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $101,323.02 | Date 04/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWCZYK, ALEX D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,322.40 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYNER, ERIC R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $101,321.69 | Date 12/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIDAY, STEVEN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $101,319.67 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUERBACH, ELLIOTT G | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,319.40 | Date 05/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTUPACK, NINA A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,319.40 | Date 07/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $101,319.12 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, RUTH L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,318.25 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, TRENTON B | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $101,318.25 | Date 07/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, LINDA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,317.82 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSAMA REMY, NADEGE D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $101,317.50 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BLARCUM, PAUL J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,316.80 | Date 06/15/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBETTS, MATTHEW R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,315.86 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, JASON P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,315.54 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, CRYSTAL R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,314.31 | Date 12/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACK, DANIEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,312.63 | Date 12/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOBOSCO, DENNIS M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $101,311.72 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFFER, STEVEN B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $101,311.58 | Date 05/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINK, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,311.29 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, CARL J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $101,311.03 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $101,310.55 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JULIE A | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $101,310.55 | Date 07/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, ERIC J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $101,310.52 | Date 01/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PADRAIC K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,309.99 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLAVICK, PATRICIA J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $101,309.15 | Date 04/09/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, ADAM R | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $101,306.55 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY-MATTIA, LISA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,306.17 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, ROCCO J | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $101,306.07 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWAAG, ROBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,306.06 | Date 04/23/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, MARSHALL H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,303.36 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINT-FORT, JUSTINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $101,302.50 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDMER, MARY | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,301.57 | Date 01/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTHOUD, DONOVAN P | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $101,299.92 | Date 03/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, CATHERINE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $101,298.75 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCUTCHEON, HOWARD D | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $101,298.30 | Date 10/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, LUKE C | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $101,298.20 | Date 05/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERKLEN, WENDY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,297.75 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODECKER, JAMES P | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $101,297.64 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICUNAS, ANGELA S | Employer name South Jefferson CSD | Amount $101,297.60 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,297.30 | Date 02/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREMBS, MICHAEL D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,296.56 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, DANIEL P | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $101,296.21 | Date 05/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACLEOD, LORI E | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $101,296.06 | Date 04/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULTADAKIS, MARIA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $101,295.59 | Date 09/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATONE, JOHN M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $101,295.40 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLIFF, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,294.68 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, THZAIRA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,293.60 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATANIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $101,293.54 | Date 10/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACQUISTA-ABERASTURI, ANTONIETTE | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $101,292.63 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONO, JOHN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,292.31 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MARA, SHAWN P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $101,291.35 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISNER, SCOTT A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $101,290.69 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CANDICE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $101,289.73 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDT, STEVEN A | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $101,289.64 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOEG, ROBERT L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,289.60 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,286.94 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORSKI, KENNETH P | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $101,286.71 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROODS, SCOTT M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $101,284.93 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMMELL, STEVEN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,283.57 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUCLAIR, MICHELLE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,283.56 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $101,283.47 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEY, ELIZABETH M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,283.43 | Date 04/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, DANIEL P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $101,283.39 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, CRAIG R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,282.62 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHTON, DENISE ANNE | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $101,281.20 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, SIDNEY C | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $101,280.30 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBER, JAMES R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,279.88 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REITZEL, WENDY E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $101,279.56 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JAMES M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $101,279.44 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DACOSTA, CURTIS A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,279.35 | Date 06/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSTON, BETH E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $101,278.21 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKOWIAK, MICHAEL L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $101,278.00 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREER, ROBERT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,277.83 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, JENNIFER D | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $101,276.16 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, LINDA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,274.96 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERSON, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,273.35 | Date 11/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, WALTER J | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $101,273.09 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDHORN, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $101,272.95 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENINCASA, MICHAEL M | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $101,272.67 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, RAYMOND L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,272.63 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAVIA, CHARLES W | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $101,272.03 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDENBERG, JESSICA L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $101,272.03 | Date 07/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $101,271.38 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, GEORGE S | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $101,270.04 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, KEVIN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, MARY K | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 02/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, XUEYIN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTZELL, JULIE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 10/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, LUCIA E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, MICHELLE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAL, PRAKASH C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROPIETRO, JOY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLIS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORUGANTI, RAGHAVENDRA VARA PRAS | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCINI, DANIEL J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,269.69 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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