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 LAMOND, KATHRYN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $102,017.00 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOELSCHER, DONALD G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $102,016.72 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSCHANTRE, LORI-ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $102,015.49 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTRY, CALVIN | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $102,014.40 | Date 06/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILEMOND, LUDENA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $102,013.23 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOE, CHAN | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $102,012.92 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERSTRAM, RICHARD C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $102,012.42 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEER, MARY L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $102,010.90 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, BRIAN D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $102,010.90 | Date 08/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THREATS, ANGELO | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $102,010.79 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, RICKY L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $102,010.10 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROW, MARK R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $102,010.01 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, SANDRA | Employer name Lowville CSD | Amount $102,008.85 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, GERARDO | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $102,008.39 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, FRANK, JR | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $102,007.70 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, STEPHEN K | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $102,007.64 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBBLAH, EVELYN A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $102,007.30 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOONOVER, COREY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $102,006.90 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, RUSSELL W | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $102,002.56 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, PATRICK F | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $102,002.54 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, KEITH D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $102,002.00 | Date 10/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEW, JAMES B | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $102,000.48 | Date 03/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORONI, PAOLO | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,000.12 | Date 05/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERELL, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,000.00 | Date 04/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, ALICE M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $101,998.90 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMUNDS, LYNN S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,998.52 | Date 07/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGAR, MARK C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,998.52 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUBRE, JUDY D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,998.52 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGENBAUER, KAREN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,998.52 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $101,997.32 | Date 07/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, TISHURA G | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $101,997.12 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, STEVE M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $101,997.12 | Date 11/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMINO, MARI E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,996.61 | Date 09/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVEAU, MARY | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,996.30 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK-CABBELL, PATRICIA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $101,995.94 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, ANDREW C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,995.77 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEARY, SUSAN D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,995.66 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, SHARON E | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $101,995.66 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT-WACEY, DAWN A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $101,995.66 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, ROBERT J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,995.66 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIEU, RICHARD T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,995.66 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDIN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $101,995.57 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPELLMAN, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $101,995.34 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRICHINI, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,995.10 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUTHILL, JONATHAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,994.50 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULKLEY, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,994.16 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOLD, RACHEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,992.73 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, AMANDA G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,992.73 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MERLYN E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $101,992.58 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $101,991.24 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITELLI, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,991.04 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MARTIN O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,990.60 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALABANICK, MARY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,989.33 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEUNG, VALIANT Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,989.24 | Date 10/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,988.71 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONCOEUR, OSWALD | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $101,988.60 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, PAUL M | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $101,988.38 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDES, DAN A | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $101,988.24 | Date 02/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKINS, BENJAMIN X | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,987.64 | Date 02/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAPERE-TY, CORAZON | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $101,986.56 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVOLA, THERESA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,985.85 | Date 11/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAIN, LENORA A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $101,984.27 | Date 06/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,983.70 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIESINGER, THOMAS W | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,983.29 | Date 12/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYHEW, MARK S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,983.29 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROETH, JACQUES | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,983.29 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAINAUSKAS, PAUL M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,983.29 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENON, KETTLY M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $101,983.27 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGY, JULIUS I | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $101,983.10 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, KEVIN L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,982.85 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,982.85 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, LEE W | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,982.41 | Date 01/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDRICK, GREGORY A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $101,982.41 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, VALENCIA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $101,981.40 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITWIESER, ERIC J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,980.17 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUTTERMAN, DEBRA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,979.80 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $101,979.73 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEFFREY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,978.54 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PADGETT, SASKIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,978.44 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, HERBERT W | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $101,978.16 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, DARIN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,977.72 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $101,976.87 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEMMER, BRIAN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,976.77 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARSZMIL, NEIL R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $101,976.17 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEARNARD, ELAINE | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $101,975.28 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NATHANIEL C | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $101,974.68 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $101,974.37 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARK A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $101,973.68 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, JOSEPH D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,973.19 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT-WILSON, JEANETTE M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $101,972.18 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHR, VITO VICTOR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $101,971.67 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, ROCCO J | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $101,971.67 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIS, JOHN | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,970.95 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSSO, JOHN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,970.44 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWENSKI, EDWARD J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $101,969.40 | Date 05/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYRIAC, IGNATIUS | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $101,967.54 | Date 07/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REGAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,967.08 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHA, TERESA J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,967.06 | Date 12/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, TONY A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $101,966.95 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, PATRICK W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,966.40 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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