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 SCHAAP, PAUL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $102,424.04 | Date 04/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAUR, SATVIR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,423.96 | Date 01/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVEJOY, JOHN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,423.86 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILHAM, RAYMOND S, JR | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $102,423.71 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, DORIAN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,421.76 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINTON, TRACEY W | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,421.70 | Date 12/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, DEBORAH | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $102,418.98 | Date 02/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, DENNIS L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,418.67 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, BRANISLAVA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $102,418.21 | Date 05/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, DOUGLAS T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $102,416.86 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOX, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,415.95 | Date 03/07/1966 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, GARRETT B | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,414.70 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, DEREK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,414.00 | Date 06/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA STELLA, TRACY | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $102,413.96 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWAAG, ROBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,413.70 | Date 04/23/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Great Neck Plaza | Amount $102,413.43 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, JEFFREY N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,412.55 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARZOOMANIAN, LESLIE M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $102,411.99 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDWICK, JEANETTE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $102,411.98 | Date 01/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESPINASSE, DUVENS | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,410.14 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDROYD, JEREMY M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,409.09 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIEBLER, ADAM B | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $102,408.86 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATCHEN, AMANDA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,407.54 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GARR, DANIEL E | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $102,407.16 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, DONNA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $102,406.48 | Date 01/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, KARA L | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $102,404.63 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSADAS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $102,404.48 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, JULIANA D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,403.64 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUNG, SHU-YIN J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $102,403.45 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELB, SOLOMON | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $102,403.24 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENI, THERESA N | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,402.99 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MARY-JO | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $102,402.71 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPELOWICZ, MAURICE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,401.40 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROZZO-PAYNE, MARIA D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,398.74 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESMONDI, JOSEPH V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,398.38 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDRICK, MICHAEL G | Employer name Albany County | Amount $102,398.29 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERITY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $102,397.87 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POIRIER, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,397.46 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDELL, THERESE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $102,396.66 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNA, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,396.31 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARO, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,396.05 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABAR, JORDAN R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $102,396.04 | Date 08/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSRATH, DANIEL E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,395.31 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, DENEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,395.09 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESSER, RICHARD S, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,394.83 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, MARY ELLEN B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,394.19 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILZA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $102,394.16 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOYKHET, MARINA V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $102,393.88 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DEBORAH L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,393.76 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, MICHAEL F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,392.82 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILBUR, KEITH C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $102,391.58 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINATERI, ANGELO T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,391.41 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROA, ROSARIO A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,391.32 | Date 05/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KATHERINE D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $102,389.28 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREER, ROBERT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $102,388.95 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DONALD C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $102,388.55 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CHERYL A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $102,388.38 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLIA, KEVIN J | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $102,387.84 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALLON, JEFFREY S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,387.76 | Date 01/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, SCOTT C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,387.60 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, BRENDAN J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $102,387.40 | Date 01/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JOSE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,387.26 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAWRONSKI, ROBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,386.85 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, STEPHEN E | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $102,386.13 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRANI, RICHARD G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,386.02 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COREN, CHARLES V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,385.82 | Date 07/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZZALARI, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,385.18 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, DAISY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $102,384.96 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACROIX, ALGUILELE | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $102,384.43 | Date 10/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRENG, ROBERT N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,384.12 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, ROBERT P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,382.44 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, GRACE E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $102,381.74 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, ZHICHAO | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $102,381.44 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PAULA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $102,381.24 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, SEAN | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $102,380.91 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JANYCE E. | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $102,380.21 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, LINDA E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,376.56 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, DONALD T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $102,376.56 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRISWOLD, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $102,373.08 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAFELD, ANDREW K | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $102,373.02 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATHAVALE, ULHAS B | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $102,372.83 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSINO, JEFFREY T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $102,372.72 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, JUNE A | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $102,368.21 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $102,367.18 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, WILLIAM C | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $102,367.01 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIERNACKI, JASON | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $102,366.29 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLERY, JAMES F | Employer name No Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $102,365.35 | Date 11/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLERY, JOHN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $102,365.04 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLA, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Macedon | Amount $102,364.29 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BETTMANN, MICHAEL B | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $102,363.60 | Date 11/27/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ODENE, KRISTINA G | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $102,363.05 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNOTTA, GAETANO A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,362.90 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANER, MATTHEW W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $102,361.45 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, EDMUND T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $102,361.37 | Date 06/30/1960 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, KEVIN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,361.35 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGFIELD, JOHN G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,361.31 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOY, ANDREA L | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $102,361.15 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, ROBERT J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $102,359.73 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, CARL | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $102,357.32 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMBROSIO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $102,355.68 | Date 09/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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