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 LEVER, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,159.48 | Date 02/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEESON, KRISTIN J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,159.43 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISLAM, A S M I | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,158.66 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, CHRISTINE T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,158.14 | Date 12/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTIN, JUDES M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,158.03 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMAN, ALEC R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,157.40 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, MANU D | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,157.40 | Date 09/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, EFRAIN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,157.40 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIDILE, DAVID | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,157.14 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KEVIN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,156.98 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRASE, ERIC C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,156.43 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKMAN, EMILE V | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,155.95 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, LOUIS A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $99,154.96 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $99,154.89 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $99,154.75 | Date 09/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASSIK, CAROL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,154.20 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TYRELLE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,152.98 | Date 05/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASCIMENTO, ROBERTO | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,152.65 | Date 04/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JAMES R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $99,152.18 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIAO, ZHUANG | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,152.03 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMHOF, ROBERT S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,151.94 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PAMELA J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $99,150.98 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, GABRIEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $99,150.96 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER-CLARKE, PATINA J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,150.46 | Date 04/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADSHAW, LEONARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,148.07 | Date 11/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISTERA, BETH A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,147.99 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, LESZEK | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,147.98 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENSING, FREDERICK L | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $99,146.97 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, BRIAN E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $99,146.84 | Date 08/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, JESUS O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,146.70 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAKER, NIKHILESH K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $99,146.29 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNTEANU-RAMNIC, IOANA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,146.20 | Date 03/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, JAMES J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,146.20 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGBERT, DOUGLAS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,146.20 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALBRUN, GAROLE | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,146.20 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ALTARIK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,145.12 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICIU, THOMAS M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,144.92 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LONG, MICHAEL F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,144.53 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $99,142.95 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LISA T | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,142.80 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNI, JENNIFER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,142.22 | Date 02/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDUSKY, PHILLIP C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,142.22 | Date 03/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, DAVID H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,142.19 | Date 09/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONG, ZHENG YU | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $99,141.32 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $99,141.21 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, VICTOR M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,140.94 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLERAS, LUIS | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $99,139.35 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, DIANE K | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,139.21 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULDERRY, JILL | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $99,138.96 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIXBY, SCOTT C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,138.79 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HETEY, KENNETH A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,138.39 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DONNA | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,137.95 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, JOSE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,136.82 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JULIO | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $99,136.63 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $99,136.00 | Date 03/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALASPINA, EMILY G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,135.80 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWREY, C DOUGLAS | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $99,135.29 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, GREGORY D | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,134.69 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, TIMOTHY W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,134.61 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOSTENUTO, THOMAS F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $99,134.29 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSONETTE, TODD E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,134.14 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, NOVLETTE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,134.06 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURSO, THOMAS J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,133.35 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KEITH V | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $99,132.29 | Date 02/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICIO, JOSEPH N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,130.87 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, ROBERT R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,130.78 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISELER, RAYMOND R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,130.56 | Date 05/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, CAREN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,129.73 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, COURTNEY N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,129.08 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, AHMAD E | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $99,128.56 | Date 01/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAVER, DAVID P | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $99,127.42 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIELLO, DOMINICK I, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, DENNIS C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONWICKI, THOMAS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLESAC, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLING, RONALD W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, RANDEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, WARREN D, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, NEIL G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALIBA, TALAL M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 06/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOK, THOMAS D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $99,126.92 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRALJ, BRIAN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,126.43 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCO, ROBERT M | Employer name Franklin Square Water District | Amount $99,125.98 | Date 11/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIPINO, FRANCIS S | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,125.65 | Date 03/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENNELLA, SALLY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,125.53 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHAMDHERE, RAVINDRA N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,124.95 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYNUM, CALIB T | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $99,124.82 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GHOSH, PALLAVI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,124.14 | Date 11/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWOOD, ZIA M | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $99,123.63 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, MATHEW J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $99,122.86 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEGRETTA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,122.15 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLES, RAYMOND | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,121.11 | Date 09/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, CRAIG W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,120.71 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,120.22 | Date 09/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTRICO, FRANCOISE C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,119.17 | Date 10/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, PATRICK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,119.03 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, CLINT C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $99,118.91 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANAT, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,118.21 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, THEODORE P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $99,118.07 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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