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 MELILLO, GREGORY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,257.37 | Date 06/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, SCOTT W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $98,253.96 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORKWIS, JASON R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $98,253.75 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARANO, LEONARD R | Employer name West Islip Fire District | Amount $98,251.78 | Date 02/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, IRENE M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,251.39 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, SEAN E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,251.29 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, TERRON L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,250.98 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, MARIO S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $98,250.46 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUBINSKI, JOSEPH E | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $98,250.25 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTMAN, GARY M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $98,250.05 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDER WENDE, RICK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,248.50 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, BARBARA A | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $98,248.19 | Date 09/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-ROSNER, SHEREE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,245.50 | Date 12/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVAGIM, PATRICIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,245.44 | Date 08/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIENCEK, CYNTHIA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,244.45 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHY, MAUREEN L | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $98,244.21 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, TIMOTHY W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $98,242.29 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLINI, TERRY W | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $98,242.08 | Date 06/24/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MARTINO, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,241.48 | Date 06/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREMER, KATHERINE A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $98,241.43 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATRICIA V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,240.80 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITOSIS, KRISTINE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,239.00 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWARD, JEFFERY W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $98,238.20 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELGEMACHER, KURT | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $98,237.64 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, JOHN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $98,237.20 | Date 10/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS-FRANCO, MARY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,235.23 | Date 09/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPALBO, KATE C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,234.10 | Date 04/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, EMORY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,234.06 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, BARBARA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,232.00 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTALEN, JEFFREY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,232.00 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILEY, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,232.00 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYZES, NICOLE C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,231.56 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AQUINO, MARIA | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $98,231.11 | Date 10/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCHETT, ADRIAN R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $98,230.33 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEFFREY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,229.19 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZOROVIC, MARIO A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,228.77 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, JEFFREY K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,228.57 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNAL, POORNIMA R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,228.47 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, PATRICK B | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $98,227.86 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPERSAUD, RANIE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,227.60 | Date 06/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUVER, BRIAN R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,223.65 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANELLI, NANCY | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $98,223.04 | Date 08/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGY, ALEXANDER F | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $98,222.63 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSBACK, KYLE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,221.21 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINICOZZI, MICHAEL | Employer name Oyster Bay Sewer District | Amount $98,220.04 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBER, CURT P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,219.92 | Date 11/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LILLIE P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $98,219.66 | Date 02/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, MICHAEL R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $98,219.34 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, SUSAN C | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,218.71 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, BRIAN P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,218.69 | Date 10/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRISOLINI, RICARDO | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,218.37 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIATTI, WILLIAM J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,217.77 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMISKEY, MARY E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,217.19 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUZBY, JAMES D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,216.43 | Date 12/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEY, DAVON | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,216.41 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADA, JEFFREY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,215.88 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, PEPITZ | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,215.60 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, DANIEL R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,214.62 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONG, THEODY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,214.44 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JEREMY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,214.31 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, ELIZABETH K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $98,212.56 | Date 10/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCROSSEN, MICHAEL G | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $98,212.54 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KEVIN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $98,207.32 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, ARCHIE, III | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,207.11 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $98,206.46 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, RYAN T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,206.17 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, SHANE M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,205.61 | Date 06/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLING, KEVIN R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,205.13 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, DAVID | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,205.12 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZOLA, RUSSELL A | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $98,203.59 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JENNIFER L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $98,202.79 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,202.36 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOREY, FRANCIS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,202.06 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAY, LAURIE L | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $98,201.62 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, DEAN A | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $98,200.37 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, WISLENE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,200.34 | Date 12/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCH, ANDREW F | Employer name Village of Farmingdale | Amount $98,199.68 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JEAN M | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $98,198.50 | Date 06/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMID, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,198.00 | Date 06/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMMIE, D'ANDRE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $98,195.70 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, PAUL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,194.34 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, ANDREW D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,194.07 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORDINO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,193.84 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HYLAND, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,193.51 | Date 10/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEGER, RODNEY A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,193.43 | Date 06/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIORDAN, DENNIS C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $98,193.31 | Date 03/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, DENISE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $98,192.99 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, JOHN E, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,192.96 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ALAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,192.76 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROY, EDITH J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,192.63 | Date 11/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINE, TROYCIE | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $98,192.47 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISELY, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,191.80 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROBERT E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $98,190.91 | Date 01/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHLE, JEANETTE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,190.02 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHIMWENMA, EGUAGIE A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $98,189.55 | Date 07/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIBBIN, JILL | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $98,189.20 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JAMES R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,188.90 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, BERNADETTE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,188.74 | Date 10/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUPPERLEE, LAWRENCE Z | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $98,187.89 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORREGO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,187.21 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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