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 MADDIGAN, BRANDON R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,566.12 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, ROQUE D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $102,565.71 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, GLEN M | Employer name Carle Place Water District | Amount $102,564.00 | Date 01/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, GARY J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $102,563.50 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULTON, NORA H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $102,562.67 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, DANIEL J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $102,562.57 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIEPIELA, JOSEPH A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,560.95 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDINO, ALBINA F | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $102,558.92 | Date 10/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JOSE A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $102,558.67 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, PATRICK A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,554.96 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVIN, JEREMY J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $102,554.21 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZZARETT, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $102,553.88 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMEL, JUDAH J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $102,553.61 | Date 04/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOHN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,553.00 | Date 02/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOSE, RANDALL V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,552.77 | Date 12/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CAIN, SARA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $102,551.57 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNBLATT, HENNA | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $102,551.08 | Date 09/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MATHEW | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,548.24 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, STACEY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,547.99 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,546.27 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $102,546.20 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $102,545.17 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLEYLE, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $102,544.72 | Date 06/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERLESKY, EUGENE P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,543.85 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDLING, ELLEN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $102,543.74 | Date 01/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, KATHLEEN ANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,543.28 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROS, PATRICIA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,542.79 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, ROBERT | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $102,542.77 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLEN, DEBRA C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $102,542.70 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, THOMAS M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $102,542.44 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLER, ELYSE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,541.44 | Date 11/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJAGOPOLAN, ARUNKUMAR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,541.23 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRY, PATRICK F | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $102,540.67 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, AUDREY V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,540.49 | Date 11/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, SHERI L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,540.49 | Date 04/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRACKEN, COURTNEY L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $102,540.49 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $102,540.49 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANDINO, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,540.49 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCLAY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $102,540.46 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DONALD V | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $102,540.21 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLYPTIS, PATRICIA C | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $102,539.13 | Date 06/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASCIO, CLAIRE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,538.19 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEFCHEK, BRETT | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $102,537.75 | Date 05/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIOLANT, ROSE MARIE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $102,537.22 | Date 06/02/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREMENEK, AMY D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $102,536.76 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARNEY, MICHAEL K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,536.00 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, BRETT T | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $102,532.77 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUMAGALLI, ROBERT V | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $102,532.46 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGART, MARNI | Employer name Erie County | Amount $102,532.24 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELA MARTER, CAROL M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 02/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANIGAN, COLLEEN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSOWSKI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 03/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSARONI, RONALD J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 11/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, COLLEEN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 09/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, FRANCIS T | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTTOLANO, DEBRA L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 03/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSTON, BARRY D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAN, BIN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,526.86 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, JOHN K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $102,526.77 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHAD W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $102,526.56 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINASI, ROBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,525.73 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKETT, JUANITA R | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $102,525.50 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIZANO, ROBERT | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,524.06 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLER, CHERYL L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,523.69 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ERIC | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $102,521.52 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, PAUL M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $102,520.54 | Date 01/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOEHRINGER, KENNETH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,518.78 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLACCHI, KAREN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $102,518.78 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKEL, JOHN O | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,518.78 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,518.78 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONIOU, GEORGE T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,517.91 | Date 02/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GEORGE C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $102,514.15 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,513.49 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALPERIN, VICTOR | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $102,513.31 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, JOSEPH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,513.13 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DAVID A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $102,512.39 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LISA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $102,512.06 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGANO, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $102,512.04 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, ANN IRENE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $102,508.21 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTERLY, JACOB L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $102,507.74 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWHAR, SHANTA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,507.49 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, MONICA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,506.83 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $102,503.15 | Date 01/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, SEAN G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $102,502.26 | Date 12/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHALFEN, LUCIAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,502.09 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBBY, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,501.86 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, GREGORY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,500.44 | Date 03/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, WILLIAM L | Employer name Village of Bath | Amount $102,500.35 | Date 12/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TENNANT, JACK L, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $102,499.89 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGOTT, BRIGID F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,499.47 | Date 01/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLL, JILL | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,499.47 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, JAMES E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,499.37 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRETZ, ALEX C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,498.53 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARO, KARY L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,497.58 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINE, KENNETH U | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,497.04 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, INEZ A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,494.42 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN FROHM, ANN L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,494.42 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVE, KAREN J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,494.34 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTITUYO, ARELIS E | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $102,494.06 | Date 11/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCORSONE, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $102,493.46 | Date 08/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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