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 HOLMAN, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,066.29 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEMMET, JASON W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,066.19 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALCUTTI, VITO N, JR | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $99,066.16 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARTINE N | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,065.95 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,063.77 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KEITH E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $99,063.42 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLAND, ALVIN, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,062.54 | Date 03/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUTSKY, KONSTANTIN | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $99,062.33 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINDLE, SIMON A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $99,059.69 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, ERROL E | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $99,059.22 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, SCOTT A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,059.22 | Date 04/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KICK, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,058.88 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHEITINGER, JOHN W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $99,057.66 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELEWICZ, LEONARD A, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,057.13 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAFFERTY, CHARLES D | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $99,057.10 | Date 01/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALOWSKI, THOMAS J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,056.96 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, JAMES J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,055.37 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAPPROTH, LINUS R | Employer name Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD | Amount $99,054.87 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANARIO, CARLOS J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $99,052.33 | Date 03/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS-MOORE, CONNIE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $99,052.06 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $99,052.00 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARROTT, WILLIAM H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $99,050.88 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, MARY ANNE | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $99,050.79 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOW, CHERYL M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $99,049.95 | Date 09/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBBINS, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $99,049.87 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDVIK, JASON R | Employer name Huntington Fire District | Amount $99,049.05 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSETT, JAMES R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,048.48 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGBAUM, MATTHEW D | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $99,046.40 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $99,045.73 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, CAROL ANNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,045.62 | Date 10/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, EARL F | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $99,045.58 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSZUTA, ANDREW J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $99,044.61 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, KENNETH B | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $99,044.40 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, ELLEN O'HARA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,044.20 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGDAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $99,041.21 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, SETH C | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,040.40 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RYAN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,040.16 | Date 04/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMSWORTH, ROBERT W | Employer name Capital District Otb Corp. | Amount $99,039.28 | Date 08/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, FRANCINE R | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $99,038.17 | Date 04/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINOWSKI, KATIE | Employer name Tug Hill Commission | Amount $99,038.12 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, PHILLIP D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,037.97 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZELAZNY, DONALD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,037.67 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITSETT, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $99,037.17 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, LINDA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,037.14 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLSOPPLE, JEFFREY V | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $99,037.00 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHLER, JANICE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,036.88 | Date 08/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,035.78 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, KELLY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,035.49 | Date 06/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC RAE, MAURICE E | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $99,035.10 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, KEITH | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $99,034.19 | Date 06/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, JANE | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $99,030.36 | Date 02/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELAND, WILLARD C, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $99,030.03 | Date 12/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, JASON D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,029.81 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUHNEL, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,029.57 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, JEFFREY C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,028.89 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, PHILIP J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $99,028.72 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMOVICH, CHRISTIAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,027.95 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $99,027.31 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JASON R | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $99,026.03 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, MARGARET C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,024.04 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Sloatsburg | Amount $99,023.29 | Date 07/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHE, ROBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,022.53 | Date 07/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRUILL, SHAKEA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,022.46 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZULLO, MICHAEL A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,021.25 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREYETTE, ROBERT J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,019.80 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALZ, CHARLES W, IV | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $99,019.54 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEAKIS, NATHAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,019.16 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILL, CYNTHIA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $99,018.87 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMAN, WALTER H | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $99,017.70 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDY, SUSAN E | Employer name Village of Old Brookville | Amount $99,017.03 | Date 05/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DATO, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $99,016.79 | Date 01/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KECIA D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,016.71 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, EMMA O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,016.43 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, CONNIE S | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $99,016.06 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JASEN R | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $99,015.65 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, RICHARD M | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $99,014.11 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AGOSTINO, JAMES | Employer name Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Amount $99,013.93 | Date 07/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMPER, BETH M | Employer name Village of Sag Harbor | Amount $99,013.53 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLANOS, GUADALUPE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,012.91 | Date 08/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DERMENT, TIMOTHY D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,012.39 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAIORANO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $99,011.93 | Date 09/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILDNER, GLENN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $99,011.19 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,011.12 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, PAULA R | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $99,011.00 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODZE, ROBIN G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,010.88 | Date 11/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCI, APRIL M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $99,010.68 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESAITIS, AMY T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,010.34 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCH, SERENA KARANDY | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $99,010.22 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, LEIGH E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,010.07 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SIMMIE, III | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $99,009.92 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IVEY, DEREK H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,009.48 | Date 06/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKENZIE, SHAWN | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $99,008.17 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, LIONEL F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,007.87 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, LEIGH | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $99,006.89 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNTER, TYRA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,006.78 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALBORA, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,006.39 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKEL, RICHARD A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $99,004.12 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, GREGORY K | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $99,004.05 | Date 06/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $99,003.99 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOMEY, CAITLIN H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,003.61 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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