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 MEYER, APRIL L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $110,868.34 | Date 06/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERNIEL, MARK D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $110,866.61 | Date 09/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORTI, ANDREW N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,866.18 | Date 02/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEACON, RICHARD | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $110,865.72 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFAZIO, MAURA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $110,865.49 | Date 03/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSEL, KIM W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $110,864.84 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDZENSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $110,860.68 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIZUK, STEVEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $110,860.49 | Date 12/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRENSHAW, NANCY R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $110,858.83 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, KEVIN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,858.82 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORRIGAN, PAULA H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $110,858.76 | Date 08/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERNA GRECH, KAREN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $110,857.76 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVENDA, DAVID | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,856.90 | Date 09/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEPELEFF, CRAIG A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,855.65 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGUGUO, SYLVESTER U | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $110,853.64 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, BLISS C | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $110,852.91 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAJAN, SHINY | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $110,852.56 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, SCOTT P | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $110,852.23 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,852.14 | Date 06/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYSKADLO, AMANDA B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,851.36 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KENNETH C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $110,851.36 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNNY, PETER B | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $110,848.60 | Date 06/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, TERRY V | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $110,847.55 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTHE, KASSIME | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,846.62 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITZ, ERIC A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,846.08 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUELE, FRANK P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,845.96 | Date 12/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORZELL, JANNA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,845.89 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, CHARLES | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $110,845.80 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAHANTKA, JOHN M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $110,842.44 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARG, SUZANNE G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,842.33 | Date 12/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, WILLIAM D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $110,841.04 | Date 01/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGE, STEVEN K | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $110,839.53 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISSIER, CHRIS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,838.10 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLACCI, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,838.00 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABI RAHNI, FARIBA | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $110,835.91 | Date 01/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DERVORT, LUCAS R | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $110,835.39 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, DANL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $110,832.59 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADIN, JUSTIN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,832.20 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, SUSAN B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $110,832.20 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $110,831.68 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, CHERYL ANN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $110,830.38 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEHILA, JOHN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $110,829.09 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITTELSTAD, LAWRENCE A, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,828.55 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAI, JOHN M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $110,828.29 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLMER, MARK J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,827.37 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALMADGE, BOBBY E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $110,827.22 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $110,826.17 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, GREGORY L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $110,823.57 | Date 03/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, RONALD N, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $110,823.41 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, STEWART | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $110,822.16 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCATORE, CARMINE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,818.55 | Date 11/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $110,817.58 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISKIN, STEWART B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $110,816.03 | Date 02/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSMULLER, LEE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,815.05 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLIAS, CHRIS | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $110,814.87 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GEORGE S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,814.50 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAVREAU, JOHN L | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $110,812.23 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODZEN, EDWARD F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $110,812.00 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINOSKI, AARON J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $110,811.30 | Date 01/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINNIGAN, NANCY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $110,811.15 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECK, MICHAEL C | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $110,809.54 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALDONE, MICHAEL P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $110,806.31 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANOY, ANNA | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $110,805.53 | Date 11/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECHAN, GOBINRAM T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $110,804.75 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZZARD, DWIGHT J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $110,803.61 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, ARTHUR P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $110,801.37 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, MELINDA M | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $110,799.84 | Date 08/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PATRICK J, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $110,798.85 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUCCI, DANIEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,798.59 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRO, BRIAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,797.65 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $110,796.95 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALESSANDRO, CHRISTIAN W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $110,796.00 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIVEN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $110,795.69 | Date 04/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, JAIME L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $110,792.64 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, MICHAEL G R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $110,792.12 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINO, KATHY W | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $110,791.15 | Date 12/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, ARTHUR | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $110,789.74 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, WAYNE A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $110,789.67 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMP, BRUCE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $110,788.69 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, MARK H | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $110,788.23 | Date 06/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IVES, KIRK W | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $110,786.92 | Date 03/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHTBILL, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $110,785.64 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECORARO, JAMES B | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $110,785.61 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAHAS BOTTA, BRIGITTE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $110,785.60 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSCHE, NORMAN W | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $110,783.19 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $110,782.73 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, PAUL A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $110,779.96 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, MICHAEL K, JR | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $110,779.59 | Date 08/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI ORIO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $110,779.21 | Date 06/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, BARBARA J | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $110,777.16 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIFANO, VINCENT P | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $110,774.56 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $110,774.44 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JOSEPH C | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $110,773.01 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $110,772.38 | Date 01/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMONA, EVA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,769.13 | Date 05/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, DAVID A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,766.09 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GERALDINE S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $110,765.60 | Date 10/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, ANGELA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $110,765.54 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, CARLTON A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $110,764.67 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARAFOLO, JOSEPH | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $110,764.50 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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