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 FIGARELLA, RONALD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $120,515.33 | Date 05/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MASTER, BERNADETTE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $120,514.18 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, MELISSA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,513.40 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, AARON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,512.45 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REESE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $120,511.44 | Date 09/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TAYLOR R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,510.54 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KINZEL, EMMETT R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,507.14 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINEY, JOHN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $120,506.40 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, NATHAN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $120,506.18 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKMAN, JAMES A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $120,502.36 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTEI, DAVID A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,499.98 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRABRANT, STEVEN R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $120,498.53 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTAKES, BLAISE W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $120,497.86 | Date 03/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KAREN L | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $120,497.68 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERVOLINA, DARYL M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $120,493.86 | Date 07/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, DANIEL A | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $120,492.00 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGMORE, SCOTT T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $120,491.10 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, MICHAEL D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $120,489.61 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, MATTHEW I | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $120,487.27 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, EDWARD C, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $120,486.13 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, ERICA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCANSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 03/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGAROSA, EDWARD C | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESER, GARRETT | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, MARSHA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MARGARET N | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERO, SHANNON J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANE, JOHN MICHAEL | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNODGRASS, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANISLAUS, KAREN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, JEFFERY G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRKLER, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 04/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, DANIEL J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 11/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKAN, MARY L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUHOLSKI, JILL M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, KRISTEN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONDERDONK, MARNE L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OURSLER, MARK N | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDI, GILDA P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $120,485.82 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDERICK, NATHAN F | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $120,481.65 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, ISMAEL | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $120,478.89 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEERY, PHILIP A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,472.83 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, BOBBY, II | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $120,471.51 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANZALONE, JEREMY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $120,471.43 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRIMUS, LINDA H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $120,471.13 | Date 12/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPLES, RYAN T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $120,469.48 | Date 03/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, JANICE E | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $120,469.37 | Date 07/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHRENS, STEPHEN D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $120,468.04 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, PAUL A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $120,467.85 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, MARIE-FRANCE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $120,467.33 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $120,466.31 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEREK, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $120,464.33 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARDIN, ERIC B | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $120,463.30 | Date 04/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $120,462.76 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Supreme Court Justices | Amount $120,461.52 | Date 01/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, GLENN A | Employer name Supreme Court Justices | Amount $120,461.52 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, SEAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,461.47 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEARSALL, ROYAL B | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $120,460.28 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SELLY C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $120,459.42 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $120,456.57 | Date 05/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRRELL, RORY L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $120,448.43 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAVNER, GARY L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $120,448.03 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNASH, RICHARD N | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $120,446.55 | Date 12/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, LAURETTA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $120,444.70 | Date 06/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEIGHT, DAVID J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $120,444.56 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, DANNY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $120,444.23 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TSCHIRKY, PETER J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $120,444.10 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIGEL, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $120,441.26 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JILAL, ZOHED | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $120,441.26 | Date 09/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARASRAM, PAVINDRADATT | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $120,441.26 | Date 04/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARMA, RAMESH | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $120,441.26 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVOULAREAS, GEORGE L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $120,441.26 | Date 03/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAVULUNOV, LANA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $120,440.19 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOIEMMA, NICOLA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $120,439.10 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $120,438.04 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHR, BRANDON P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $120,435.17 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINCHIERA, LILLIAN | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $120,434.60 | Date 10/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHETTI, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $120,434.44 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LYNN, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $120,432.88 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,431.64 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIOUF, SYLVIANE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $120,430.01 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENSTEIN, MARK | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $120,429.14 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSHAJ, KRISTINA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $120,429.12 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHHEISER, LANA B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $120,429.12 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, HEIDE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $120,429.12 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, YVONNE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $120,429.12 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ-BRUNDAGE, LIVIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $120,429.12 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRODDI, MARK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $120,424.57 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMACHANDER, DEVI | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $120,424.38 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MYRA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $120,424.10 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, IAN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,423.09 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, JOSHUA D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,422.53 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GILLEN, MATTHEW M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $120,417.62 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUM, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $120,415.70 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORGETTE, JODI L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,415.45 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMODNA, ROBERT S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $120,413.55 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LISE, JOHN C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $120,413.02 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YIN, WAN-CHUAN ROBERT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $120,413.00 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $120,412.64 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMBINO, DAVID J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $120,412.46 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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