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 PETROSKI, JUDITH A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,273.60 | Date 02/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, STUART A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,272.54 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, BRYAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,271.35 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON BROOK, JESSICA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,271.10 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, RICKY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,270.67 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAURELLI, FERDINAND | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,270.17 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, DOUGLAS B | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $102,269.47 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, SCOTT L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,269.01 | Date 02/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, JUSTIN E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $102,267.89 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TREY J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $102,266.85 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERBEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $102,265.05 | Date 01/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, LYDIA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,265.03 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $102,264.98 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURDT, NICOLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,264.43 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, PAUL R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,262.76 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOFANO, ASPASIA S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,262.75 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMORIM, MARIA A | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $102,261.59 | Date 09/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OBIJISKI, REGIS M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $102,260.51 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACHTEN, STACEY J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $102,256.16 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPPIN, PAULETTE D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,255.40 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, EDITH J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,255.40 | Date 03/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGOLI, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,254.42 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, BRANDI M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,253.56 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, MARYANN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $102,250.25 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCCIOLO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,248.91 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNATO, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $102,248.05 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESSWELL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,246.86 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, YOLETTE E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,246.07 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHENA, JORGE L | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $102,245.50 | Date 03/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAM, HERMAN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,244.30 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAU, JOCELYN | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $102,241.32 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEDY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $102,240.33 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADOWSKI, CHRISTIAN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,239.46 | Date 10/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DARRELL | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,239.22 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJUNU, KAKA A | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $102,237.87 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAUSO, LEONARD R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,237.86 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLTAN, ROBERT S | Employer name Hudson & Black Riv Reg Dist | Amount $102,237.49 | Date 05/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, DEBORAH | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,234.56 | Date 01/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFIERO, PATRICIA A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,233.94 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $102,233.18 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-JACOBS, CAROL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,233.07 | Date 04/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, NICHOLAS | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $102,232.20 | Date 10/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMAKA, STANLEY W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,232.00 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWAY, LARRY | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $102,231.25 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRUILL, SHAKEA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,230.91 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, RAYMOND J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $102,230.73 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCO, MARTIN N, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,229.48 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, MARY BETH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,228.90 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALICZEWSKI, JANET M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $102,228.01 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEUDY, HURLINE C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,227.44 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNAO, ANA C | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $102,227.06 | Date 03/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTHE, STEVEN W | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $102,224.78 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLLET, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,224.29 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,224.14 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANOPOULOS, JAMES | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $102,223.83 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GIL, RANA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,223.39 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PETER R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,221.08 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, JAMES P | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $102,220.49 | Date 02/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALLORAN, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $102,219.68 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARFIELD, JACK L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,218.67 | Date 01/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, DONNA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $102,218.22 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, GEORGE F | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $102,215.34 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANS, MURRAY | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,214.32 | Date 02/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORETTE, LEON J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $102,213.14 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $102,212.62 | Date 01/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHINNICK, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,211.47 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, ANDRENE V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $102,211.45 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAURISANO, PHILIP A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $102,209.71 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALARCO, ROBERT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,209.67 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINO, ANDREA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,207.92 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZZARETT, JODY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $102,207.87 | Date 10/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOXEY, DANIEL L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $102,207.46 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $102,205.05 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, RICHARD W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $102,204.50 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, NORMAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,204.00 | Date 06/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, MOLLY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,199.95 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, MICHAEL | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,199.24 | Date 03/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAIGLER, MINNIE L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $102,199.04 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO GALBO, MATTHEW J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $102,198.00 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNDERS, ERIK J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $102,196.62 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SEAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,195.11 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARRIA, DIANA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,192.98 | Date 03/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $102,192.26 | Date 04/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTERELLA, BARRY | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $102,191.65 | Date 02/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Upper Hudson Library System | Amount $102,191.28 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOETH, THEA | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $102,190.40 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNONE, JOHN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,190.40 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLAN, FREDDY | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,188.51 | Date 01/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, MARIE SANDRA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $102,187.58 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ-FRANKLIN, JEANNETTE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,187.09 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANZEY, TERRANCE L | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $102,185.79 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUARNER, GERARD D | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,185.40 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDOLINA, ALEXANDER V, III | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $102,183.85 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, DONALD E, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $102,183.72 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINIZ, KIMBERLEY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $102,183.03 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BADGER, STANLEY M, II | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $102,181.62 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKODEN, JOHN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,181.44 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLOWACH, BRIAN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,181.24 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELENDER, WALTER | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $102,180.53 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIL, JAMES H | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $102,179.59 | Date 06/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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