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 MORGESE, ANDREW | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $106,338.26 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONTRELLI, PAULA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,338.07 | Date 06/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONNELLA, VITO, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $106,336.56 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIMOGES, JENNIFER F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $106,334.80 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLERSTEIN, LORA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,332.10 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRONE, DEBORAH L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $106,330.05 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN PUT-LAMERAND, LORINE A | Employer name Liberty CSD | Amount $106,326.79 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, SUSAN E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $106,323.72 | Date 01/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOKHANDWALA, BANU S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $106,321.60 | Date 08/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAY, LINDA F | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $106,321.25 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHITTS, NELSON | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,320.28 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCIOTTA, STEVE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,319.19 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENIG, SCOTT M | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $106,318.60 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYMONOWICZ, WITOLD | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $106,317.45 | Date 02/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ANNE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $106,316.67 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINDA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $106,315.86 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMNIEWICZ, VALENTINE T, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $106,315.52 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, SANDRA E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,314.82 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYANO, LUIS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,314.00 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARKE, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $106,311.70 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORE, JUMAR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,310.25 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, LYMAN A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $106,310.07 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, JOSEPH S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,309.45 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODAK, AMY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,305.78 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, ROCCO A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $106,305.37 | Date 06/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $106,304.82 | Date 03/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEUTSCH, DANIEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $106,303.68 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUIETT, RANDY A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,302.76 | Date 11/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, CAROL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $106,302.09 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPION, TOMMY L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,301.81 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILMORE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $106,299.17 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, SONDRA R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $106,298.77 | Date 08/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTENTO, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $106,298.35 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $106,297.71 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, MONIQUE A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $106,297.42 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARNEY, JEANNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $106,297.27 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAN, WEN-LI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $106,296.50 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYDERMAN, YURY | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $106,294.71 | Date 12/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUTZ, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $106,292.60 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,291.65 | Date 06/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SAMUEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,291.12 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIELAROWSKI, STEVEN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $106,291.04 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, RICHARD T | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $106,289.80 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYTA, MARGARET M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $106,289.17 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $106,288.16 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, THOMAS E | Employer name Village of Chester | Amount $106,283.57 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CAROL T | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $106,282.89 | Date 12/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $106,282.77 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, EDWARD G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $106,282.47 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETTERE, DAVID G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $106,281.57 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DARLENE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $106,280.98 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, GLADYS L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $106,280.33 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $106,280.28 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VADAS, PAUL G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $106,279.90 | Date 06/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, EILEEN M | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $106,279.52 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCHINELLI, DOMENICO A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,279.22 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, SUSAN K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $106,277.43 | Date 05/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, NORMAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $106,276.90 | Date 06/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLEY, JASON G | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $106,274.07 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATCHETT, RONALD R, II | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $106,273.29 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, CONNIE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $106,269.46 | Date 08/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYOUB, SOMMER H | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, ROMEL A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, GERARD L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOOK, OLGA C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 11/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, DEREK A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 02/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PETER | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $106,269.37 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLANSKY, LINDA A | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $106,269.27 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILTSER, VIATCHESLAV | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $106,268.76 | Date 08/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, VICKIE A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $106,265.38 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIISKA, WILLIAM J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,263.78 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YURACK, TODD J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $106,263.66 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, TIMOTHY S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $106,263.62 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, JOSEPH L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $106,262.13 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CAROLIS, DANIEL T | Employer name Oyster Bay Sewer District | Amount $106,260.97 | Date 10/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAPF, AUDREY | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $106,260.15 | Date 07/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCAREY, JOHN I | Employer name Orange County | Amount $106,258.64 | Date 01/07/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, MONIQUE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $106,258.44 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, DARRYL C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $106,254.63 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAMARCIK, STEPHEN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,254.60 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICATA, MICHAEL F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $106,254.60 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOECKER, CHERYL A | Employer name Amagansett UFSD | Amount $106,252.65 | Date 06/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $106,251.15 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $106,250.16 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FESSHA, MESSAYE T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,250.00 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, AINSLEY R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $106,248.13 | Date 11/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, MIGUEL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $106,244.95 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, DURIEL D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $106,244.71 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMIOTTO, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $106,244.69 | Date 09/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGONE, JOAN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $106,242.84 | Date 10/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, MARCIA R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $106,242.01 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, RAYMOND W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $106,242.01 | Date 04/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, FRANCIS X | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $106,242.01 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, KAREN C | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $106,239.42 | Date 05/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FRANK, JENNIFER K | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $106,238.52 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NICOLA, ROBERT R | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $106,236.53 | Date 06/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHTON, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $106,236.00 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DAVID J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $106,235.90 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVING, JEFFERY E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $106,235.90 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLSTORF, RONALD P | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $106,234.43 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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