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 PASTORE, BRIENNA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,529.10 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARISCO, KRISTINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,529.03 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOCHOCKI, JAMES C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,528.86 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, ZACHARY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,527.93 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HRUBECKY, RICHARD | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $99,527.85 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $99,527.26 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCOTT, MARGUERITA Y | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,526.64 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIARRATTA, FRANK B, JR | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $99,524.69 | Date 03/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, DAVID D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,523.72 | Date 01/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEALS, G STEPHEN, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,522.92 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHALSKI, PETER R | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $99,521.56 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGNUSSEN, BARBARA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,520.12 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRULNICK, LORI K | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $99,519.36 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, BRENDAN J | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $99,518.60 | Date 07/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, NANCY G | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $99,516.81 | Date 07/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, ROBERT A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $99,516.55 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIMBUSH, HAROLD | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,516.50 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, LANCE A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $99,515.68 | Date 04/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, NIEMALA D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,515.63 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICATA, SALVATORE | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $99,515.06 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, GARY L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,514.18 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTUNNO, SAVERIO A, JR | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $99,513.51 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAYERS, KRISTEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,513.06 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, BONNIE A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $99,513.06 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHIM, MUHAMMAD SALIM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,512.93 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $99,512.44 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALIOTTI, STEVEN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,512.31 | Date 11/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARBOUR, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $99,511.58 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACHOLZ, THOMAS H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,511.30 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASULLO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $99,511.05 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERI, MICHELLE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,510.46 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MAURICE | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $99,510.46 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSLEY, DAVID R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $99,509.12 | Date 04/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIENKIEWYCZ, ALICIA L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $99,508.97 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHR, ANDREW W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,508.13 | Date 01/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGINIA, JAMES J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,507.98 | Date 11/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABEL, JOHN C | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $99,506.33 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, ROBBY C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,506.26 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUILL, BRIAN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,504.52 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINIERI, ANTHONY V | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $99,502.69 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINELLI, LYNN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $99,502.39 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JASON A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $99,501.73 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHY, GLENN D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $99,500.32 | Date 09/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMEY, ROBERT P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,499.92 | Date 04/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DIANA L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,499.79 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDY, JOHN J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $99,499.33 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAYRE, DAWN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,499.10 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,498.83 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, VISAMMA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,497.88 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, ALEXANDRA R | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $99,497.88 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGSTROM, LEIF C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $99,497.50 | Date 05/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBLES, MARILUZ D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,496.70 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, JAMES E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $99,496.05 | Date 06/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAFEY, THOMAS S | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $99,495.93 | Date 03/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLUMAN, ROBERT T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,495.71 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINEMANN, FRANK | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $99,495.00 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $99,494.83 | Date 01/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $99,493.81 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEHNER, LORI A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,493.34 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPROWSKI, JEFFREY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $99,493.04 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $99,492.43 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY, LOUISA F | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $99,492.17 | Date 04/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTESON, KENNETH J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $99,489.93 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDELL, JOSHUA I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,489.80 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEEDENBENDER, KERIN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,488.08 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAM, JUSTIN G | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $99,488.05 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIMANDRI, DOMINIC T | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $99,487.85 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, SHAWN C | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $99,487.75 | Date 02/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RADICE, DEBORAH L | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $99,487.55 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENLE, BRIAN D | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $99,487.20 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULIA, KARA J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $99,486.97 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, KRISTINE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,486.94 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ROBERT | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $99,486.67 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI STEFANO, MICHAEL F | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $99,486.45 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, NAREEN N | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,486.17 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINMAN, BERNARD G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,485.73 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELL, MICHAEL W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,483.58 | Date 03/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDONA, DONALD MARIO A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,483.26 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, PAULETTE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,482.93 | Date 07/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, KRISTEN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,482.93 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, STEVEN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,482.77 | Date 10/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEGBESAN, SAMSON A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $99,482.58 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKILLOP-SOLER, DAWN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,482.04 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCH, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $99,481.68 | Date 06/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKLEY, RONALD F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $99,480.75 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKPATRICK, EILEEN M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $99,480.67 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, PAUL | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $99,480.06 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELONG, JOHN D | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,479.80 | Date 06/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNARINO, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,479.71 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, JOAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,479.61 | Date 02/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURGIN, LAUREN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,478.84 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATROUS, JAMES D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,478.55 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, MARTHA L | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $99,478.13 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MARY C | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $99,476.56 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, SHEILA J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,476.16 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ERIC | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $99,475.85 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, MELISSA D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,474.70 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGIOU, CATHERINE ANN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $99,473.64 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $99,472.67 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,472.46 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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