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 CORWIN, JAMES A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $105,635.19 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSER, PAUL B | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $105,634.24 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARK E | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $105,633.93 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, LAURIE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,633.93 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, GARY N | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $105,633.74 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, DIANE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,633.44 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLERMAN, BARBARA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $105,631.34 | Date 08/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTIEN, JAMES P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,631.17 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA SALA, CAROL L | Employer name Gouverneur CSD | Amount $105,629.24 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINGERTON, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $105,628.04 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOSKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $105,619.90 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREHAN, KRISTINA T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $105,618.52 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEDER, WENDY H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $105,617.72 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,617.26 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDALL, BRADFORD H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,617.20 | Date 12/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYLINSKY, GARY J, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $105,615.86 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTOLANO, DAVID C | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $105,615.75 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEXIS-PHILIPPE, MARYLINE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $105,615.44 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, MARK R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $105,615.44 | Date 01/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, LAURENCE S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $105,615.44 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CHARLES H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $105,615.11 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAWRONSKI, COLIN | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $105,614.79 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARK E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $105,614.75 | Date 07/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTER, JAMES V | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,613.44 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, WILLIAM P, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $105,612.11 | Date 10/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACH, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,612.00 | Date 11/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, RICHARD E | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $105,611.51 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAGBE, THERESA Q | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $105,611.29 | Date 02/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, PATRICIA A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $105,611.00 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDON, PATRICIA E | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $105,609.95 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCANSON, RAYMOND A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $105,609.88 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, BARBARA J S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $105,607.37 | Date 01/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, PETER M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $105,606.80 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEMETH, CARA E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,606.71 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLLER, KENNETH C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,604.99 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, MARTHA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $105,604.60 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, KEVIN W | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $105,602.33 | Date 08/27/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSANE, MARIANNE | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $105,601.58 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENT, ALTHEA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,600.74 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PASQUALE, JAMES P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $105,600.17 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ANDY L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $105,599.85 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $105,599.55 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMARE, CATHY A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $105,599.20 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDYCE-HAMMOND, LAVERN E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $105,596.71 | Date 10/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZUTO, TIMOTHY | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $105,595.30 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, JOHN F | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $105,593.83 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMITA, SANDRA A | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $105,593.81 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ALLISON E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $105,592.82 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROJANOWSKI, EUGENIUSZ | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $105,591.95 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENT, ALEXANDER | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $105,591.87 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $105,591.13 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, FRANCISCO | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $105,590.84 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, BARBARA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $105,589.39 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $105,589.28 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, WARREN C | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $105,589.19 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELFAND, BORIS L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $105,586.78 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFOND, PAUL J, JR | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $105,586.66 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHESH, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,586.00 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCCIA, DERRICK W | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $105,584.71 | Date 01/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LASLO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $105,583.77 | Date 12/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAWLEY, MARY K | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $105,582.88 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, CANDACE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $105,582.88 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERATORE, JAMES A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $105,582.47 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRURY, NOEL F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,580.39 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, KAREN P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $105,579.68 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROCCHIO, LISA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $105,578.52 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORETZ, JOSEPH F | Employer name Vestal CSD | Amount $105,576.40 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, ELIZABETH D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $105,575.98 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMLAGE, WILLIAM B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $105,575.08 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUDLA, RON G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $105,573.26 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, PATRICK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $105,572.98 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGAZINNIK, TATYANA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $105,568.64 | Date 08/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENHARD, LAURA B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,568.00 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MABEE, ERNEST D, III | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $105,567.38 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRASHAD, CHERIE L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,566.60 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANDELARIO, JOSE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $105,566.43 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,564.75 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARACHE-BRITO, CYNTHIA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANNER-LUNDY, SHERYL A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIMBACH, DEBRA S | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 12/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBMAN, SUSAN A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHELLE A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRELL, SCOTT C | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $105,564.20 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUDDEBACK, THOMAS A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $105,564.17 | Date 06/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, DANIEL M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $105,564.08 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, ADAM L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,563.16 | Date 06/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAWLEY, JAMES K | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $105,562.43 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABARGE, SCOTT H | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $105,562.10 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINSEEL, JOHN G | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $105,559.92 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $105,559.88 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUCCHI, EDMUND J, III | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $105,558.94 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHES, BENJAMIN | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $105,558.89 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, EDWIN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $105,557.40 | Date 11/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORCZYNSKI, THOMAS S, II | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $105,556.77 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHT, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $105,554.25 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORREGO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,553.50 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, LAMAR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $105,553.50 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEWARD, SUNDAN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $105,552.29 | Date 10/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SHERRY L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $105,551.94 | Date 05/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSHIT, M YVONNE | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $105,551.64 | Date 07/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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