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 RUIZ, EDISON | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $98,186.12 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,185.47 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, ARTHUR S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,183.56 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAZELEY, HAROLD E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $98,183.18 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAGUARDO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $98,183.15 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCE, LINDA A | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $98,182.93 | Date 02/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON-DIAZ, XIOMARA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $98,182.75 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHER, MOHAMMAD K | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,181.97 | Date 05/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAGUE, LUCAS S | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $98,181.60 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JESSICA J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $98,181.56 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANINI, ANTHONY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,181.33 | Date 10/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELITA, MARIO, JR | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $98,181.18 | Date 03/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,180.58 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, DOUGLAS D | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,180.24 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, ALICE L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,179.15 | Date 05/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, KEVIN | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $98,178.56 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, BRIAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,178.30 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKAY-BRANDT, ANNA J | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $98,176.39 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPHAM, CATHERINE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $98,175.80 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PAUL D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,175.70 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODNEY, DORNEL | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $98,173.92 | Date 08/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMAUSS, RALPH A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,171.83 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESCOTT, LEWIS E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $98,171.75 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, CRISTINA L | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $98,171.53 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTERBERRY, SHARON D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,171.20 | Date 06/23/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, JEFFREY A | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $98,170.90 | Date 10/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUDGE, HERBERT, JR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,170.50 | Date 04/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, FRANCESCA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,170.39 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZWAN, MOHAMMAD Z | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,168.70 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,168.50 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANADE, ANTHONY | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $98,168.29 | Date 02/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDDER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,167.07 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAGENDORPH, GREGG A, JR | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $98,166.71 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHARTON, JOI T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,165.77 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILPATRICK, CARL B, JR | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $98,165.62 | Date 03/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIA, KENNETH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,163.42 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BENJAMIN A | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $98,163.37 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADRIGAL, JOSE A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $98,163.26 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KENNETH L | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $98,163.05 | Date 08/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, SHAWN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,162.58 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, RONALD A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $98,161.44 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBST, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $98,161.11 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, DAWN V | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $98,161.08 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC NEILL, JONATHAN D | Employer name East Irondequoit CSD | Amount $98,160.83 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSELOG, NICOLAS W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,160.80 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, EARLYNE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,160.30 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDY, MEGHAN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,159.02 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGARDIO, MARK S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,159.01 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, PETER C | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $98,158.84 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYABENKOV, VLADIMIR | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,157.45 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMAN, BETH C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $98,154.75 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLISTER, GEOFFREY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,154.06 | Date 11/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, PAMELA S | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $98,153.94 | Date 07/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,152.67 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, DARRIN D | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,152.33 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KAREN A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,151.90 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DANIEL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,151.61 | Date 02/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERILLO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,150.70 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,150.28 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTONI, SAMUEL L | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $98,149.70 | Date 07/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLOWAY, PETER J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,149.45 | Date 01/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONIOU, MARIA D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,149.07 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, DAVID G | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $98,148.31 | Date 09/12/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JAMES A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $98,147.46 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMERMAN, LYLE B | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,146.64 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, SAMANTHA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,146.58 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIERAT, JONATHAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,146.54 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, VINCENT B, JR | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $98,146.21 | Date 06/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALSEY, KEVIN G | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $98,146.18 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERAFINI, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $98,145.47 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLGAR, KAREN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,145.40 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SHAWN D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $98,144.75 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUIAR, DIANA S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,144.28 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, TIMOTHY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $98,143.31 | Date 11/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAIRE, EDLIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,142.77 | Date 12/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEN DANTO, CARMEN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,142.63 | Date 06/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAY, DAVID K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,140.93 | Date 07/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZENGEN, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,140.66 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAFTAN, JOHN F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $98,139.34 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGDE, ANAGHA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,139.32 | Date 05/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHEN, MICHAEL V, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $98,139.15 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, JOSEPH C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $98,137.11 | Date 09/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNWOODY, DAVID J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,137.05 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANFILIPPO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,137.00 | Date 03/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLAN, IRINA V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,136.94 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIFFMAN, PETER D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,136.89 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ELVIS | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,136.57 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, BETH A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,136.05 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $98,135.68 | Date 07/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,135.47 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,135.10 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLK, JASON A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,135.07 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $98,134.61 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, SONDRA M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $98,133.95 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, AKSHAY M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,133.95 | Date 05/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, CHRISSY A | Employer name Village of Baldwinsville | Amount $98,133.61 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRUIKSMA, JOHN P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $98,132.91 | Date 02/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAERTEL-POLICASTRO, MARY ANN | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $98,131.18 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, NICOLAS C, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $98,131.16 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLAW, ANGELA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,131.01 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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