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 FORTUNIEWICZ, REGINA S M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,913.19 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ARTHUR L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $109,913.12 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYKE, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,912.51 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, DAVID J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,912.39 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, TEIGH | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,909.08 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, JAMES P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,907.67 | Date 05/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRODER, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $109,907.51 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, SUSAN R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $109,904.66 | Date 06/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $109,901.72 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TACCI, VINCENT A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,900.97 | Date 06/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, PAMELA A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $109,899.16 | Date 10/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELOWSON, MARK | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $109,899.15 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, FATIMA L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $109,899.07 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, SCOTT K | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,897.57 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, GIACOMO A | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $109,897.52 | Date 06/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILEY, RYAN A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,897.15 | Date 01/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOGENSEN, TODD L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,896.41 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRONE, FRED A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,891.60 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLONEY, MILES S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,891.44 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALRYMPLE, SCOTT A | Employer name Dix Hills Fire District | Amount $109,887.99 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIVAR, WILSON R, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,886.96 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNIELLO, THERESA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $109,882.92 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNANTONIO, JAMES | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,881.37 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHERYL V | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $109,881.28 | Date 08/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKARIA, SHARINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $109,878.75 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBS-WATKINS, VATASHA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,876.77 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $109,876.12 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPELAND, KORY D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $109,876.05 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JACK D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $109,876.04 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCAFFREY, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,875.22 | Date 12/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGES, STEVEN R | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $109,874.18 | Date 06/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $109,873.46 | Date 04/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUTROS, ANGELO J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,870.80 | Date 06/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COULTER, SETH G | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $109,867.95 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $109,867.95 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLINTOCK, BRIAN D | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $109,867.95 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROIZMAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $109,867.95 | Date 07/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMONS, ROBERT H | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $109,867.95 | Date 03/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALLY, BARBARA A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $109,862.48 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, MARIO R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $109,861.69 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARONEY, JEAN M | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $109,861.37 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, LEO A, III | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $109,856.79 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MICHAEL B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $109,855.07 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERECZ, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $109,852.57 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LABY, DANIEL M | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $109,852.28 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELMAN, ELIOT M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,852.22 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE, SHEILA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,850.45 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LISA M | Employer name Auburn City School Dist | Amount $109,849.59 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GERALD L, JR | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $109,849.44 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLAN, JAMES R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,846.41 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, MARTIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,845.84 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CHIRO, ELLEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,845.52 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROSTOWSKI, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $109,841.48 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRENVILLE, PATRICK E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,841.40 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAREWELL, JAMES M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,841.18 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORREGROSA, CYNTHIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,840.85 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODOLAK, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $109,839.85 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSILLO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,839.74 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEYWOOD, ANDREW W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $109,839.44 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,838.65 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERTOLI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,838.05 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAMES, CHAD R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,836.79 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLINSKY, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,836.65 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELBY, DOUGLAS A | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $109,835.92 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, JEFFREY R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $109,835.34 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURACE, PASQUALE T | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $109,833.25 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADHYA, TANIMA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,832.60 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAL, WENDY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,832.16 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENISATTO, KIM M | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $109,831.73 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, RANDY T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,831.53 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, SEAN M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $109,831.32 | Date 11/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DISCOLO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,831.22 | Date 05/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHLEY, HARRIS T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,830.00 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, DENNIS J | Employer name Lake Shore Fire District | Amount $109,828.71 | Date 01/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, CARLOS, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $109,827.50 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, BETH B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $109,827.08 | Date 10/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, AARON | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $109,825.48 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIXLEY, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,823.90 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, JEREMY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,823.86 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISSERSON, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,823.77 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTLEPP, JANE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,823.75 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PFENTNER, KAREN L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,823.26 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTHRA, NELSON | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $109,822.74 | Date 07/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, GEORGE W | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $109,821.20 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINES, GINA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,821.15 | Date 02/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMENICK, RICHARD E | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $109,821.09 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRON, GARY G | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $109,820.06 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESCH, CLAYTON L, III | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $109,819.90 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNAN, JOHN P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,819.42 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCKO, G SCOTT | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $109,819.10 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC WILLIAMS, DERRICK J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,818.98 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILAT, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,816.15 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $109,814.38 | Date 09/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUERVO, PETER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,813.62 | Date 05/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZORZENON, KAREN C | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $109,812.63 | Date 06/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZ, BENJAMIN E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $109,811.95 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLER, CHARLES A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,810.49 | Date 06/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANEJA, VEENA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,807.03 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDER, JOSEPH F | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $109,806.44 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOCEK, DANIEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,806.27 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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