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 LA FIANDRA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $111,048.74 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUSSA, NINOS H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,047.63 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNTS, PAULETTE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,046.00 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, NADINE R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $111,045.10 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORETTO, TONY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,043.46 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, YVETTE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,043.16 | Date 04/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, KEVIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,042.41 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIKUSKI, JOSEPH T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $111,041.07 | Date 03/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYNAN, CHARLES C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,041.01 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, MARY ANN | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $111,040.84 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNA, CAROLYN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $111,040.80 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, DENISE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $111,037.97 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, EDWARD G | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 05/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, WILLIAM J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRECHEL, GARY M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, TODD M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, ROBERT J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONDES, YVIE J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 12/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIUDICE, JOYCE E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, THOMAS J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CANDIA, LOUISE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL-WYLEY, DORIS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVARE, MAUREEN G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 11/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, SUSAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 01/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, ELLEN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 06/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, PETRA M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 05/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHRER, ANDREW | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIEKONSKI, THADEUS J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 10/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, JONATHAN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZULO, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOHN P | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHISPELL, RUSSELL S | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, LAURA J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $111,037.34 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYBICKI, EDWARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,036.82 | Date 07/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERG, ROBERT A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,036.65 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFF, CHARLES | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $111,035.81 | Date 10/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, TROY L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $111,035.80 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMEL, STEPHEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,033.00 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBANES, ELIZABETH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOL, CARL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENS, SHARI E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 12/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICO, JOHN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGRIN, TARYN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,032.20 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDGE, JANET | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $111,032.00 | Date 06/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUERTO, AMY S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,030.57 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RICHARD C | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $111,029.52 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, ISRAEL | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $111,027.87 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTS, FRANCESCA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $111,027.41 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, BRIAN E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $111,026.19 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJHA, ANIL K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $111,022.86 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL'OSTIA, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,019.47 | Date 06/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTE, DENNIS A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,018.37 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DANIEL L | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $111,017.97 | Date 11/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HABLE, DANIEL R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $111,016.42 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTHA, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,013.57 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON PAUL, LUCY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,012.63 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, SIMON T | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $111,011.64 | Date 08/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, CYNTHIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,010.77 | Date 07/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, DANIEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,010.07 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $111,009.34 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MICHELLE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,008.23 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSSMAN, HERBERT L | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $111,008.04 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACIDE, MARIE C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $111,007.45 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, HUGO V | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $111,003.80 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL, TARSONGIA J | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $111,003.18 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKMAN, RONALD R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,002.45 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERINA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $111,002.22 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, ANN M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $111,002.16 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSKI, DAVID A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,000.69 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLESTY, LORRAINE B | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $110,998.37 | Date 09/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELLO, ROBERT A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $110,993.68 | Date 04/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLI, VIC | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $110,992.58 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOWIN, YAKOV Y | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $110,992.32 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTRONUOVO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,991.66 | Date 08/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPENA, MARILOU L | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $110,989.72 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJO, CHRISTIAN T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $110,989.72 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, SHEEBA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $110,989.72 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, ANN E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $110,989.62 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ROBERT J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $110,989.60 | Date 01/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, JULIE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $110,989.60 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, MARY WARK | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $110,989.60 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNERTY, KEVIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $110,989.58 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $110,989.46 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLERS, ERIC W | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $110,989.14 | Date 06/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, ROBERT | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $110,987.96 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTANO, JANET M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $110,987.84 | Date 08/16/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE TOMASO, PATRICK | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $110,987.38 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, VIET Q | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $110,985.52 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEROY, DANIELLE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,985.26 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSO, REBECCA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,985.00 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATTACHARJEE, NAYANA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $110,983.86 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGH, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,982.87 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, CHARLES P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $110,977.70 | Date 09/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATELLO, RANDALL G | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $110,976.80 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSEY, JEAN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $110,975.13 | Date 08/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINEME, CHRISTIANA I | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $110,973.52 | Date 09/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $110,971.16 | Date 07/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, KIMBERLY C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $110,970.68 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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