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 HELD, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $115,050.78 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAVE, ITHAMAR | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $115,047.39 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGRAZIA, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,047.26 | Date 05/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MRUK, JEFFREY G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,046.40 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, ROSALIE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,046.40 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNOCK, ROBERT P | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $115,045.62 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DONNA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $115,045.13 | Date 01/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANNEKLEV, ANGELA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,043.69 | Date 02/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOELLGER, PETER | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $115,042.33 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIRK, KELLY | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $115,041.42 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDASSARE, LORI L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,041.40 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSSON, MADELYN | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $115,040.65 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAMAGLIA, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $115,040.45 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, DANIEL J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $115,037.28 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAFFIN, JANET A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,037.10 | Date 02/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNIAK, KELLY E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $115,035.92 | Date 04/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRICKER, DARCY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $115,035.16 | Date 10/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, VIVIAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $115,032.58 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEES, TERRY J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,030.68 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIFFE, JASON J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $115,030.58 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELETTA-ROMANO, JAIME E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,030.31 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAGE, ANDRE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,030.29 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKWATER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $115,029.74 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILES, AMANDA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,029.64 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSEI-MENSAH, AKOSUA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,029.37 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARGIA, VINCENT, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $115,029.20 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROM, EDWARD C, JR | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $115,026.08 | Date 08/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHE, ELVIRE R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $115,025.52 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALADY, WALTER J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $115,025.09 | Date 11/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZHOOKUDI, MANOJ K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,024.04 | Date 03/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DENISE M | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $115,022.56 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, PAUL D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,021.44 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, DARROW | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $115,020.68 | Date 01/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PAULO, JASON M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $115,020.63 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CZARNECKI, JENNIFER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,019.51 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $115,019.06 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGOTE, JORGE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $115,019.06 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICATA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $115,018.31 | Date 05/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,016.35 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANSEREAU, ROBERT E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $115,015.94 | Date 11/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, FRANK M | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $115,015.10 | Date 02/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENFELD, MARK R | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $115,014.81 | Date 03/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEAHAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $115,014.80 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, GERALDINE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,014.40 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXLER, ANDREW M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $115,010.94 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMMISSO, DOMINICK | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $115,009.70 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETROPAOLO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,008.39 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI LALLO, PETER T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $115,007.59 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMED, AZEEZ A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $115,007.11 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, JEFFREY I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,006.00 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGGETTA, JANET L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $115,005.02 | Date 08/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL, LAILA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $115,004.24 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORNAMBE, LYNNE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $115,003.51 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, BARRY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $115,001.55 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLINO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $115,000.97 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTERLY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,000.47 | Date 12/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, WEI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,999.93 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, STEPHANIE A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $114,999.82 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ROBERTO A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,996.54 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROEGER, ROBERT M | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $114,995.04 | Date 07/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELAZQUEZ, ELENA M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $114,993.42 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTAMANA, RENU S | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $114,993.36 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, JAMES T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $114,993.04 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIMM, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $114,991.81 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEROLA, ANTHONY V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $114,990.59 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KEVIN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $114,987.61 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZLER, DONALD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $114,985.60 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESARME, YOLANDA C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $114,985.52 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, KENNETH J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,984.04 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANICHAR, INDRANIE | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $114,982.33 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAR, RENEE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,982.27 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOHN D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $114,982.14 | Date 10/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, CHARLES D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $114,982.14 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $114,982.13 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZVULON, REPHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,981.80 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTUTO, PHILIP S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,980.75 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREELY, EILEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,978.28 | Date 08/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRESKI, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,978.10 | Date 01/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZDA, WALTER W | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $114,976.49 | Date 10/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIGGINS, JOSEPH P | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $114,974.83 | Date 11/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, RICHARD A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $114,974.83 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTIG, RUSSELL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,972.78 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACH, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,972.78 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FADIS, PETER | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $114,969.66 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, THOMAS M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $114,968.38 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, JAY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $114,966.48 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKORO, ISAAC N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,966.13 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, JOHN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $114,965.92 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI FANTE, DAVID D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $114,963.89 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CUNZO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $114,962.80 | Date 04/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SVIDRO, ALLAN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,961.60 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, NANCY G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $114,961.55 | Date 06/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, SEAN W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $114,961.25 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAGOWSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,959.98 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIPSON, DARRELL | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $114,959.93 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROPPER, GRACE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $114,952.75 | Date 04/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, BRIAN G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,951.70 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, PATRICK J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,948.83 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,946.24 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINTER, MARK A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,945.21 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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