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 CORCORAN, JEAN H | Employer name Orange County | Amount $100,658.45 | Date 04/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBER, LAUREN M | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $100,658.27 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEFORD, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $100,657.54 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ANCI, KENNETH | Employer name Orange County | Amount $100,657.01 | Date 01/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, HOWARD W, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $100,655.29 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, ERNEST C | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $100,654.18 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMING, PAUL B | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $100,654.15 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, ROBERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,654.00 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, YUE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $100,653.69 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENG, YUAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $100,653.52 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGENSEN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,653.14 | Date 12/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, NOEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,653.07 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, KERRIL B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,653.07 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,653.07 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, PAUL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,653.07 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALCHERT, PAUL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,653.07 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARATELLI, ANTHONY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,652.44 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $100,651.93 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JOHN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $100,651.28 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOCOLA, MARK A | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $100,650.37 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOCUM, KENNETH J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $100,649.78 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDDIS, STACEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,648.99 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, ANGELO | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,648.60 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISHOLM, HENRY, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $100,648.39 | Date 10/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANN, MARGARET J | Employer name Cortland Housing Authority | Amount $100,647.55 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, JEFFREY P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $100,647.19 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTCHER, JASON A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,646.73 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WIESENBERG, ERIC V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $100,646.69 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEIGH, KEVIN T | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $100,646.62 | Date 11/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,646.57 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,646.04 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADDEO, JOSEPH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $100,645.80 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEREMUGA, RICHARD A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $100,645.69 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORMER, ALEA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $100,645.14 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, TERI L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $100,645.10 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $100,645.04 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, GLENN E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $100,642.98 | Date 02/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENTZ, ROBIN L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $100,641.33 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDJONOVIC, JOZO | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $100,641.32 | Date 03/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, BHUPENDRA V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,641.00 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMAK, JOHN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $100,640.69 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURGH, BRYAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,638.76 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $100,637.96 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, CATHERINE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $100,637.03 | Date 04/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, DORIS | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $100,636.30 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITHE, MARTIN F | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $100,636.14 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACLIJA, ROBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $100,635.93 | Date 07/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $100,635.93 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICE, JOSEPH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,635.75 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, DOUGLAS B | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $100,634.89 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $100,631.91 | Date 10/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANZMAN, LAUREN K | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $100,631.42 | Date 05/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, MICHAEL J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $100,630.84 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEILBERGER, ADAM M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $100,629.75 | Date 08/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $100,629.21 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROY, JANICE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $100,628.58 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MARCUS B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,628.53 | Date 07/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, BRIAN A | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $100,628.18 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JESSE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $100,627.18 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, EDWARD K | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $100,626.29 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, JEAN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $100,626.06 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODELLA, LOUIS K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,625.54 | Date 11/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ROBERT O, II | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $100,625.23 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOHN S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $100,624.74 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRYCIA, ERIC D | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $100,624.71 | Date 01/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARDEN, MELISSA R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $100,624.68 | Date 11/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORSKI, JEFFREY D | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $100,624.61 | Date 02/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, JASON E | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $100,624.25 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLL, SEAN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $100,624.22 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDILLO, VICTOR F | Employer name Westmoreland CSD | Amount $100,622.17 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODERICK, KIERAN P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $100,621.75 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FORT, JEFFERY R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $100,621.57 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUCCI-PETERSEN, DANIELLE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,621.50 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESKO, STACEY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,621.50 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEMI, CAROYLN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,621.50 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAROSZEWSKI, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $100,620.14 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, TERRY C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $100,620.07 | Date 10/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, DAVID K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $100,619.41 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTO, JAMES L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,618.28 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, HELEN E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $100,618.16 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, RUBY D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,617.77 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGOLD, RYAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,617.69 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, THOMAS C | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $100,617.58 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, AMY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $100,615.97 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGDANOVA, SVETLANA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $100,615.88 | Date 04/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE, WILLIAM S | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $100,615.82 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, LISY J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $100,615.33 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBEAU, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,615.28 | Date 06/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIORIELLO, DAVID P | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $100,613.54 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, JASON H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,613.38 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESOTELLE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $100,613.31 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALLEUR, THERESA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $100,613.03 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINO, JANE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $100,612.45 | Date 09/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNIN, EILEEN B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $100,612.45 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIZANO, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $100,611.37 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, MARK J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $100,609.90 | Date 08/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREA, COLLEEN A | Employer name Westbury Mem Public Library | Amount $100,609.25 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, OWEN J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $100,609.16 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERLACH, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $100,608.36 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNON, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $100,607.83 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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