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 SAMARIJA, ERIK J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $111,602.51 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, RICHARD E, III | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $111,602.25 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGE, KAREN S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,601.47 | Date 07/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDO, WILLIAM D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $111,599.65 | Date 03/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $111,598.28 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, IVOR I | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $111,596.33 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, SEAN M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $111,596.08 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARLE, CAMERON M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $111,595.68 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOSEPH T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,595.23 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZIES, GERARD H | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $111,594.48 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADLEIGH, SHAUN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,592.61 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILHELM, DONALD E | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,592.20 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILELLA, AMELIA MEADOWS | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $111,592.11 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARON, ODED | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNEY, TENNYSON O M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VRIES, MAX A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBA, MARK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHING-SHING | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGSAMBUGAN, DANILO C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAL, MANOJ K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, CHARLES S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 10/11/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTREPO, OSCAR A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYTMAN, LEONID A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 10/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIANO, GEORGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, JEROME E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSIN, VALERY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, YU SHING | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YADOO, SHLOMO S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,592.00 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLY, ANDRE | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $111,590.39 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIT, DONALD B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,590.32 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, TERESA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,589.51 | Date 03/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUDE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $111,588.73 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, JEFFREY R | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $111,587.32 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, GARY M | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $111,586.68 | Date 07/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONFLITTI, ROBERT J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,585.63 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHNER, MATTHEW T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,584.01 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HULBERT, PHILIP J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,583.53 | Date 04/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COSTANZO, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,581.58 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, FRANK R, JR | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $111,581.33 | Date 02/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBINSTEIN, HEATHER R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $111,581.23 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORISI, JOHN PETER | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,581.01 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBIS, JOHN S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,579.89 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARIELLO, JOHN D | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $111,579.63 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, PETE J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,572.63 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESHARD, GREGORY W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,572.38 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISSEN, JANICE WEHREN | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $111,568.97 | Date 06/10/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARK J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $111,568.97 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $111,566.11 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, SCOTT J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $111,566.11 | Date 12/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, JAMES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,566.00 | Date 06/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, WILLIAM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,566.00 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANKEL, RICHARD E | Employer name Islip Housing Authority | Amount $111,565.94 | Date 07/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNELLA, DONATO R | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $111,565.80 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHANCE, FREDERICK A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,565.31 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, DAVID G | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $111,563.23 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISENZAHL, JEREMY C | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $111,563.22 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRASSER, ALLEN R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $111,562.17 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYOTTE, DARREN J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $111,561.12 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ANTHONY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,560.71 | Date 11/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,560.67 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALVITTI, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $111,559.83 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, DORIS | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $111,559.09 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, MICHELE M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $111,559.09 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, STEVEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $111,559.09 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,554.27 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRONICA, PATRICIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,553.40 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAN, MAY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,553.40 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITCHCOCK, WALTER J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,553.34 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST-AMUSA, TENEKA E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $111,551.29 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, ROBERT G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $111,549.73 | Date 01/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADRETTE, MARK W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,548.17 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRLICH, RONALD S | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $111,547.91 | Date 06/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, BERNARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,546.87 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, JOHN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,545.50 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELUSO, MICHAEL | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,545.05 | Date 11/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLANE, TUCKER C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,542.43 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, SEAN M | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $111,541.54 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN DEN HANDEL, DEREK W | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $111,539.52 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DANA L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $111,539.22 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROMIRSKI, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $111,538.81 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, SZ-SHYAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,538.81 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, TERESA A | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $111,538.81 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, MATTHEW A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $111,538.15 | Date 08/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JANICE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $111,537.77 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, MARK E | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $111,537.77 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILIBERTI, PAUL J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $111,535.03 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBRO, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $111,534.64 | Date 12/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBNEY, BRIAN | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $111,534.39 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDZIELSKI, DANNY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,533.00 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJOR, ERIC | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $111,531.49 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,531.45 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, TIMOTHY L, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $111,531.11 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLESCO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $111,531.02 | Date 03/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, GARY P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $111,527.47 | Date 03/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKASON, NORINE K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $111,526.85 | Date 03/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABO, MARY FRANCES | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $111,526.07 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, DAVID F, JR | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $111,523.99 | Date 03/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESEL, DONNA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $111,523.73 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JEFFREY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $111,523.73 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN-DAVACHI, MAHNAZ | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $111,523.66 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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