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 VARGAS, CRYSTAL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,090.77 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, ROBERT F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $113,090.69 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZATLIN, DAYLE E | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $113,089.19 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, ADAM G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $113,088.75 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, RONALD G | Employer name Argyle CSD | Amount $113,088.27 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DEIRDRE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,086.47 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MITCHELL R, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $113,086.44 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALIS, MARGARET E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $113,085.27 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, BRIAN W | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $113,085.24 | Date 06/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEHMAN, HEIDI L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,085.13 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLO, DOMINICK E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $113,082.79 | Date 09/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,082.76 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, DAVID | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $113,082.32 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIETO, JOHN R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $113,081.42 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VETERE, ROBERT L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,077.61 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, ANDREA L | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 10/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNAID, MOHAMMED A | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 05/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDA, ELZBIETA | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RIT A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 10/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAO, HELEN M | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLELLAND, JAMES D | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REVHEIM, NADINE | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 08/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAITO, MARIKO | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFFE, ELLEN R | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESLER, PAMELA C | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEILP, JOHN G | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 11/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, CHIEN HENG | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $113,073.78 | Date 04/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RANDALL M | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $113,071.33 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATIERNO, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $113,071.32 | Date 07/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, KAREN A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $113,069.36 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WENDY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,067.91 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BOBBY R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $113,065.01 | Date 01/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, GISELE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $113,064.83 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALK, WILLIAM A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $113,064.49 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODFREY, MARGARET | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,062.30 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FECIO, JOHN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $113,061.24 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSKI, ANDREW M, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,061.03 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, LAVONDA D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $113,060.85 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANOY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $113,059.45 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TERRY, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $113,059.43 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGUIS, VALERIE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $113,058.88 | Date 08/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAMES, SANDEE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $113,058.88 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REZEK, JOHN J | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $113,058.61 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLORY, SUE A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $113,058.21 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, GEORGE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,058.10 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, GARY D, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,058.02 | Date 05/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIORE, RAYMOND C | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $113,055.42 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULTAN, AHMAD A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $113,053.50 | Date 09/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, MIGUEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $113,053.49 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPELYA, PETER P, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,053.20 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $113,051.60 | Date 02/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $113,048.24 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ARTHUR R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $113,047.46 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSTINIANO, BETHSABET | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $113,047.12 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARDEL CHAN, ELIZABETH E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $113,046.79 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, MELISSA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 06/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, DANIEL R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYNES, JAMES W | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 09/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JAMES G | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, THOMAS R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIENO, JOHN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, MARGARET A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTENBLATT, TERRY L | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAG, GORDON W | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, KAREN S | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKSTEIN, ARTHUR A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $113,045.70 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERNAIL, TODD H | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $113,045.01 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, CATHERINE J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $113,044.26 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORAUS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $113,043.79 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSEILLE, MARIE C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $113,043.42 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, BRETT G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,041.73 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONDO, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $113,039.27 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DARRYL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $113,038.40 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PURPURA, PAUL J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $113,038.00 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRESKI, THOMAS L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $113,034.50 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, LAMONT D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,033.75 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUADRA, RICARDO | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $113,033.60 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, RALPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $113,033.32 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLUM, KENNETH E | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $113,033.00 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALDINO, JAMES M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $113,032.86 | Date 09/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, EDUARDO | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $113,032.41 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, ROBERT J | Employer name Village of Muttontown | Amount $113,032.40 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARJI, RAJENDRA R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $113,032.38 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIA, JANET L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $113,032.05 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATYAS, JOHN J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $113,028.41 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCIRILLO, CAROLYN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $113,028.14 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE, LINH H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $113,027.85 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, GINA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $113,026.91 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, DILIPBHAI R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $113,022.00 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYMAN, ANDREW R | Employer name Geneva Housing Authority | Amount $113,019.75 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE OLIVEIRA, DAVID A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $113,019.70 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTORO, FRANK A | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $113,017.44 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANTASSEL, JONKHEER R | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $113,017.43 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI SABATINO, LAURA M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $113,017.38 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, CHARLES F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $113,017.01 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAEDER, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $113,014.88 | Date 03/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUADRI, SHAHID A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $113,014.83 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORELLI, CARL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $113,012.90 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUMA, ALINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $113,012.58 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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