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 LI, RACHEL H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,602.53 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, SCOTT D | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $99,601.70 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI VINCENZO, JOHN F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,599.52 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,598.91 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTO, DIANE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,598.49 | Date 12/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLMIE, CHARLES D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $99,597.49 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWCZYK, DAVID J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,596.57 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBINSKY, MARIA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,596.07 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, JAMES P | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $99,595.70 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARUMUGAM, NALLAINATHAN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,594.55 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHBERG, JASON A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,594.30 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JACQUELINE T | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $99,593.79 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGUNWALE, OLUNBUNMI O | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $99,593.41 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, KEITH R | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $99,592.86 | Date 03/31/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHMAN, TIMOTHY L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,592.12 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN SCHAICK, CHRIS A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,592.11 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLING, EUGENE N | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $99,591.50 | Date 09/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, DANIEL | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $99,591.31 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELMAESTRO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,591.12 | Date 04/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON RAUCHHAUPT, RICHARD | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $99,591.09 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMBURGER, JOYCE | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,590.91 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $99,590.33 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, PURA | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $99,590.26 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN, WALTER W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,589.90 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $99,589.37 | Date 12/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, KEITH B | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $99,588.64 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, CHERYL A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $99,588.35 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, BRETT W | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $99,587.73 | Date 05/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUICK, WARREN J, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,587.59 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, TANOR L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,586.13 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DANIELLE J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,585.22 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZUTO, ALFRED J, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $99,584.61 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERZ, RALPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,583.82 | Date 04/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGAN, ANN | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $99,583.56 | Date 02/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ERIC M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,582.86 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MATHEW D | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $99,581.53 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLTON, GARFIELD L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,580.98 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, ZORAIDA M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $99,580.90 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL CIELO, CAROLYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $99,579.50 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKAUSKAS, BRIAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,579.34 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KIMBERLEY A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,579.25 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, MICHAEL G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,578.40 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIMBLEY, WANDA L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,577.89 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROH, SCOTT E | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $99,576.93 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,576.12 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCESNY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,572.30 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, NEIL A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,570.54 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, JAMES F | Employer name Roch-Genesee Reg Trans Council | Amount $99,569.83 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAPIETRO, PAUL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,569.22 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, DAVID J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,566.62 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUPPERT, CARL A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $99,564.50 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELIS, JASON S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,564.28 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LE WORTHY, JOSEPH C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,563.43 | Date 06/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALVADOR, CHRISTINE | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $99,563.25 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFIELD, JOHN E, III | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,562.23 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHR, VITO VICTOR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $99,562.20 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADETUTU, OLUWATOSIN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,559.67 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROUSDELL, THOMAS B | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $99,558.68 | Date 01/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTT, THOMAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,557.97 | Date 12/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JANET M | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $99,557.24 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLING, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $99,556.84 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, RUSSELL L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $99,556.60 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $99,556.23 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, ERIC A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $99,555.76 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, MAURA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,553.62 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, ROSE M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,552.15 | Date 07/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, TERRENCE W | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $99,550.34 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, JOSEPH R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,549.82 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAYSER, LISA M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $99,549.40 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, THOMAS | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $99,548.27 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADIEN, SCOTT J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $99,548.20 | Date 06/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENIS, MIRACIENNE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,547.59 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, TARA M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,545.49 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINSEY, MARK T | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,544.23 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREVISAN, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,543.90 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JACQUELINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,543.81 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTEMORE, SCOTT M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,543.03 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, DERRICK | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $99,542.94 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERIKSEN, ENDERLI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,541.96 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLEGARA, VINCENT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,541.58 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMS, MARK A | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $99,541.12 | Date 05/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEREAU, BRENDA L | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $99,538.49 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUFFNER, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,536.88 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMOUREE, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Warren County | Amount $99,536.85 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,536.67 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLBERT, CYNTHIA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,536.33 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLY, MICHAEL CARL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,535.53 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, BRENDAN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,534.87 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANGINARI, KENNETH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,534.82 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JARACZ, SCOTT B | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $99,534.21 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, SUSAN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,533.81 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSON, JOHN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,532.79 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, VICTORIA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,532.45 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSWAY, DANIEL M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $99,532.44 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ALMA D | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $99,532.44 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHEIMER, CHRISTINE A | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $99,532.08 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARO, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $99,531.60 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLESKI, MARIA P | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $99,531.20 | Date 02/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIER, C SCOTT | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $99,530.80 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUSAN, HAROLD W, II | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $99,530.08 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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