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 OTERO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $98,129.81 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINDFIELD, TOBY J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $98,129.77 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, MARC D | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $98,129.48 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, MARGARET P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $98,129.23 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALES, CARL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,129.17 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, FRANK A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $98,128.59 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MONICA A | Employer name Brentwood Public Library | Amount $98,127.26 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCIMARRO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,126.79 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGITT, DAVID M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $98,126.46 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ANDREW E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,125.97 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAYLISS, JUSTIN A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $98,125.84 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORA, CALE S | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $98,125.81 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, PETER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,125.79 | Date 09/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDESMA, DENISE A | Employer name North Babylon Public Library | Amount $98,125.41 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEVITT, THOMAS | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $98,124.98 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHACK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $98,124.71 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDMONDSON, ROBERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,123.75 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,122.41 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, CATHERINE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,122.39 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORA, KENNETH R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,122.21 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, EDWARD J | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $98,122.07 | Date 10/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGLE, JAMES W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,121.75 | Date 03/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ADAM N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,121.73 | Date 04/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RUTH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,120.94 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, DAVID | Employer name Port Washington Water District | Amount $98,119.37 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, EILEEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,118.42 | Date 09/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, KEVIN D | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $98,117.86 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSARO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $98,117.54 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNNOOSE, JEBI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,116.34 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYLES, SUSAN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,114.58 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSONS, ALDIS | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $98,114.00 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNET, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,113.90 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NINAN-ADANGAPUR, THAMBY N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $98,113.32 | Date 08/31/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, ALAN G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,113.23 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, DAVID A | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $98,113.11 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, JAMES E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,112.50 | Date 09/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MORRIS C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,112.18 | Date 06/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, GARY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,111.92 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRATH, STEVE M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $98,111.62 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOWAJA, ISHAN OMAR F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,111.53 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAIRD, LISA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $98,111.46 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANO, S KURT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $98,111.46 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICELLI, MARY LYNN | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $98,109.77 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAE, JOHN C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $98,109.50 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROSI, LAWRENCE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,108.88 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULETTE, DAVID F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,108.51 | Date 03/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, MARY L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $98,108.34 | Date 01/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINKER, JEFFREY E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $98,106.25 | Date 02/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSKIN, JASON A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $98,105.91 | Date 08/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNTSEN, JAMES K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,105.70 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNELL, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,105.12 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERG, MARVIN L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,104.75 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARUOLO, GLENN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,103.66 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,102.89 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, NICOLE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,102.34 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUNG, JEFFREY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,099.69 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TARIO, LE ROY F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $98,098.06 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGGIE, RICHARD N | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $98,097.13 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, KURT M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,095.94 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC VEIGH, BRIAN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,095.51 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIZAN, BENEDICT | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,095.45 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSALACQUA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $98,094.45 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JOHN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,093.56 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWELL, SHAWN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,093.56 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI CARMINE, LOUIS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,093.49 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPACONE, DAVID D | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $98,093.40 | Date 03/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MARY T | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $98,093.36 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNDALL, EDWARD W | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $98,092.61 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, YVES H | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,090.97 | Date 03/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANNAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $98,090.88 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROM, STEVEN C | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $98,090.72 | Date 01/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLCIK, JOHN C | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $98,090.31 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGES, SUSAN A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,087.59 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, RANDY J, JR | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $98,085.97 | Date 05/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTFOOT, WILLIE J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,084.77 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, DAVID R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $98,084.56 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOKOS, AUTUMN L | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $98,084.13 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEED, PAUL H | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $98,083.96 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENCH, WILLIAM H | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $98,083.58 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULGER, AMY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $98,083.37 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVOST, GAIL N | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $98,081.79 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOCKMANN, ANDREW C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $98,080.71 | Date 04/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $98,080.55 | Date 07/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, STEPHEN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,080.32 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUGER, KEITH S | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $98,080.12 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, WILLIAM C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,079.87 | Date 03/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, ROSEMARY | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $98,079.18 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUASTINI-BROWN, NADIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,079.16 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PASQUALE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,077.00 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEINHAUS, MATTHEW W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,076.80 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENDRINAL, JOSE BERNARDO JULIO | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $98,073.93 | Date 12/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SPINA, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $98,073.80 | Date 04/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, KERNEY K | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,072.74 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SOMMA, MADELINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,071.64 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDERDICE, JAMES P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,070.11 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAAC, TARA D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,069.12 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGENBAUGH, STEPHEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,069.12 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XIAO, JIANLI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,069.12 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLK, JACQUELINE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,069.11 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, MICHAEL T | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,068.97 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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