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 CHAVALI, JAYASREE | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.36 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.36 | Date 04/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEAR, EDWARD B, III | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.36 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHEY, JAIME R | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.36 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARIO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.36 | Date 03/27/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKHARD, ELLEN J G | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.19 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINKLE, EARL S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,833.19 | Date 12/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, RICHARD P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,833.04 | Date 12/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSKI, MATTHEW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,832.66 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN ASSELT, LYDIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,831.94 | Date 12/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, SHARON | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $114,831.86 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFONE, JAMIE M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $114,831.37 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLELLO, VICKI A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,830.87 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,830.73 | Date 04/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNDRUM, MARK R | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,830.22 | Date 01/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,829.01 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYSKA, JOAN T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $114,826.17 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMAN, RODNEY P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $114,824.85 | Date 03/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $114,824.11 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ROSAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,823.82 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLEY, WILLIAM G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $114,823.47 | Date 09/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,822.65 | Date 04/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, JOHN C | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $114,820.16 | Date 07/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAXIN, LOUIS S | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $114,819.70 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SHOMB, ALLAN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,818.73 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOERDERER, WILLIAM L | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $114,816.82 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MARIO E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $114,816.52 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATA, NUNZIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,815.90 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULERA, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $114,815.33 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUBICH, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,813.44 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, NAN | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $114,812.49 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $114,810.82 | Date 12/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSORNY, ANN MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,809.10 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARGARET E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,807.65 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAST, GEORGE W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $114,806.28 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFER, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $114,805.03 | Date 03/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDLONG, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,804.27 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLEK, HELEN T | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $114,804.00 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCAVILLA, LEONARD C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,803.14 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, DANIEL A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $114,802.91 | Date 06/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAIZ, LUIS, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $114,802.75 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $114,802.31 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPPS, JAMAL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,798.66 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELSAYED, ASHRAF | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $114,798.43 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $114,798.08 | Date 08/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KATHLEEN | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $114,796.80 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, PAUL M | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $114,796.77 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $114,796.24 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JONATHAN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $114,795.05 | Date 02/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUGHTON, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,793.16 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWENSON, ADAM A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,792.27 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DARWIN, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $114,791.62 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE-DAVIS, DEBRA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,791.06 | Date 06/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, WILLIAM H, IV | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $114,790.69 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINCIGUERRA, ALFRED V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,787.36 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, LINDSEY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,786.46 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAZ, DOMINGO | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $114,785.94 | Date 02/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROUD, KERRY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $114,781.82 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORILE, RICHARD W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $114,777.57 | Date 08/24/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, ANTONIO F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $114,774.24 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATIAS, JOANNA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $114,767.91 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, BRIAN E | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $114,766.39 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOTAM, SHERIN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $114,764.68 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APICELLA, STEPHANIE A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $114,763.38 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNALL, KAREN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $114,760.36 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JUAN C, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,758.13 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, EDWARD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,757.65 | Date 05/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLAHAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $114,756.12 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORDEN, DAVID M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,755.44 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GEORGE H | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $114,753.97 | Date 12/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, JEREMY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,749.90 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STELMACK, JONATHAN O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,748.07 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, TODD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,747.43 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIDLEY, CHERYL L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $114,746.86 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, RUSSELL E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $114,746.33 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPMAN, GREGORY G | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $114,743.06 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, HELEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,741.41 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVVENIRE, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,740.68 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIER, PAUL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,739.18 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTE, PATRICK | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 07/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ANNA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, GARY D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 05/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, WILLIAM C | Employer name Department of State | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 07/07/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, TOMMY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 10/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSER, SCOTT H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFRAN, EILEEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, VARGHESE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, HENRY N | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 11/06/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUXBAUM, ELLEN R | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOHN, JAE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNABLE, GARY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 03/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLIKOVA, TATYANA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JENNIFER P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 08/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELULOVICH, LOUISE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, SARAH L | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLAR, JOHN D | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, IRWIN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 07/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEMMATI, FRANK | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 05/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, WILLIAM M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $114,737.59 | Date 08/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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