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 BUTLER, BRYAN W | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $109,736.21 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DERTINGER, ROBERT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,736.20 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANION, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $109,735.32 | Date 12/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, MATTHEW T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $109,733.23 | Date 06/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNDAKER, EMERSON R, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,732.86 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLAZER, MARY KATE | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $109,730.79 | Date 02/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHONTELL M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $109,730.79 | Date 01/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMOR, GERMAIN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,728.75 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLLO, CRAIG A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $109,722.72 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVE, LISA G | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $109,722.19 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEILIG, JOHN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,721.78 | Date 09/04/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $109,721.03 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,719.18 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, BRUCE D, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $109,718.12 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERRASTRO, NICOLE M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,717.32 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARIAS-MIER, XIOMARA O | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $109,716.76 | Date 05/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCATO, LOUIS A, JR | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $109,716.57 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ROBERT S | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $109,715.68 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, WALTER G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,714.90 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, IRINA | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $109,714.83 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTING, ROBERT P | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $109,713.77 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, MALINKA K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $109,713.24 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY-HEG, MARTIN E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,713.24 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTMAN, ANTHONY D | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $109,713.15 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, MISHELLENE R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,711.74 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEITLIN, DEBRA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $109,710.01 | Date 03/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZAKACS, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,709.24 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI LEGGE, STEPHEN R | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $109,708.24 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUC, PETER | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $109,706.52 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBA, JOHN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,705.96 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $109,703.17 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALOW, JOHN R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $109,703.00 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, JOSEPH A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,702.77 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIO, LYNN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,700.17 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLEN, SEAN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,700.01 | Date 06/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, KEVIN J | Employer name Assembly: Annual Part Time | Amount $109,698.16 | Date 05/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,696.46 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANGE, EILEEN C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $109,695.80 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, VILMA J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $109,695.80 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, CAROLINE | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $109,695.80 | Date 02/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASHEED, KALEEM A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $109,695.25 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEHUDAH, YEDIDAH T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,695.18 | Date 01/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $109,694.94 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAN FILIPPO, DEBORA J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $109,694.41 | Date 01/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUKHERJEE, SOMNATH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,694.00 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AWALD, DAVID C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $109,692.30 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOEHNLEIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,691.25 | Date 08/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GINNITTI, JOHN G, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $109,688.48 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, ERIK C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $109,688.36 | Date 07/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROIG, JENNIFER J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,686.20 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZYDLO, DAVID S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,686.13 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEHL, JAMES G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $109,685.47 | Date 01/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISTACH, PATRICIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,683.18 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNALLD, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $109,682.23 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, SHARON N | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $109,681.26 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINICK, CHARLES L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,676.32 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, STEFANIE A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,676.32 | Date 06/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TRACY L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $109,676.32 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTI-SCIARRINO, ANNE | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,675.78 | Date 04/19/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $109,675.53 | Date 01/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, RICHARD A | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $109,675.50 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABERMAN, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $109,675.03 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PABON, WILFREDO, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,673.78 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SISY J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $109,673.66 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABB, ANDREW R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,671.18 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, LUIS | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $109,670.34 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-PIERRE, GERALD N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,668.00 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LEI | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $109,667.16 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKERT, FREDERICK J, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $109,667.08 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, GARY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,666.18 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, RICHARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,664.68 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lakeland Fire District | Amount $109,664.54 | Date 12/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, FRANK L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,664.39 | Date 08/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEKER, JON A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $109,663.06 | Date 02/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, PATRICK J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $109,662.99 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVELYN, QUACY S | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $109,662.53 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ALLYSON D | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $109,659.82 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPKIN, CLAUDIA J | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $109,657.80 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, KAREN E | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $109,655.73 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMGATIE, NANCY J | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $109,655.02 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAMSON, DALE S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,653.18 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $109,652.67 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARNEY, MIKLE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $109,652.40 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTERA, JANNETTE L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $109,651.99 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHL, LAUREL L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,651.88 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREMO, PATRICK J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,651.88 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Greenwood Lake | Amount $109,650.58 | Date 01/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, JAMES R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,650.42 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNICK, ADAM N | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $109,650.02 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $109,649.30 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, LAWRENCE F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,648.36 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLKES, SHANDON S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,645.93 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOETKE, ANTHONY G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,644.28 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERDE, VITO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,644.22 | Date 02/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $109,641.35 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITANI, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $109,641.27 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEVLIN, NEIL S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,639.46 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, LAWRENCE D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,638.37 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSBY-GILLINS, DAWN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,635.34 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFIELD, PETER J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $109,633.26 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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