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 VARGAS, FRANK J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,179.50 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, VALDA M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $102,179.28 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBIANI, JAMES T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,179.24 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WONG, MARIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,179.17 | Date 01/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHI, WENHUA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,177.30 | Date 01/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARQUINO, ELIAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,176.48 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELLE, ROBERT A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $102,176.29 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBITSKI, MARK A | Employer name Greene CSD | Amount $102,175.56 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ANTHONY J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $102,175.28 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONG, ZHENG YU | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $102,174.50 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTER, NICOLE S | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $102,173.76 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, GARTH W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,173.66 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCGIBONEY, CHERYL A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $102,173.11 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAK, JAMES E | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $102,172.99 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLO, DONALD | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,172.89 | Date 05/18/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINICHINO, MARIE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $102,172.89 | Date 07/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLIS, GEORGE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,172.76 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, THOMAS M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $102,171.94 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONELL, BENJAMIN P, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,171.63 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINI, STELLA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,171.02 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CAREN J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,168.84 | Date 08/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINOJ, NISHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $102,168.43 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITZER, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $102,167.26 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $102,166.89 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARDONE, FRANK J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $102,166.35 | Date 09/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONGE-COONS, KATHERINE G | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $102,165.48 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARALAK, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,164.66 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,164.23 | Date 05/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUESSIG, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,163.97 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOW, MARTIN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,162.93 | Date 12/11/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, PAUL M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,161.20 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, CATHERINE C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $102,160.50 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRACCO, LYNN M | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $102,159.21 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, DESH L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,158.93 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, AMALA R | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $102,158.71 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ANNE E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $102,158.49 | Date 10/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, LUCY T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,158.46 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETER, KALIMAH R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,158.16 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULOWSKI, SYLVIA S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,158.16 | Date 05/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIAS, MARILYN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $102,158.16 | Date 09/06/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ANDREW S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,157.62 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, SUZANNE I | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $102,156.68 | Date 08/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $102,155.45 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMIRATO, MICHAEL | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $102,154.86 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, DENISE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,154.00 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,153.65 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCALE, JUSTIN J | Employer name Town of Marlborough | Amount $102,152.76 | Date 05/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, RICHARD H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $102,150.62 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEROKA, BOGDAN | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $102,150.19 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLON, DONNA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $102,149.76 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, HEBERT | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $102,149.06 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLBAUGH, MICHAEL S | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $102,146.15 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADGETT, RICHARD J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $102,146.13 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENITUCCI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $102,143.28 | Date 04/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASCO, NEIL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,140.81 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSSAIN, MOHAMMED A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,140.77 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINHAUS, MATTHEW W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $102,139.19 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINNICKSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,139.00 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ELVIN L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $102,138.54 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAS, ROGER | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $102,138.03 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLAND, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $102,137.72 | Date 08/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURDYLA, LISA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,137.11 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,137.09 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREY, BRIDGET N | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $102,136.58 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECOCK, SCOTT J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,136.22 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DENISE L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $102,134.34 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETTING, RAMONA A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $102,133.80 | Date 10/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAIANI, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,133.17 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAY, KEVIN F | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $102,132.45 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JACOB S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,132.36 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGARD, DAVID A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $102,132.12 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JAMES N | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $102,130.42 | Date 06/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMAN, BETH C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $102,129.73 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGOREK, ELKY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,128.41 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MADALINE O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,128.00 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, DENISE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,128.00 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNINO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,127.57 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAN, NANCY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $102,126.88 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYBYLOWSKA, MARZENA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $102,126.20 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RODNEY B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,126.17 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JOHN F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $102,126.01 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMA, JOHN C | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $102,125.52 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOCUM, EVERETTE L | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $102,124.40 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, ANN-MARIE | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $102,123.80 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, THOMAS J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $102,123.20 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, EDWARD W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $102,122.80 | Date 11/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANELLONE, STEVEN | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $102,120.72 | Date 10/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIKAS, CHRIS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,120.60 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $102,120.25 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVKIN, ALEXANDER | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $102,120.08 | Date 01/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, LISA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $102,118.90 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, VICTOR M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $102,118.69 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTZ, JOHNNY L | Employer name Village of Harriman | Amount $102,117.85 | Date 08/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAFONTAINE, APRIL J | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $102,116.74 | Date 08/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITRIOL, MOSES | Employer name Village of Kiryas Joel | Amount $102,115.70 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $102,115.60 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, GEORGE A, JR | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $102,112.78 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, VALERIE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $102,110.06 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCIANTE, BARBARA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $102,109.80 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISOGNANO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $102,109.64 | Date 06/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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