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 BILAL, DEVIN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $109,633.02 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIC J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $109,631.90 | Date 12/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWARD, PRISCILLA I | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,631.14 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEDLER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,631.09 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, CARLA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $109,628.67 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOON, JAMES | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,626.72 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORE, THERESE A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,625.99 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAGWANDEEN, ERVIN | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $109,625.99 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVO, KAREN S | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $109,623.63 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAUTMAN, KRISTIN D | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $109,621.83 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTURE, DANIEL J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,620.09 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSTROM, DARLENE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,619.74 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOSE, BEVERLY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,619.39 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYKO, ROBERT S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $109,617.19 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,616.82 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POVEROMO, DEAN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,616.80 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVENS, RUTH E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,616.09 | Date 09/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, GAIL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,616.00 | Date 08/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDZINSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $109,614.44 | Date 08/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BRETT D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $109,612.76 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHNER, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,612.52 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,610.73 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACMASTER, HEATHER M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,608.20 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, JOSE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,607.64 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLAND, LYNNETTE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,606.80 | Date 08/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWETT, EUGENE D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $109,605.32 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARRETT, ANTHONY | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $109,605.02 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, RONALD E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $109,604.41 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, PHILIP N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,601.93 | Date 03/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, KATHRYN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,601.45 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSSIE, SHAWN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,601.40 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAELIN, ADAM H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,599.78 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOAKYE-AGYEMANG, EMMANUEL | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $109,599.46 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENTNIK, ETHAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,598.56 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIKOWSKI, DENNIS J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $109,597.19 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIERI, MARGARET | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,597.10 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISENCHEK, CATHRYN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,596.76 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KEVIN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $109,595.80 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONDA, IRIS | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $109,595.80 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENORO, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $109,595.80 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVELY, JOHN V | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $109,593.77 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,591.36 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYLVIA, FREDERICK W | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $109,591.20 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDOX, DAVID A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,589.72 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANKER, STEVEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,589.15 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MULLAN, SEAN F | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $109,587.02 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,586.13 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHUBA, VASYL | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $109,585.73 | Date 09/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERE, PETER B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,582.90 | Date 10/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $109,582.48 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUSTOVALOVA, IRINA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,579.77 | Date 12/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JAMES H | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $109,578.97 | Date 09/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, DONALD R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,578.60 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK-GLEN, MARGAREE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,578.45 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANICH, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $109,578.30 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, THEODORE N | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $109,576.73 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERLING, ERIC M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,576.38 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTOBELLO, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,574.81 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, JASON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,574.39 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LOUGHLIN, KAMMY | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $109,574.27 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROZZO, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,573.91 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSSO, ANNA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $109,571.36 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAGLUISO-LIMA, DANIELA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $109,569.45 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, JESUS M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $109,568.08 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, CHERIE D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $109,567.12 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULKA, ASHLEY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $109,566.01 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, MARIA D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $109,563.14 | Date 09/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON-SINGER, RUTH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,562.96 | Date 10/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JERRY R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $109,561.82 | Date 01/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HWANG, ERIC S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,560.89 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $109,558.52 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUN, SING W | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,558.00 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, BRYCE D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,557.03 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RELATION, KENNETH E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $109,556.40 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, INDIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,554.81 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $109,553.23 | Date 03/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORFANOUDAKIS, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,552.48 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAGLIANONE, FAITH E | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $109,550.39 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMERENKE, MARYELLEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,550.28 | Date 01/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, BAYE M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,549.80 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,546.24 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, STACEY A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $109,544.84 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTENO, CHERYL A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $109,543.87 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREN, FRANK P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $109,541.50 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, TROY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,540.38 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILL, TERRY L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $109,540.25 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEGNA, JOSEPH L | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $109,538.68 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEL BENE, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,536.26 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, RICHARD K | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $109,534.15 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RAYMOND OTHO, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $109,533.36 | Date 02/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNNLYN, ST CLAIR A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $109,531.87 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,531.48 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $109,531.19 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKIN, KAREN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,530.02 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARBOWSKI, IZYDOR E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,525.91 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLIENTI, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $109,525.78 | Date 08/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, ROBERT G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $109,524.75 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKOX, MARY E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $109,523.50 | Date 06/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNER, MARGARET K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,522.18 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRA, SCOTT R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,519.05 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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