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 RUBI, JEPTHE L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $103,581.16 | Date 04/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONNAPALLI, CLARENCE S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $103,580.35 | Date 08/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, DAVID A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,579.66 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOROSKI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $103,579.52 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $103,579.18 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $103,579.12 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMOND, LORI A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $103,579.10 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, YOLANDA N | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $103,578.33 | Date 02/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, RAYMOND L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $103,578.23 | Date 09/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOY, MERCY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $103,577.64 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, RONALD V | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $103,577.48 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, JANINE R WOOD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $103,575.33 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRIGAN, JEFFREY M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $103,574.88 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSION, JAMES | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $103,573.90 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, KEITH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,573.64 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDEL, JASON P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $103,572.17 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, YING | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $103,571.57 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLTOWSKY, JEFFREY H | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $103,570.82 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCKOWIAK, DAVID T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $103,570.05 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIES TAGGART, JENNIFER | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $103,569.74 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, GEORGE P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $103,567.96 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, DEIRDRE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $103,567.28 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, SUZANNE M | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $103,567.23 | Date 11/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, THERESA J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $103,565.37 | Date 10/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURCHER, MARY BETH | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $103,565.23 | Date 12/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $103,564.09 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTERE, CAROLE A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $103,563.33 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEILL, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $103,563.04 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, EDWIN | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $103,562.61 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LA KENYA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,562.34 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $103,562.09 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANTHOLZNER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $103,561.93 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, SHANNON M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $103,561.18 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, BRANDON R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,560.33 | Date 05/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DIANA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $103,560.06 | Date 10/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, SANDY N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $103,559.73 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODEFELD, MELISSA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $103,559.73 | Date 04/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYTON, JUANITA S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $103,558.07 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANELLA, JAMES | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $103,557.45 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, JAY A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $103,555.99 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, SHAWN L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $103,555.70 | Date 07/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIPPER, VICKY J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $103,555.57 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, LEONARD W | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $103,554.25 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCARDO, LESLIE A | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $103,553.83 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANSOM, WILLIAM A, III | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $103,553.75 | Date 08/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENKIN, DANIEL | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $103,553.49 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVATORE, VICKI LYNN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $103,552.71 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILLEY, JOHN V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $103,552.17 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROSLAWSKI, JAMES K | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $103,552.09 | Date 04/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE QUATRO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $103,551.86 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MARGARITA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $103,551.44 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, THOMAS C | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $103,550.99 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, ROBERT S, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $103,548.11 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HODA, PETER M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $103,546.42 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $103,545.94 | Date 05/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMINGHAM, PATRICK P | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $103,544.82 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $103,544.70 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWARD, YAJAIRA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $103,544.52 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, DAVID E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $103,542.89 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIAPPA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $103,542.63 | Date 08/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINIERI, ANTHONY V | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $103,542.43 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBMAN, DMITRY | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $103,539.44 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, JAYA L | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $103,539.02 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENWICK, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $103,539.02 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIMHALL, CARIANNE | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $103,539.02 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CLAUDIA JEAN | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $103,539.02 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUHAJ, AMY E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $103,538.89 | Date 10/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HY, JAMES A | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $103,538.49 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALERYCH-JANUS, BEATA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $103,537.38 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, SCOTT M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $103,537.28 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HU, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $103,534.86 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINOLA, PAUL J | Employer name Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Amount $103,534.40 | Date 04/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, DANIEL C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $103,534.23 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $103,533.82 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKAWIK, DENNIS P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $103,533.77 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $103,533.22 | Date 12/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, RICHARD | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $103,532.68 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, PAUL F | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $103,532.22 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIMAIS-TENEMILLE, PATRICIA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $103,532.07 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, DAVID J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $103,530.63 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, LORRI B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $103,530.61 | Date 12/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLINGER, BUD C, III | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $103,530.23 | Date 09/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYGERT, KAREN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $103,530.02 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINTORI-WELLS, LEANNE R | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $103,529.31 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, KENNETH W | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $103,529.07 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $103,529.03 | Date 02/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, PATRICK | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $103,528.15 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERL, KEITH S | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $103,528.01 | Date 08/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $103,525.82 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENAN, GERALD J, III | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $103,525.16 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMISON, CHARLES A, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $103,524.81 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PATRICK M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $103,523.07 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, ORRELYN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $103,522.28 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KEVIN J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,522.23 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELOS REYES, JOVITA B | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $103,521.71 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, ROBERT C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $103,521.61 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTHILL, DEAN E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $103,520.95 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, DAVID | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $103,520.66 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, VALLON O | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $103,519.78 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ELLEN F | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $103,519.54 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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