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 GRATON, MICHELLE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $97,501.81 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUERMAN, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,501.71 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASILENKO, GREGORY J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $97,501.66 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GLENN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,501.42 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEAVERTH, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $97,500.81 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRUGGS, ASHLEY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $97,500.14 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCLAY, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, MARC W | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 02/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, GARY D | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWLEY, STEPHEN M | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 01/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTOL, JOSEPH R | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 02/25/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, CATHERINE T | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 06/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIMMINGER, ROBIN L | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 01/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, HELENE E | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARZA, JOHN J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 01/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Rye Free Reading Room | Amount $97,500.00 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENDITTIS, MONTE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,499.28 | Date 09/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINKLE, CINDY | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $97,499.06 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBSON, PAUL S, JR | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $97,498.65 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $97,497.31 | Date 01/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $97,496.96 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAUGHNESSY, JAMES D | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,496.35 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCHINI, DANIEL M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,496.26 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODFELLOW, CHAD A | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $97,496.26 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, BRIAN D | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $97,496.12 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORELLO, MAUREEN | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $97,495.84 | Date 03/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, RICHARD A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $97,495.82 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROBERG, KENNETH P | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,495.78 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, LOUISE P | Employer name Greenlawn Fire District | Amount $97,495.75 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITTEL, KATIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,495.30 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,494.69 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENARDO, FREDERICK G | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $97,494.64 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOZEK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $97,494.17 | Date 08/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, CARL F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $97,493.45 | Date 10/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, KRISTIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $97,493.28 | Date 03/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIONE, JASON | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $97,493.27 | Date 08/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, DONALD J | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $97,493.20 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALGON, CHERYL | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $97,491.99 | Date 09/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, GLENN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $97,490.45 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ROBERT W | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $97,490.40 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GENE M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $97,489.92 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, BRIAN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $97,488.92 | Date 03/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBERT E | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $97,488.86 | Date 08/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORREGROSA, EDWIN T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,487.85 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITANO, CARMEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $97,486.79 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDD, JAMES M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $97,485.73 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI-MURRAY, MARIA E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $97,485.58 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELWEE, ANDREW M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $97,485.58 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDELTON, NATHANIEL E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $97,485.29 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANNON, THOMAS G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $97,484.41 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, IAN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,484.30 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLWELL, THOMAS | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $97,484.22 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $97,484.05 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARIF, FAROOQ | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,483.60 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NIKKI L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $97,483.45 | Date 04/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWAL, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $97,483.09 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESTER, DONALD A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,482.89 | Date 10/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVONA, GREGORY F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $97,482.84 | Date 05/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NANCY E | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $97,482.77 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRZAZGA, HENRY J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,482.65 | Date 06/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, THOMAS W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $97,482.53 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, EVER S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $97,482.08 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, NADINE I | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $97,480.83 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, FRANK R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $97,480.48 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, ELISSA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $97,477.27 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, JAMES W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $97,475.24 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MYRNA L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $97,475.02 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, GERARD F | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $97,474.46 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORGAN, JOHN P | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $97,474.13 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, TRACY L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $97,474.07 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRING, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $97,473.46 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN-TOLY, CANDACE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $97,473.25 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, JUSTIN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,472.02 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, SHEA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $97,472.02 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERAGINE, DINO M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $97,471.87 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, RICHARD T | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $97,471.11 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERUBE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $97,471.06 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMADIFE, PASCHAL C | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $97,470.29 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $97,469.14 | Date 10/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $97,468.99 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, MARIA F | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $97,468.76 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEFFERT, DAVID S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $97,468.75 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEAR, WESLEY C | Employer name Broome County | Amount $97,467.67 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $97,467.06 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLAR, RUSSELL S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $97,466.79 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASLI, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $97,466.53 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASTROTOTARO, JOHANNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,466.48 | Date 07/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JOHN V | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $97,466.47 | Date 10/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRANGELO, PATRICIA F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $97,466.26 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, QUINZELL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $97,464.40 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIENNEAU, JAMES D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $97,464.38 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDENIK-CARMEL, CAROL | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $97,462.89 | Date 11/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, COSIMO | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $97,462.77 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JAMES R | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $97,462.57 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TERESA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $97,461.20 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTICOLO, ALYSSA L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $97,460.82 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGAN, PATRICE B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $97,459.81 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINO, MAUREEN | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $97,458.47 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, MARK A | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $97,457.75 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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