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 HORWOOD, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $116,040.59 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI BENEDETTO, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $116,040.46 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $116,038.28 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, AJAY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $116,038.00 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ORLITA O | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $116,036.93 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NADAL, MICHELLE | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $116,036.84 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAYAS, ROBERTO | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $116,036.17 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERINE, DEBORAH | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $116,034.53 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCQUADE, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $116,033.45 | Date 11/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONREALE, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $116,031.40 | Date 11/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, RENE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $116,029.89 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERUBIN, ROSE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,029.85 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEDIMONTE, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $116,026.35 | Date 04/08/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, HEATHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,023.93 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, LYDIA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $116,023.16 | Date 05/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $116,023.01 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LETZEISER, EILEEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,022.60 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMSON, RODNEY | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $116,021.66 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARK, STEVEN S | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $116,020.32 | Date 05/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, CRISTINA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $116,020.32 | Date 03/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,019.00 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JANICE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,016.71 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,016.60 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE BROIZE, LOUIS E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $116,015.89 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,015.89 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, KURTIS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,015.64 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEY, DOROTHY J | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $116,014.42 | Date 04/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYNES, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $116,013.27 | Date 09/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, BRUCE J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $116,013.17 | Date 11/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROYTON, PETER R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $116,002.71 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNT, DANIEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,002.36 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, SERGIO J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,001.51 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELZEY, LEONARD D | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $116,001.16 | Date 10/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEPER, PHILIP J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,997.85 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLAVITO, DINA B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $115,996.94 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDEAU, KIM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,996.80 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, BRENDA G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,996.80 | Date 06/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $115,993.79 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACKIEL, THOMAS J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $115,993.09 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARANO, GERARDO V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,992.00 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $115,990.32 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, DOUGLAS A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $115,987.26 | Date 11/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, KEVIN J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $115,986.27 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVRE, ERIK J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $115,985.19 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, RAYMOND B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $115,982.22 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ JAQUITH, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $115,981.39 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEJADA, IDA L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $115,978.70 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $115,978.57 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSPER, GALE A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $115,978.39 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CALLAGHAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,977.55 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRINKE, PETER O | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,977.38 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAN, CARLOS A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $115,975.13 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTINI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Franklin Square Water District | Amount $115,974.50 | Date 12/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIPPERMAN, BETSY ANNE | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $115,968.58 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMISON, FREDRICE D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $115,965.20 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, RICHARD C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $115,959.20 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISTAU, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,957.92 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CAROL L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $115,957.66 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLING, WILLIAM H | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $115,951.79 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSENTINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $115,948.26 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCULLOUGH, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $115,947.52 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIONISIO, LORRETTA V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,947.35 | Date 10/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERLING, COREY F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,947.18 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLY, REGINALD L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,945.27 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, ROBERT T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,942.48 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JASON A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $115,941.72 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORYCINSKI, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $115,941.53 | Date 02/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, JAMES E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $115,941.36 | Date 08/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, PATRICK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,936.70 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, MARY E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $115,935.99 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, YVONNE J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $115,931.30 | Date 11/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYJMAK, MYRON W | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $115,930.28 | Date 11/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPARTHI, VENU G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $115,928.87 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRANTON, JEFF R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $115,927.96 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANK, JOHN J, III | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $115,927.48 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAZZERI, JAMES A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,924.82 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WILLIAM A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $115,923.70 | Date 11/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIVINO, ROXANNE D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,920.47 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERANTE, ROCCO R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,918.91 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMBADJES, JACQUE G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,918.49 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESHLEMAN, ROBERT A | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $115,917.83 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC KINNON, JAMES D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $115,917.69 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MLACKER, REBECCA D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,915.81 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOLL, RUSSELL J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $115,914.59 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,911.70 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL, CHARLES E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $115,911.52 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSIMANO, KATHRYN L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,911.03 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $115,910.06 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAIN, MARK J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $115,909.24 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTHY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,908.00 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESTI, JULIO C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,908.00 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE PORE, DOUGLAS S | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $115,907.43 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLESS, THOMAS | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $115,906.43 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLI, SUSAN M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $115,905.56 | Date 03/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISKER, SUSAN S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LAURINE | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 08/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, DANIEL J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 12/21/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BRYAN A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAJ, GREGORY S | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINDERMAN, MARK D | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $115,905.21 | Date 10/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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