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 CHARLESTON, GERALD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $98,549.93 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILAT, MICHAEL H | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,549.11 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, FAITH M | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $98,548.68 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDO, JOHN A | Employer name Village of Sea Cliff | Amount $98,547.83 | Date 01/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSLEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,547.60 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEBLER, LARRY W, JR | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,547.40 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACOB-RAMCHARAN, JENY E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,546.65 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIAR, RYAN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,546.44 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCCHESI, JOHN | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $98,545.68 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEKERT, GERALD D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,545.17 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, THOMAS B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $98,543.76 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, PAMELA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,543.19 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCIUK, KEVIN | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,543.15 | Date 03/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, MARION C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,543.06 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JOHN D | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $98,543.05 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY, SANDRA L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,542.39 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANARELLO, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,542.28 | Date 10/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBUS, BRIAN P | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $98,541.32 | Date 03/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, BRIAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,541.06 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DAVID J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,540.89 | Date 01/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MELISSA | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $98,540.34 | Date 11/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATTA, ADRIANO F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,539.40 | Date 10/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,539.15 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARONEY, DAMIAN M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $98,537.94 | Date 07/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, JEFFERY D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,536.95 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILGALLON, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $98,536.60 | Date 12/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADEKANMBI, MURITALA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,536.48 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, PETER J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $98,536.23 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, ELEANOR M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $98,535.85 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ELK, DAVID A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,534.28 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, LAURIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,533.80 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, MICHELLE A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,533.75 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAIDOO-ANSONG, LUCY | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $98,533.13 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBIDEAU, CRAIG K | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $98,533.04 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARDI, GISELLE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,532.94 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ALLISON J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,532.33 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGGS, LINDA M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $98,530.74 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APGAR, GEORGE H, II | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $98,530.09 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ORLANDO, PAUL | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,529.53 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTLEY, JULIE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,529.52 | Date 08/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OECHSLIN, DONALD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,529.22 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FURIA, ANTHONY L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,528.23 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,528.23 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWELL, CRAIG H | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $98,527.70 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, RONALD D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,527.40 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THUS, JOHN J | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $98,525.65 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, WEI-SHIH | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $98,525.25 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAFIORE, BENJAMIN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,523.72 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUDUS, IRENE P | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $98,522.41 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES-PEREZ, GLORIMAR | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $98,521.81 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALLI, KELLY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,521.56 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THWEATT, JOHN R | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $98,521.25 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, CONOR P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,520.57 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLOIDT, LENORA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,518.78 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, EDWARD P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,517.86 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, HENRY E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,516.92 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHARD, JAMES D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,516.82 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, GARY J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $98,516.51 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURADEK, THOMAS P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,516.30 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, JAMES | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $98,515.82 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, CALVIN R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,515.39 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURROUGHS, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $98,515.31 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEPPANG, ROBERT W | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $98,514.29 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIE, EDWARD E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,514.02 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBOURNE, EBONEY V | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $98,513.31 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, DAVID L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $98,511.58 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDEMANN, JENNIFER R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,511.27 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, LAURA L | Employer name Potsdam CSD | Amount $98,511.14 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, TODD E | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $98,509.93 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOMBA, VINCENZO X | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,509.17 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFRANSKI, RICHARD T, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,509.17 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, FRANCINE E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $98,509.13 | Date 05/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, TRACY L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $98,508.03 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,507.59 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNES, GINA L | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $98,507.48 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGOVA, KUJTIM | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,507.07 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name METILDI, ALEXANDER F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,506.47 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARESE, GERALD A, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,505.68 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINLEYE, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,505.53 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,505.38 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZELTON, GREGORY S | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $98,504.71 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRADERA, KATHLEEN | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $98,502.73 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, STEVEN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,502.64 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANIERRE, JENNIFER T | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $98,501.81 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,501.49 | Date 06/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROME, WILLIAM M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,501.30 | Date 04/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENI, THERESA N | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,500.99 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, MARK F | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $98,500.50 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, ROSEMARIE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,499.75 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE-ABRAHAM, NOELLE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $98,499.50 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTI, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,498.55 | Date 02/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWIN, CHANTAL | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,498.15 | Date 01/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, GEORGE E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,497.42 | Date 02/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, PHILIP R | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $98,496.95 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYO, MICHELE A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,496.64 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAAL, NANCY | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $98,496.46 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVETTA, DEAN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,495.96 | Date 04/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIONTA, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,495.96 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDME, MONIQUE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,495.82 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSON, MALIK G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,495.70 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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