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 WRIGHT, ALPHONSO | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $104,713.56 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, STEPHEN D | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $104,713.55 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, LEE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $104,713.33 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINAY, EDWARD J, JR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $104,713.02 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDIGER, SHAUN B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $104,712.54 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, JENNIFER A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $104,711.32 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLING, DONNA M | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $104,710.59 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGGANE, ROBERT P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $104,710.54 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $104,710.28 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, ROBERT S | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $104,709.88 | Date 06/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, CURRAN F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $104,709.03 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RODNEY | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $104,709.03 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDARIO, JOHN R | Employer name Department of State | Amount $104,706.75 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONENBERG, BERNARD H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $104,706.16 | Date 02/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGENDORF-MOYSE, SILVIA E | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $104,705.52 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, ELIZABETH M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,704.97 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ANN MARIE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $104,704.48 | Date 07/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCIPE, RICHARD P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $104,703.73 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OREJUELA, BRENDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $104,699.99 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, BRENT A | Employer name Village of Cayuga Heights | Amount $104,699.94 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOL, RUSS J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $104,695.91 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESWICK, DANIEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $104,693.90 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, CORINNE M | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $104,691.71 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, RENEE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $104,691.18 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MANUEL, JR | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $104,689.67 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRINKS-BRUDER, SANJA R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $104,689.14 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODRUFF, ASHLEY E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $104,688.97 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, BRIAN D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $104,688.85 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKELIC, VANJA M | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $104,688.60 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $104,687.70 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILL, TYRELL | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $104,686.87 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRISCOE, SUSAN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $104,685.05 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNICKI, MARIE G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,684.55 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGELI, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,681.88 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOBIS, JAMES S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $104,681.11 | Date 03/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, PAUL R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $104,680.99 | Date 06/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANY, JOHN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $104,680.66 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, DIANE L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $104,679.32 | Date 08/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLERT, AMANDA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $104,678.66 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULLODA, LINA Y | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $104,678.36 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENTICE, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $104,676.99 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOFFARDI, JAMES B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,676.00 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARMA, SAM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,676.00 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASAN, RAJARAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,676.00 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERENS, KAREN B | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $104,675.33 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, AMY | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $104,673.36 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRULLO, ERIC | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $104,673.23 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSLEE, FRANCES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $104,673.07 | Date 04/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, LEWIS H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $104,672.66 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTRON, MARITZA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $104,672.19 | Date 01/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, DANIEL G | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $104,672.07 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODIO, DAVID V | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $104,670.87 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNING, VANESSA P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $104,670.48 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRTCH, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $104,670.09 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AQUINO, NELSON | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $104,669.38 | Date 10/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOKEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $104,669.08 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPPERMAN, JAMES M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $104,668.51 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, LISA FEDERIO | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $104,668.22 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, MARK J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $104,667.72 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITRE, TAMI H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $104,666.12 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JUDE M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $104,664.42 | Date 05/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENERI, FRED P | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $104,663.10 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, KATHERINE Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $104,661.53 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, BARRY M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $104,661.11 | Date 08/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAS, GUERLINE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $104,660.86 | Date 08/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $104,660.14 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALDIVAR, CHARLENE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $104,657.26 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $104,656.72 | Date 03/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAIT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $104,655.75 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWOOD, DANIEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $104,654.47 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRA, EDWARD A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $104,654.41 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ALMIRA T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $104,653.77 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, JOHANNES | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $104,652.13 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUETHER, JOANNE B | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $104,651.51 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, MARY F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $104,651.09 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, LAURA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,650.00 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, IRENE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,650.00 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPIRITU, CARMELO G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $104,649.68 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, GEOFFREY L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $104,646.88 | Date 06/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JASON M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $104,646.35 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANETTA, BENJAMIN | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $104,646.13 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, KATHERINE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $104,645.79 | Date 09/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZA, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $104,643.67 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALTERS, SAMUEL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $104,640.36 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VICTORIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $104,640.23 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZECHOWIAK, RICHARD F | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $104,639.70 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAE, JOHN C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $104,638.31 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGANELLI, AGNES | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $104,638.08 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMADO, ISABEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $104,632.00 | Date 07/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARNISFEGER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $104,631.20 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, JOHN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $104,630.81 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DARREN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $104,630.67 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIDERS, JONATHAN C | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $104,630.07 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, AMALA V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $104,629.93 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELOSKY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $104,628.88 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, BRADLEY J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $104,625.83 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, JESUS M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $104,624.43 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, KERI L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $104,623.70 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KADUVETTOOR, ANNAMMA ABRAHAM | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $104,623.67 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, ROBERT M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $104,620.54 | Date 03/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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