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 ADAMS, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $108,298.51 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENOSA, GUSTAVO D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $108,297.65 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, LAURA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $108,296.37 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, PEDRO A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,296.30 | Date 10/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWABISH, STEPHEN D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $108,296.23 | Date 06/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MIRANDA Y | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $108,295.95 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZBERG, RUTH | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $108,295.87 | Date 10/04/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURGIA, LAURA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $108,295.33 | Date 08/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, PETER | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $108,292.54 | Date 01/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PION, CARLOS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,291.96 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWANSTON, DAMON A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,291.96 | Date 04/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, DONNA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $108,291.77 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASHANI, MICHAEL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,290.00 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, KHALIL K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $108,288.34 | Date 11/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ELLEN L | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $108,288.19 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARDUINI, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $108,287.22 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, GEORGE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $108,285.84 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERSTAND, ADAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,285.74 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORETTI, KRISTEN A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $108,285.70 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOHN | Employer name Oyster Bay Water District | Amount $108,285.39 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIECHNIK, MATTHEW J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $108,285.36 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSETTI, GABRIEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,285.02 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMEND, STEVEN C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $108,284.33 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVER, JEFFREY J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $108,284.00 | Date 04/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON DOLLEN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $108,280.23 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLISON, BRANDEN S | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $108,279.46 | Date 07/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, LISSIMOL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,278.46 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, ROSEMARIE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $108,277.50 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVENOSO, MARIO F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,275.63 | Date 01/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSSENTINO, VINCENT C | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $108,274.00 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAACK, MARTIN | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $108,271.41 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, PETER J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $108,270.03 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESKUNAS, TED F | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $108,269.48 | Date 09/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCINNA, KATI | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $108,269.20 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORENSEN, LIISA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,267.95 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATA, JANICE D, DR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $108,267.62 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, LAURA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,267.49 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNPHY, JAMES M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $108,267.29 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAIRCLOUGH, MILLICENT D | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $108,267.25 | Date 03/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIOLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $108,267.11 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDOLA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $108,265.62 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KALI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $108,264.64 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, PATRICK M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $108,262.30 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBURN, KAREN J | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $108,261.75 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, CHARLOTTE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $108,260.98 | Date 06/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACLERIO, ALEXANDER J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $108,260.62 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERMAN, RONALD | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $108,260.10 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, THOMAS G | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $108,259.46 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, JOHN T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $108,258.90 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, AIDAN S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $108,258.15 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHN, KARL S | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $108,258.07 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIN, ALBERT P | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $108,257.38 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONIGLIONE, RICHARD J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $108,256.39 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, SHELLEY L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $108,252.68 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERGER, GLEN E | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $108,252.41 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, NORMAN J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $108,252.08 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPINOWSKI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Roslyn Water District | Amount $108,251.78 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTOY, JOANNE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $108,251.57 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERN, HUNG-HAW | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $108,250.79 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $108,250.02 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSKWITALSKI, ROBERT M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $108,249.74 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSEY, THOMAS R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $108,248.90 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, WILLIAM R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $108,247.76 | Date 03/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OMOTUNDE, MOJISOLA G | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $108,246.39 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANSHAW, HAROLD E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $108,246.08 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, SCOTT A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $108,245.30 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANA, LAUREN E | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $108,244.61 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, JAMES T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $108,244.25 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARERI, GEORGE C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $108,238.68 | Date 06/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACINE, JASON K | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $108,237.34 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCFARLAND, ELIZABETH E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,235.42 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOKE, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $108,235.14 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOEHNGEN, ANTHONY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,233.61 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERCHTOLD, JOHN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $108,232.60 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LLEWELLYN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $108,232.60 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBLAUCH, ROBERT D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $108,230.93 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVES, LAURA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $108,230.08 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIA, JOHN A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $108,229.86 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, BRETT R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $108,228.49 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JUANITA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $108,228.02 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOARE, MATTHEW C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $108,227.30 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUZYLAK, IVAN P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $108,225.47 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLDI, SCOTT T | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $108,225.05 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $108,222.82 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALOIS, KEVIN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $108,222.14 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, JAMES T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $108,216.80 | Date 04/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVISHUK, VALERA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $108,215.35 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGGO, YVONNE N | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $108,211.39 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, PETER J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $108,205.23 | Date 06/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, LOUIS J, JR | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $108,204.34 | Date 02/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, BARRY B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $108,202.91 | Date 04/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MITCHELL J | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $108,202.44 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHIOLD, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $108,202.17 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $108,201.09 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS-MYERS, LISA J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $108,198.78 | Date 08/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEZYNSKI, SHARON A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $108,198.37 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPIERRO, KENNETH | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $108,198.26 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JAMES P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $108,198.00 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBERIS, KEVIN J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $108,198.00 | Date 08/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, JASON E | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $108,196.85 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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