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 KELLER, ANTON X | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,120.48 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, WILLIAM T, IV | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $101,120.27 | Date 12/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASTER, MARIA G | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $101,119.86 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, ELNORA C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,118.96 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE, JAMES F | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $101,118.91 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROPHET, MATTHEW D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,118.17 | Date 06/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUDT, THOMAS W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,118.17 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, CHEK BENG | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,117.97 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMANUELL, EASUANTI J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,117.42 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,117.42 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDIE, ROBERT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,117.00 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUBICSKO, DEBRA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,116.86 | Date 04/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASELLI, RICHARD | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,116.54 | Date 12/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANCZEWSKI, KEITH J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $101,116.16 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZHAUSER, GREGORY F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $101,116.01 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURATORE, CYNTHIA I | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,115.03 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,114.53 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, SCOTT W | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $101,114.36 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,114.14 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, JERMAINE R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,114.12 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORGRAMSON, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $101,113.63 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNASWAR, BISHNU | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,113.06 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCFARLAND, ELIZABETH E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,112.93 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,111.34 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, JOHN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,111.33 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZZARELLI, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $101,110.75 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANDREW G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,110.37 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLYER, CHARLES H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,109.52 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNUSON, WALTER J, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,109.50 | Date 05/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAIFE, ROBERT | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,108.34 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $101,108.00 | Date 04/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZAWURSKY, STEVEN | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $101,107.04 | Date 12/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JOHN R | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $101,106.14 | Date 10/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, STEVEN A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $101,106.11 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELLERY, VIRGINIA | Employer name Department of State | Amount $101,105.34 | Date 02/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, WILLIAM R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,104.66 | Date 09/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI VIETRI, DANIEL A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,104.59 | Date 07/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, KENNETH C, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $101,102.88 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAPNGIE, DIANA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $101,102.16 | Date 03/16/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, MATTHEW | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,102.15 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONDON, CHARLESA E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,102.09 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDDERBURN, WENDY P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,102.09 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $101,102.09 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, EDWIN Y | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $101,102.07 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, DONNA Y | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $101,102.04 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDENBACH, RICHARD A | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $101,101.42 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O BRYAN, RONALD F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,100.09 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVELCHAK, JOYCE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,099.87 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLOME, MARIE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $101,099.15 | Date 07/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ERIKA S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,099.05 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARIA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,098.87 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAILE, RALPH S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,097.58 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, FRANK N | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,097.58 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY-HARRIS, LISA L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,097.58 | Date 08/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, PATRICK M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,096.64 | Date 01/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUE, CONSTANCE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,096.38 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, CLAUDETTE | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $101,095.60 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, PASCAL E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $101,093.96 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $101,093.28 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUTCHER, KAREN R | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $101,093.27 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONS, BRIAN F | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $101,091.99 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, SEAN F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,089.77 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSLER, WILLIAM L | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $101,089.57 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,088.48 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, BERNETTA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $101,088.42 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAUD, JOHN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $101,088.39 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,088.01 | Date 04/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, JAMES A, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,086.27 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANS, SARA E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,086.06 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $101,085.85 | Date 04/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYNE, PHILLIP | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $101,085.70 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, DANA J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $101,085.61 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCA, ALISON M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $101,084.52 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBLE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUDE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, HECTOR M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERWIN, DONNA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIGERATO, ERIN C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, JASON | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 07/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, THOMAS G | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARON, SUSAN T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 08/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, STEPHEN A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, DANIEL H | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGLEHART, SCOTT B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $101,083.76 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, LE ROY, JR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $101,083.52 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REY, CHARLES S, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,082.06 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMISTEAD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $101,081.93 | Date 09/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANBACK, ROBYN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,080.50 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, SCOTT A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $101,080.46 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONS, RANDY J | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $101,077.98 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $101,077.65 | Date 07/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ROBERT J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $101,077.40 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURELLO, JOHN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,075.80 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STURDIVANT, DEBORAH L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,075.44 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $101,075.03 | Date 09/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOULAY- DESCARDES, ROSE Y | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $101,074.81 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREYS, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $101,074.78 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPOTH, ALAN J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $101,074.66 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALMON, BRIAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,074.40 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLAHAN, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $101,074.21 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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