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 MORRISON, VALERIE M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $98,825.98 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, EVERETT E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $98,825.93 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,825.80 | Date 10/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, HYUN JEAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,825.26 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASAK, DANIEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,824.87 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLETTA, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,824.29 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, DANIEL N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,823.48 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, DAWN M | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $98,822.94 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETZ, PETER A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $98,822.24 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOLA, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,821.84 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAWNER, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,821.83 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,821.83 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, THOMAS A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $98,821.05 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIRE, STEVEN E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,819.34 | Date 03/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOS SANTOS, CLAUDIA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,819.18 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, KRISTOFFER R | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $98,818.96 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, EDWIN R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $98,817.81 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASPER, JOEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,816.40 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, LAURA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,815.81 | Date 06/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODELL, JOHN W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,815.68 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTIER, MICHELLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,814.56 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAYLOR, JOHN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $98,814.54 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLOWAY, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $98,811.68 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, JARED T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,811.28 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURDLE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,811.24 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINS, ROBERT E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,810.29 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DANIELLE N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,810.22 | Date 09/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHENG, HAIGE | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $98,809.37 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $98,808.98 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, THOMAS H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,808.74 | Date 03/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAIMAH, BASIRA T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,808.49 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMBACH, NINA C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $98,808.42 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, IRIS T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,808.04 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLACORTA, MARIA B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $98,807.96 | Date 05/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLANA, PATRICIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,807.90 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJEWSKI, EDWARD M | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $98,807.78 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, JOLY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,807.71 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, DIANE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,807.61 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, KATHLEEN | Employer name Broome County | Amount $98,806.52 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, ANGEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,806.25 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCARI, DOROTHY C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $98,806.23 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, THOMAS E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,805.66 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $98,805.42 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, JUDITH M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,804.96 | Date 12/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, JAMES P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,804.63 | Date 07/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, NADINE F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,804.63 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERRA, ANTHONY | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $98,804.61 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIM, ANWARUL | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $98,803.97 | Date 05/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'FLAHERTY, PAUL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,803.41 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUNGST, MOLLY B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,803.32 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, MOLLY S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,802.89 | Date 09/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JEFFREY D | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $98,802.72 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, BRANDON L | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $98,802.30 | Date 03/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLE, KIM M | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $98,802.17 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,801.50 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STURCKEN, ANTHONY C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,801.43 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLETTE, VICTOR M | Employer name Town of Geddes | Amount $98,801.32 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASTULA, JOSEPH H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,800.91 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, VERONICA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $98,800.71 | Date 12/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NOSTRAND, JEFFREY F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,800.55 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, SHEILA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,800.07 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, MING-TAO | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $98,800.00 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $98,799.43 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, JOEL F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,799.16 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COX, JOHN F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,798.25 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, JOHN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,797.52 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, RAYMOND L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,795.96 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,795.08 | Date 08/09/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KERRY P | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $98,793.90 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREDES, BRUCE R | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $98,793.30 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PAUL D | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $98,793.17 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLIN, DENNIS C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,792.99 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, MARY E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,792.73 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, PEDRO A, JR | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,792.55 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEGERS, MARY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,792.25 | Date 05/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, HEIDI | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $98,792.02 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,791.63 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ORSANEO, DOMINIC P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,791.37 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, JASON J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,791.08 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, VINCENT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,791.04 | Date 12/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PREVITE, RENA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,789.21 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, ANNEMARIE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,789.15 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, MAGDIA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $98,788.70 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID J, SR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $98,788.57 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHIN, JOHN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $98,788.52 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYCOCK, JANICE M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $98,788.13 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINE, EDWARD C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,787.53 | Date 04/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENRIED, KELLY G | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $98,787.42 | Date 12/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, MICHAEL L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,787.35 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERISSE, DAVID | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $98,787.29 | Date 09/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LIO, MARIO | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $98,785.98 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYTH, JOSEPH H | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $98,785.38 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, DANIEL, II | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,783.01 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, PETER F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,782.76 | Date 05/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, ANDRE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,782.45 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERBEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $98,782.24 | Date 01/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILVESTER, ERIC P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,781.07 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, MARCIA C | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,780.18 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, STEPHEN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,779.56 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARSKI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,779.20 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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