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 HOWARD, ARLETHIA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $106,965.48 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, GEORGE J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $106,964.06 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAVA, MADHUSUDHAN RAO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,964.00 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONDORFER, PAUL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,963.36 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUDJOE, GAIL | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $106,959.97 | Date 03/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCH, MICHAEL P | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $106,959.70 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ROY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $106,959.39 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLE, BRIAN D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $106,958.22 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GEORGE L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $106,958.11 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, PATRICIA E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,957.64 | Date 03/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, DANIEL C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $106,957.07 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, JAMES C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $106,955.23 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, JEANNINE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,954.84 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIPPEL, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,953.43 | Date 11/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ANDY W | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $106,953.00 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLOHORSKY, KERRY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $106,951.50 | Date 09/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAWSON, MARK C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $106,950.64 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRI, MARIA S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,950.34 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLEA, CHARLES | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,949.93 | Date 03/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARDIBUONO, GREGORY E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,949.93 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MARTIN L | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $106,949.24 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORSFORD, HAZEL A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $106,949.11 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,948.71 | Date 08/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIARDIELLO, PETER M | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $106,948.59 | Date 01/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LALONDE, CRAIG A | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $106,947.84 | Date 11/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHART, AMY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $106,946.32 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, AMY L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $106,946.32 | Date 01/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODD, JAMIEN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,945.52 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBER, JEFFREY H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,944.65 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABASSA, JANET L | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $106,944.55 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZOUREK, MICHAEL R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $106,943.88 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBERBATCH, CRYSTAL T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $106,942.94 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, EILEEN T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,942.80 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARSING-BAUMANN, MICHELE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $106,942.64 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARTIN, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $106,942.03 | Date 12/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JEREMY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,942.03 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KEVIN | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,941.86 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUNTASECCA, LORI A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,938.63 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTERMAN, YEVGENY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,938.00 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGNACZAK, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $106,934.86 | Date 05/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $106,934.75 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHORNEY, ALAN D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $106,934.75 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, JOSEPH T, II | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $106,934.37 | Date 10/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, JASON A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $106,934.19 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCONTI, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $106,933.81 | Date 05/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELRATH, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $106,932.63 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, LINDA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,931.16 | Date 03/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, PATRICK P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,931.12 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ANTHONY W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $106,926.63 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, CATHY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $106,926.14 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, COLETTE MICHELE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,922.00 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEILER, MARY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,920.12 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOEHL, CINDY E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $106,918.59 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVKIN-MAC DONALD, NATALYA | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,918.50 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, ADAM E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,918.50 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LISA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $106,918.50 | Date 05/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, PAUL M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,917.17 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIRES, SUSAN L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $106,914.50 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, REX A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $106,913.63 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONATTI, MARIA L | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $106,912.09 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DSOUZA, SONIYA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,912.00 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HAROLD L, JR | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $106,912.00 | Date 08/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, ROBERT ANTHONY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $106,911.45 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILLIOX, MARK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,911.28 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKMOND, BETTY M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $106,909.16 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEY, DAVID D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,908.79 | Date 05/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $106,907.28 | Date 01/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUMIA, JAMES A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $106,907.24 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGAN, WILLIAM T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $106,907.22 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTE, CARLOS A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,906.78 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, ASHLEY L | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $106,903.44 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE-BROWN, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $106,903.44 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, TAYLOR L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $106,903.42 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,899.70 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, KAREN D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,899.09 | Date 11/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLEK, SHAWN T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $106,898.49 | Date 06/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $106,897.65 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, COREY M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $106,897.62 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARTOFF, MANUELA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,896.57 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETER, DAISY | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $106,896.48 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, SANJAY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $106,896.42 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BAHIYAH | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $106,895.22 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SELTZER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,893.03 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, PAULA D | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $106,890.74 | Date 04/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZ, WILLIAM A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $106,890.68 | Date 09/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLY, DARYL M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,890.31 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWROTNIAK, ERICA JOAN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $106,888.08 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILHOOLEY, RORY D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $106,887.85 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $106,887.81 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $106,884.65 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, DAVID A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $106,882.53 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPLES, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,881.10 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZ, KEVIN A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $106,880.54 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, STEPHEN C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $106,880.51 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, RONALD L | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $106,880.45 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JAMES H | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $106,879.14 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERTZ, KEVIN K | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $106,879.14 | Date 04/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROPO, JASON M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $106,878.30 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUSSNER, RITA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,877.49 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEMANN, DALE N | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $106,877.23 | Date 01/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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