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 ELGUT, MATTHEW H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,323.24 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, CHARLES E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,322.91 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSANISI, FRANK, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,322.44 | Date 03/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, DAVID P | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $98,322.16 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIGBERG, WILLIAM C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,321.62 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DARFUS J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $98,321.14 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLEK, KERRY M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,321.12 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANI, CAROL S | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $98,320.96 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMAX, CHERYL D | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,320.91 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTS, RALPH W | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,319.33 | Date 04/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIBING, MICHAEL C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,318.58 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGADEN, BRIDGET M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,317.34 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOVINO, ANTHONY F | Employer name Oceanside Library | Amount $98,316.44 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLICAN, JOSEPH T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,316.00 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $98,315.73 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOVISHUK, VALERA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,315.45 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRAFESA, CARMEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,314.07 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADICK, JASON R | Employer name Connetquot Public Library | Amount $98,312.75 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,311.36 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEPVEU, KATE H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $98,310.28 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORO, WILLIAM T | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $98,309.10 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUATROCHI, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $98,308.69 | Date 01/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEBLES, DOUGLAS H | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,308.53 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI VITO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,308.35 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $98,307.65 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYRTLE, JOSHUA S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,307.25 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASSNER, JENNIFER | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,306.92 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDZICK, ANTHONY D | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $98,304.76 | Date 05/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, DOLLY N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,304.41 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAS, LANA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,301.85 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKER, DEBRA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $98,301.17 | Date 05/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODPORSKA, MARTA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,299.81 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, ELLEN D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,296.87 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RITA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,296.12 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUGUIN, JASON A | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $98,296.00 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGE, STEPHEN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,295.96 | Date 09/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEILE, MARY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,295.96 | Date 09/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, JOAN W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,295.94 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, DANITA R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $98,295.63 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JORGE A | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $98,295.17 | Date 02/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,294.05 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MWANZA, JANE L | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $98,293.85 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, MARY FRANCES | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,293.14 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KYLE N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,292.93 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRANI, LOUIS, II | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,292.90 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ARTHUR C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,291.00 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, KITTY S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $98,290.21 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, ANITA B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,290.04 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINNOCK, JULIE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,288.94 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGGINS, YOLANDA DEVELA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $98,288.33 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKMAN, RICHARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,287.74 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCA, AMEDEO | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $98,287.03 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $98,286.12 | Date 12/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHAGWANDEEN, PRADEEP | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,285.37 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, DANIEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,285.16 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, ROBERT B | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $98,284.85 | Date 11/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINEO, JOSE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $98,284.78 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLEMBIOWSKI, DAVID F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,284.62 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRINCIPE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,283.89 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,283.73 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECHNER, BETH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,283.64 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADIGIAN, PETER R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,283.49 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHKOSKI, JEREMY R | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $98,283.30 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, PATRICIA H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,282.89 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELTRAN, LIEZYL L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $98,282.41 | Date 02/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JENNIFER M | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $98,280.81 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,280.62 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, VANESSA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,278.29 | Date 06/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARQUINO, ELIAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,276.44 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWSOME, SHIRLEY E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,276.27 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNEY, MIRIAM E | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $98,276.25 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, JOHANNES | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $98,275.57 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENTANO, CATHERINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,275.11 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMORTO, LUCY | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $98,275.11 | Date 09/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANINI, NICOLE | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $98,275.11 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTI, RICHARD | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $98,275.11 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,274.25 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIDOMIZIO, JAMES C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,273.92 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, RYAN H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,273.76 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROTTA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,273.70 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINAGRA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $98,272.54 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, DIANE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,271.31 | Date 06/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHETSTONE, CHARLES J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,271.01 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, ANDREW P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,270.61 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNE, GARY | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $98,269.98 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, ALAN D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $98,269.62 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, NOVA Y | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,269.48 | Date 01/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, DEVIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,269.33 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, WILLIAM B | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $98,269.14 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, DANIEL | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,266.79 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBLES, ANTHONY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $98,265.24 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,265.18 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITVAN, VICKY D | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $98,264.52 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZABALA, HERMELINA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,264.07 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUMBE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $98,264.01 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAVICOLI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,262.35 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENYON, STUART P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,261.79 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRUGAN, TANYA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,261.10 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,260.95 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASSO-WELCH, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $98,260.60 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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