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 PATEL, UMANG R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,762.80 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBARINO, JOHN | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $101,762.54 | Date 05/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUNK, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $101,761.06 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, RONALD B | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $101,761.04 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUNIGA, ESEQUIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,761.00 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, JOHN B, JR | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,760.02 | Date 02/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $101,758.58 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PADRAIC K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,757.67 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RASO, FRANK, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,757.05 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, PAUL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,756.56 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDENBRANDT, GARY P | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $101,755.63 | Date 11/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRIS, JOSEPH L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $101,755.63 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMANZO, JOHN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $101,755.46 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, JOSE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,752.19 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPREITZER, CARIN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,751.78 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARONE, DOMINIC A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,750.57 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARALLO-SOUZA, JEANNINE M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $101,750.16 | Date 05/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, VICKI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,748.66 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRENTZ, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $101,748.46 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MICHELE M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $101,747.80 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPICELLO, BENJAMIN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,747.78 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RORICK, WILLIAM J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $101,747.17 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, HERBERT F | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $101,746.83 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, JESSIE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,746.22 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERR, STEVEN B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $101,746.10 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKBERG, GLORI A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,746.06 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, THOMAS P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,745.86 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGG, RUSSELL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $101,745.48 | Date 05/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSORIO, MINERVA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,743.68 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, JOSHUA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,742.73 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENENO, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $101,742.48 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ANTHONY | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $101,742.35 | Date 05/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, JOHN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,740.05 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARICH, PETER J | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $101,740.00 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUEZ, LUIS A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,739.08 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, TENIKA D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $101,737.87 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUVANE, BREDA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $101,737.70 | Date 09/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDULLA, ROB J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,736.67 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, NICOLE A | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $101,734.01 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUMAN, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $101,731.78 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,731.45 | Date 05/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, KATHLEEN | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $101,731.41 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUEL, THOMAS E | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $101,727.62 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILAAD, HEATHER | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,727.20 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNDY, ROBERT F | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $101,726.33 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCH, MOLLY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,726.26 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEATHERSTONE, WENDY A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $101,725.38 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDER, ANDREW | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $101,724.74 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $101,723.94 | Date 09/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, GUSTAVO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,723.25 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, VINCENT A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $101,722.85 | Date 06/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRALEY, JEFFERY R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $101,722.71 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADAM J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $101,722.53 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOESSLE, JEFFRY D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $101,722.37 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $101,719.29 | Date 03/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GADSON, KELVIN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,718.73 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVIN, GINA C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,716.71 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKES, GERARD F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $101,715.66 | Date 08/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRINGTON, ALLEN W, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,715.60 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSPEED, MARK M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,713.94 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERUBE, JOHN P | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $101,713.57 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOSEPH G, JR | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $101,712.48 | Date 03/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $101,712.33 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JERRY R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $101,712.12 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKULUK, BARBARA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,712.00 | Date 07/12/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ALMEIDA, HERNANE N | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $101,711.52 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOT, KAREN A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $101,711.18 | Date 12/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARSIA, PASQUALE F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,710.93 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABADI, ONS M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,710.65 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMICK, SANDRA A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $101,708.06 | Date 03/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,707.68 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLANCY, ANN MARIE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,706.80 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLAHAN, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $101,706.52 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, MARY J | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $101,704.59 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELINGER, MARINA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $101,704.37 | Date 08/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADL, WAYNE R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $101,701.95 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, IVAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,701.69 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERRATO, LUCIO | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $101,700.80 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JEFFREY S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $101,698.77 | Date 09/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $101,697.29 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORE GARD, KAREN C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,697.11 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOPELLITI, ANTHONY G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $101,696.67 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, RONALD E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $101,696.37 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINGER, RICHARD A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,695.93 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTSPREE, HOLLY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,694.75 | Date 08/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DLUGOKENSKI, FRANK H | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $101,694.74 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $101,694.19 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURROWS, TISHA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,694.00 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPISSO, LAWRENCE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,694.00 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEREMY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,693.90 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, JOHN W | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $101,692.64 | Date 03/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDELL, JOANNE B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,691.20 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLUSKEY, FRANCIS S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,691.20 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALERICO, JOHN | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $101,689.80 | Date 03/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, AUSTIN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,688.30 | Date 08/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISUNKA, MWISA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,687.32 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTS, MARK D, MR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $101,684.43 | Date 10/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, RACHEL L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,683.99 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $101,683.40 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSBURY, PETER R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,682.46 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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