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 MARSHALL, SCOTT W | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $99,857.59 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZALAY, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,856.32 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAILLER, MEGAN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,855.74 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADENS, ADAM C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,855.19 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JOHN B | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,854.61 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZ, TAMARA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,854.56 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, KYLE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,854.50 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANICCIA, MICHELLE | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $99,853.71 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPFIELD, CHRISTIAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,852.97 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETHERS, ELMER S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $99,852.68 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMMER, RICHARD M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,850.81 | Date 12/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, HEATHER E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $99,850.79 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULKLEY, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,850.64 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBRYCKY, NINA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,850.31 | Date 05/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLYNE, PAUL A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $99,850.09 | Date 08/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,849.88 | Date 01/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, ROSSANA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $99,849.50 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISLER, AUBREY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $99,849.50 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, JOHN J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $99,849.49 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, PETER A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,848.76 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, MARC W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,848.23 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, MELVIS | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,847.89 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, DANIEL F, II | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,847.10 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, LINDA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,847.03 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSBERG, LYNNE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,845.61 | Date 07/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, JAMES F | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $99,844.89 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALODUKAS, SOTIRIS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,844.69 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAZ, LEONARD M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,844.41 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLOWNIA, ELAINE M | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $99,843.68 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CATHERINE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $99,843.30 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBASI, MICHAEL S | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $99,843.30 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $99,842.71 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON LANG, MICHELE P | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $99,842.20 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, CATHY | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $99,841.67 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, RICHARD J | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $99,837.45 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBELL, NORBERT J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $99,835.95 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNIG, SARA K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,834.82 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, GREGG | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $99,834.08 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, GALIT N | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $99,831.34 | Date 10/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USHER, NINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,830.70 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, RICHARD P | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $99,830.69 | Date 07/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERESI, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,830.64 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DZWIL, CORRINE | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $99,830.48 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JUDY E | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $99,830.35 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, VALERIE D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,830.15 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, PATRICE S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $99,829.97 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TANYA M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,828.20 | Date 02/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPPEL, BARBARA J | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $99,827.75 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVANDUSKI, BRANDON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,827.71 | Date 04/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, PHILIP L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $99,826.35 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, BENJAMIN F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $99,825.84 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMRICH, STEVEN G | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $99,824.42 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOCIA, JOSEPH | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $99,823.40 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLEY, MARYANN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $99,822.75 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARRATORI, DEBORAH M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $99,822.11 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, DOUGLAS O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,821.84 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,821.67 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, BRANDY A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,820.37 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSIDINE, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,820.33 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELI, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $99,820.23 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEK, MARLENA C | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,818.82 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL-HAJ AHMAD, NAIMEH | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,817.30 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLAND, CHARLES | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $99,816.95 | Date 07/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINS, JANET E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,816.82 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, SUSAN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,816.11 | Date 03/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENETTE, MICHELE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,816.06 | Date 01/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSEY, SCOTT L | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $99,815.54 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OMEZI, PETER | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $99,815.53 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $99,814.74 | Date 12/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $99,814.46 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, ROBERT G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $99,813.51 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINER-PETERSON, KAREN R | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $99,813.22 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBARINI, JOHN C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,812.81 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULK, FATIMA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,812.43 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSER, BRIAN A. | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $99,811.52 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-BYRNE, FRANCINE M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $99,810.48 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMER, THOMAS M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $99,810.03 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, SEAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,809.84 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGER, FRANK L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,809.24 | Date 11/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANKES, HEATHER A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,808.88 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADSEN, OTTO R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $99,808.77 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, JASON M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,808.71 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAIKEN, ADAM P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,807.15 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIONE, ANTHONY P | Employer name West Hempstead UFSD | Amount $99,806.33 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKMAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $99,805.93 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, ZULEEMA F | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $99,804.92 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNALLY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $99,803.85 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DANIEL F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,803.60 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATO, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $99,803.26 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WODZINSKI, MARK J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $99,802.55 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, BELINDA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $99,802.27 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUPIS, MELISSA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,800.74 | Date 04/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUER, PATRICIA W | Employer name Warren County | Amount $99,798.95 | Date 12/20/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, KATHRYN M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,798.04 | Date 01/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEGER, CRAIG R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,798.01 | Date 09/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUVELT, ANDREW P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,797.21 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEPEDA, CARMEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,795.96 | Date 08/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNACHERIL, SUNIL K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,795.96 | Date 03/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLVE, PAUL G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,795.96 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JASON R | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $99,795.62 | Date 03/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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