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 MC DONALD, LINDA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,734.69 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BADR, RAIF R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,734.37 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILERA-RIVERA, LANDON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,733.52 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, GERALD B | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $99,729.99 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHABLOV, ALEX | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $99,729.16 | Date 07/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, JACINTA B | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,728.45 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HEARN, THERESE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,728.38 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLEGO, HELEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,728.23 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKOSIUNAS, RACHEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,728.03 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $99,727.65 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $99,727.52 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $99,726.49 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $99,726.41 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, MICHAEL R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $99,726.37 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $99,725.28 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOGAVERO, MARK | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $99,725.15 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUHLER, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,723.22 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, ROGER M, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $99,723.17 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, CHERYL A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,722.91 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, EMILY R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,722.91 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRE, PETER T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $99,721.86 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, FREDERICK D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,721.81 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, ALFREIDA D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $99,721.42 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAUGHTER, ZOLONDA | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,719.51 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DAVID R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,717.38 | Date 08/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISH, GREGORY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,717.27 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $99,716.58 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, MANUEL | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $99,715.61 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERENCSICS, ELLEN E | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $99,714.73 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODDI, PERRY | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $99,714.55 | Date 08/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRELIA-HYLAND, DENISE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,713.46 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTY, RICHARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,711.29 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARCY, MICHELE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,711.19 | Date 01/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICHT, JOSHUA B | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,710.74 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, VICTOR G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,710.26 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAGNOLI, PAUL A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,708.27 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, BRAD W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $99,708.09 | Date 03/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIMBRES, ROBERT R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $99,707.62 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRASSNER, TODD T | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $99,706.10 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAMS, RICKY E, SR | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $99,705.42 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERS, WILLIAM H | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $99,705.21 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLIE, JUDITH A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,704.82 | Date 11/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYKE, SANDRA C | Employer name Mt Pleasant Blythedale UFSD | Amount $99,704.04 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $99,702.43 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, DAVID W | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $99,702.37 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRANCHUK, TODD | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $99,701.54 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TODD J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,700.02 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANESE, PETER | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $99,699.65 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POZZOLANO, DONNA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,699.36 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLD, GAIL B | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $99,698.30 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, JOANNE C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,698.23 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMELLA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,698.15 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZA, ERIC R | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $99,697.73 | Date 03/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, MILTON | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,696.02 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINT, ARTHUR A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,695.96 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $99,695.67 | Date 07/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTCH, DANIEL | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,695.57 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POORAN, VIDYAWATTIE | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $99,693.96 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, HEATH A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $99,693.96 | Date 03/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, NANCY | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $99,693.41 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANELLO, JULIE A | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $99,693.32 | Date 01/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, SEAN G | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $99,693.07 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISE, LINDA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,692.90 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHIOGROSSO, ROBERT P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,690.97 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, TERRY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,690.61 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASI, FRANK J | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $99,689.41 | Date 10/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTRELL, BARBARA D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,689.12 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRIENTO, LISA D | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $99,688.57 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DESIREE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,688.16 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IWANICKI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $99,688.12 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGOVINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $99,687.95 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, RICHARD S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $99,686.94 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAWLINS, MIRELLA A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,686.06 | Date 11/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, VINCENT T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,684.09 | Date 04/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER, BRIAN J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,683.53 | Date 08/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, JAMES M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,683.25 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, WILLIAM E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,682.40 | Date 05/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, JONATHAN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,682.38 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACERO, TAUNYA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,681.67 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MARLENE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,681.57 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, ZHONGZHI T | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,679.23 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPIN, STEVEN H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,679.23 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARESCA, ANDREW C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,679.23 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $99,678.50 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLO, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $99,676.53 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERLIKH, INNA A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,675.55 | Date 01/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAN, SUSANNE P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,675.55 | Date 05/31/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPROWSKI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $99,675.55 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORENTTO, DANIEL J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,675.04 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKES, CARTER M JR | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $99,674.49 | Date 05/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, STEVEN M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,674.33 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GIROLAMO, ANDREW D | Employer name Village of North Syracuse | Amount $99,674.27 | Date 11/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICCIRILLO, VINCENZA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,673.57 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BAPTISTE, GAIL M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,673.08 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYBYLAK, SHARON M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,672.86 | Date 05/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POLT, LINDA S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $99,670.95 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEEFE, CHARLES G | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $99,670.94 | Date 08/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $99,670.58 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, PRIYA M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $99,670.24 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, MARK A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $99,670.05 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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