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 CLARKE, LEWIS H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $112,003.58 | Date 05/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIGNON, JANET A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,003.58 | Date 06/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAAB, BRIAN E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $112,003.58 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GIULE, JOSEPH P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $112,003.58 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, GERARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $112,003.58 | Date 02/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRADHAN, INDI | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $112,001.34 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, J KEVIN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $112,000.34 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIVETT, WILLIAM M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $112,000.25 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFRANK, ELIZABETH | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $111,999.94 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTIS, NICOLE S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,996.74 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONLINDEN, MICHELE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,996.30 | Date 06/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRRELLI, STEPHEN R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $111,995.36 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRDLESTONE, HAROLD J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $111,995.31 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLERS, CHARLES L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,994.52 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES-BRIMMER, RYAN R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,992.26 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENTON, CHERYL A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $111,989.79 | Date 02/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, MAGGIO P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,989.24 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEHM, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,988.96 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, EUGENE P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $111,988.80 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASWORTHY, KEVIN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,986.41 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANG, MICHELLE Y | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $111,986.08 | Date 03/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISTOFANO, LUCIO | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $111,986.08 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ-BRAXTON, MARTHA | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $111,986.08 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, ROBERT | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $111,986.08 | Date 03/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMARI, KHALID | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,985.83 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDAU, SUSAN L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $111,985.38 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, DENISE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,984.48 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTAZOS, SILVINA L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $111,983.57 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORECKY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,982.67 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WAN, JAMES E | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $111,982.47 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, KATHY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,982.00 | Date 06/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE-ABRAMS, TERRIANN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,982.00 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MANUEL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,982.00 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLSTER, TUESDAY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,979.90 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUZWAK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,979.40 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTONE, ERNEST A, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $111,978.12 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SCOTT W | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $111,977.15 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITZ, TARA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,976.78 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSINGA, RONALD B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,974.80 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEITZ, IAN D | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $111,973.60 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARRITY, WILLIAM T | Employer name Dewitt Fire District | Amount $111,973.06 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,971.71 | Date 01/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,970.49 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, MICHAEL N | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $111,969.75 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, SHAWN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,969.48 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, STEVEN F, SR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $111,967.72 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, DONNA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,965.12 | Date 08/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRUSO, THOMAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,963.66 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, MERVYN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,962.05 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSEUS, JEAN R | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $111,961.51 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, DOMENICA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $111,961.45 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO-SCHUTZMAN, JO ANN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,959.54 | Date 11/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, BARBARA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,959.54 | Date 06/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULLER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,959.54 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ROBERT R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,959.54 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENCE, KRISTIN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,959.42 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, MICHAEL A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $111,958.43 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, CARLOS J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $111,957.56 | Date 12/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFF, ROBERT J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $111,957.56 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESPORT, BRIGITTE C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $111,956.13 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JOHN D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,955.92 | Date 10/08/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,953.40 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $111,952.72 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, BRIAN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $111,949.76 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLES, ANTHONY J | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $111,949.05 | Date 09/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, KISHA | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $111,947.28 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRONDA, LINDA ANN | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $111,944.82 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLAN, PETER H | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $111,941.42 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELBACH, HEIDI A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $111,941.14 | Date 08/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDLER, STEPHEN D | Employer name Department of State | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 04/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACK, KEVIN E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, MARK A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, TAMMY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEARNS, CHARLES A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, DENISE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORKELL, STEPHEN F | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 11/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALASKI, LAWRENCE | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 07/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGMAN, JEFFREY P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $111,939.88 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELMONT, MARY ANN | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $111,936.15 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARE, BABATUNDE O | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $111,934.79 | Date 04/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, NATHAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,934.01 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POST, STEVEN F | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $111,932.20 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MAGGIO, CONSTANCE M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $111,931.99 | Date 12/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVUTO, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,931.66 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAPPACENO, JAMES P | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $111,931.66 | Date 07/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $111,929.33 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAZER, LINVAL G | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $111,928.07 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANKO, MELISSA K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,927.66 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLITT, MICHAEL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,926.61 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHLIERMANN, WALTER G, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,926.13 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, DONALD V | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $111,923.95 | Date 05/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLONE, FRANK R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,923.37 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, ALICE K | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,922.95 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELRATH, CHARLES D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $111,922.72 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, MICHELE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $111,922.34 | Date 06/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARIDI, SETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,922.22 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILSTEIN, DAVID E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $111,920.90 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRETTI, ANDREW P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,915.78 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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