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 POLLARD, GLADSTONE H , JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,324.54 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $109,323.96 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIARD, SANDRA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,321.15 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, ANTONINO | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $109,320.61 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, SCOTT D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $109,317.23 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, ANTHONY P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,317.21 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGMAN, GLENN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,316.89 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, WILLIAM P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,316.31 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANDOLFO, ROCCO A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,314.13 | Date 10/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIANO, SUSAN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $109,313.71 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, THOMAS E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,311.43 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, JOHN B | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,311.24 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DU PONT, ELIZABETH A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $109,310.42 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELILLI, CARMELO J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,309.79 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, JUAN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,309.45 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALBORN, DAWN F | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $109,306.04 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MILD, JOHN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,305.50 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, KAREN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $109,304.60 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, BRIAN K | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $109,303.65 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORGENTI, LOUIS R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,303.40 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESLIN, EUGENIA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $109,300.36 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANANTWERP, DAVID A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $109,299.97 | Date 03/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISAFULLI, STEPHEN P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,299.85 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTER, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $109,298.97 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEN, JASON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,297.82 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KOY, GAIL A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,297.04 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIENNEAU, JAMES D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $109,296.97 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWTHORN, WARREN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,295.49 | Date 07/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATWOOD, JOHN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,293.44 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, JOHN R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $109,293.16 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $109,293.00 | Date 11/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JOHN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,292.16 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRERAS, JOHN U | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $109,291.56 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIXLER, RAYMOND S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $109,291.47 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRIS, SUSAN B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,291.16 | Date 08/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRADDOCK, ALLAN P | Employer name Village of Massapequa Park | Amount $109,290.59 | Date 11/30/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVENER, JEREMY R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,289.94 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, EUGENE A | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $109,288.26 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABLE, MELISSA G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $109,287.74 | Date 04/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, KRIS N | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,287.63 | Date 07/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLY, EUGENIA P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,287.02 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, DAVID | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $109,286.40 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, ANTIGONE M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $109,284.77 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, RICHARD H | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $109,284.06 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RUTH M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $109,283.88 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, BRIAN C | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $109,282.87 | Date 02/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAGONESE, ROBERT R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,282.83 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISBET, BRIAN P | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $109,281.93 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOLONINO, ROBERT S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,278.70 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DUANE M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALATINO, DEAN M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISSEN, STEVEN L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVONA, JOHN | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZMUL, EDWARD A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRENN, PETER D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $109,278.30 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENNARO, CHARLES M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $109,277.43 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUSIANA, JOSEPH P | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $109,276.07 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLESKY, JOHN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $109,275.72 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEITELBAUMRUBIN, HELEN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $109,275.14 | Date 05/22/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHURR, GARY E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $109,274.63 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILBIN, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,274.11 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, BRIAN A | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $109,272.58 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUSTER, HARLAN R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $109,271.08 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, MARIAN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,269.16 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QIU, IRENE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $109,269.16 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ANN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $109,268.20 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONGDON, THEODORE G | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $109,261.73 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENTHAL, MICHELLE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $109,261.01 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORODETSKY, EVGENY | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $109,260.15 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEWS, STEVEN, SR | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $109,257.67 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVIHILL, JENNIFER M | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $109,256.17 | Date 05/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZATROVICH, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $109,255.73 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAVITZ, BARRY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $109,254.05 | Date 12/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, RICHARD F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,253.52 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUBY, MARK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $109,253.23 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JAMES A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $109,252.78 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKAL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,248.55 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $109,248.38 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NATI, GENE O | Employer name Erie County | Amount $109,247.85 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSCHENCHUK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,247.08 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JEFFREY M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $109,246.39 | Date 08/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $109,244.94 | Date 08/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECTOR, STEVEN J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $109,244.63 | Date 01/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, PATRICIA | Employer name Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib | Amount $109,242.85 | Date 01/25/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFINO, ANTHONY | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $109,241.27 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENN, RICHARD A | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $109,239.71 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $109,238.34 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGLESBEE, MONET T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $109,236.81 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI PARI, JOHN A, III | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $109,235.76 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTY, EMMANUEL O | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $109,233.87 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, ERICA T | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $109,229.29 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRISTOFERSON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $109,227.65 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, STEVEN D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $109,225.42 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ROGER J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $109,225.10 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALCAGNO, THOMAS | Employer name West Hempstead Water District | Amount $109,224.50 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, FRANKLIN C, II | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $109,223.97 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNERWITH, DEBRA A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $109,223.82 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, GEORGE W, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $109,223.71 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, GREGORY K | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $109,220.84 | Date 06/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $109,220.74 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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