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 MAC CHEYNE, ROBERT S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $107,066.87 | Date 02/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRILLER, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $107,064.02 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADDEN, VINCENT R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $107,063.75 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ERIC O | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $107,062.00 | Date 03/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLERE, SEAN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $107,060.36 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER-RENNIE, SUSAN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $107,059.57 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $107,057.72 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBACCIA, MARYALICE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $107,056.21 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANDREA, ROBERT A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $107,055.45 | Date 09/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIECO, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,054.00 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORKEY, JAMES C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $107,050.11 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABBY, EDMOND J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,049.25 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, MOSHE L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $107,049.06 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WETERING, RUSSELL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,047.96 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAUDHRY, ABDUL Z | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $107,047.78 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $107,045.11 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, WILLIAM M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $107,044.83 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASZEL, STAN M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $107,044.09 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, GERALD R, JR | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $107,042.44 | Date 08/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATERHOUSE, ROBERT B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $107,039.65 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUSSEIN, LINDA S | Employer name Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib | Amount $107,039.03 | Date 10/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOGUE, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $107,038.96 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, ANTONIO | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $107,038.95 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, YOHANCE O | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $107,038.62 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANG, ERIC | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $107,038.62 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANBORN, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $107,036.42 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, STEPHEN R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,035.39 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, PETER A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $107,035.19 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEY-NEFF, SARA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $107,031.60 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, JAMES | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $107,030.92 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $107,029.74 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATTORFF, MATTHEW E | Employer name Riverhead Sewer District | Amount $107,029.70 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCI, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $107,029.37 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, PAUL E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $107,028.06 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,027.53 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERING, BRIAN A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $107,027.29 | Date 12/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, SHAWN W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $107,027.22 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABLE, COLLEEN C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $107,026.98 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDEN, JAMES P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $107,026.77 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAMONE, ROBERT C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $107,026.63 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIAFARDINI, MICHAEL F | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $107,026.45 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MARLENE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $107,024.07 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIERNAN, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,023.17 | Date 12/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZI, GERARDO T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,022.47 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $107,021.10 | Date 03/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYTAIAN, DAVID N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $107,016.00 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASCUE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $107,015.54 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JESSE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,013.56 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, DANIEL B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $107,012.89 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUHR, CHARLENE | Employer name Half Hollow Hills Comm Library | Amount $107,012.59 | Date 06/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKLITZ, HEIDE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $107,011.25 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, KATHERINE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $107,011.00 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROZZA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,010.97 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, SERVANDO J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,009.47 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RUBY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $107,009.43 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVESE, BRENDAN C | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $107,008.40 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAVERO, JAMES J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,008.16 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCO, STEPHEN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $107,008.16 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, GARY | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $107,007.74 | Date 11/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, SEAN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $107,007.57 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTESI, MICHAEL J | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $107,007.43 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEO, KATHRYN E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $107,006.90 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, ARISTOTLE | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $107,004.58 | Date 11/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, THEUDIA A M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $107,003.23 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATNER, ALAN D | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $107,002.09 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGBAUM, MATTHEW D | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $107,001.84 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, DENNIS | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $107,000.14 | Date 03/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, SHARON | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $107,000.06 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANGELO, THOMAS | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $106,999.96 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAJES, CHERYL MARITES | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $106,998.12 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEN, IRENE K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,997.91 | Date 07/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRIO, JONATHAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,997.82 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSAKTSIRLIS, THOMAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,996.45 | Date 12/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOGAN, DEBRA K | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $106,994.29 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JOHN A | Employer name East Meadow Fire District | Amount $106,992.89 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IHAZA, COLLINS I | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $106,991.99 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEFFENBACH, MARK J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $106,991.49 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEMS, ROBERT L | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $106,991.17 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURCIO, MICHAEL F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,990.84 | Date 11/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDER MEULEN, WAYNE J, JR | Employer name Monticello Joint Fire District | Amount $106,988.66 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, CARL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,987.11 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, RANDALL S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,983.70 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, PETER | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,981.23 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, DENZEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,980.68 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASCUZZI, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,980.57 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINATERI, ANTHONY F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,979.28 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUNER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $106,978.52 | Date 07/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUVENC, MARC | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,976.15 | Date 10/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETTI, THOMAS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,974.54 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $106,974.10 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JEANNE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,972.07 | Date 12/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, ANN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $106,971.78 | Date 08/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRORY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,970.14 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, ANTONIO M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,968.99 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JAMES S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $106,968.68 | Date 09/11/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNS, GLENN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $106,968.59 | Date 10/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAGG, JOHN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,967.90 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFFER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Manlius | Amount $106,967.21 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTILLO, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $106,965.98 | Date 04/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYE, BIRDENA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $106,965.48 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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