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 UTTARO, PATRICIA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $131,271.42 | Date 07/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $131,271.42 | Date 05/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,269.21 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOROTSKY, SUSAN B | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $131,267.50 | Date 08/26/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, NOAH L | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $131,260.57 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELIG, MELANIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,259.47 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENSPAN, BARRY W | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $131,259.10 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, CARYN J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $131,259.10 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, GREGORY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $131,259.10 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, MARGOT | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $131,259.10 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSENG, JOHNSON L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $131,259.10 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSTON, KENNETH J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $131,258.01 | Date 10/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, JOSHUA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,256.75 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, JASON S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,255.45 | Date 11/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUDT, JOHN T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $131,253.68 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, OTHONIEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $131,252.89 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, JEFFREY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,251.41 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLAVEN, MARK E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $131,250.97 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLAY, KATHERINE I | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $131,250.83 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLY, OLIVIA M | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $131,250.64 | Date 08/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGE, EDILIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,248.00 | Date 06/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, FOSTER D, III | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $131,247.10 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURON, JASMIN P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,246.45 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,245.22 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMARATA, CORINNE | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $131,235.90 | Date 09/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANILOW, ANTHONY J | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $131,232.60 | Date 06/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TRANI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $131,232.60 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIA, MOHAMMAD M | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $131,232.60 | Date 08/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEYAND, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $131,232.49 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DYER, DANIEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,228.83 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, JAMES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,228.71 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARK, FREDERICK C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $131,228.30 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, DAVID A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,225.58 | Date 07/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DWORKIN, HOWARD S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,225.07 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,221.85 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, THOMAS O | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $131,219.28 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, JANE E | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $131,219.28 | Date 06/15/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSADA, HENRY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,219.11 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, DAVID L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,218.92 | Date 12/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MI, SHICONG | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $131,213.40 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, WILLIAM A, III | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $131,211.43 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUCK, ROBERT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,210.71 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOUD, BRIAN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,208.65 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, RICHARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $131,208.29 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, KENNETH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,208.20 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTIVO, MARIO | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,206.06 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEYSER, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $131,204.47 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOETCHIUS, RICHARD W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,202.88 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TICKER, JAY | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $131,201.98 | Date 09/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISPENZA, JONATHAN M | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $131,199.84 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAFFIOTI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,197.98 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOMSTEIN, CATHY | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $131,194.74 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDMAN, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,192.40 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANDARAW, EDWARD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,190.86 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUSTINGER, JENNIFER S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,188.98 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRACY-IRELAND, LAURA H | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $131,185.52 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHRAF, JAVED | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,185.00 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, ROBERT H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,185.00 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAUER, DANIELLE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,184.03 | Date 07/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILY, DARWIN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $131,182.90 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, MICHAEL D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $131,182.80 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEERS, JAY S | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $131,182.69 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUGHNAN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $131,182.08 | Date 10/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, HENRY C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $131,181.40 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATARO, JOSEPH T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,179.60 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IACOVELLI, ANTHONY R | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $131,177.60 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORESTO, GRACE V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,176.17 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLDO, NUNZIO E | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $131,175.04 | Date 08/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, TONI E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,174.89 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GEORGE J, JR | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $131,174.86 | Date 09/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, LANCE M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $131,172.46 | Date 06/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, BRIAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,169.74 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, JANE R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,167.09 | Date 11/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UHLER, DONALD G | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $131,166.67 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKIN, LISA L | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $131,163.67 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, SHANNON R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,163.47 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEUNKLE, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,163.19 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,163.17 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DAVID E, JR | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $131,160.00 | Date 05/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORDEN, RUTHANNE | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $131,157.00 | Date 03/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, VINCENT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,155.14 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRIAN J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,155.13 | Date 01/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ASTIS, HANNAH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,154.56 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MARIO A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $131,153.86 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADAM, JOANNE M | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $131,151.16 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JAMES P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $131,149.19 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEITNER, JAMES M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $131,146.95 | Date 11/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANGELO, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,145.84 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODCOCK, DANIEL P | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $131,143.96 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $131,142.85 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HADJSTYLIANOS, JARED C | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $131,142.08 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, DIAN KERR | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,141.87 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOONCE, DEJUAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,140.54 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIED, ELLEN J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,138.23 | Date 12/19/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHL, STEVEN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,132.49 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, CHERYL A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,130.95 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DEBORAH Y | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,130.95 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ANTHONY P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,130.95 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, CAROL M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,130.95 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACYSHYN, ELAINE KARASSIK | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,130.95 | Date 02/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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