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 RICHARDSON, CHARLES J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $101,447.16 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, BRIAN P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $101,446.36 | Date 06/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEHL, JAMES A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,446.12 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEASON, DENNY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,444.79 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIBBINS, KENNETH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $101,444.73 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHMAN, TIMOTHY L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $101,444.10 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALAMONE, KENNETH C, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,442.77 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLER, ELIZABETH | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,442.59 | Date 01/20/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINNOCK, EROL J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,441.62 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, LISA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $101,441.26 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KEVIN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,440.76 | Date 05/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, JASON A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $101,440.48 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLETTI, NANCY A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,440.40 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OZTURK, DOGA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,437.90 | Date 04/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, KATHRYN G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,437.44 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYER, CHERYL A | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $101,436.39 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAQUINTO, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $101,435.84 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, BARBARA C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,435.21 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEITZ, JAMES M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,433.83 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, KATHERINE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $101,433.80 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, ALAN E | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,432.81 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, MEI | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,432.76 | Date 06/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CARIELLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,432.26 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNES, WILLIAM J | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $101,432.07 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, JONATHAN H | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $101,430.94 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARO, PASCAL S, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,430.48 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, PATRICIA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,430.16 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, TIMOTHY P, JR | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $101,429.15 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIESLIK, DAVID B | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $101,428.34 | Date 12/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $101,428.00 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAREIS, PAUL J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $101,427.91 | Date 05/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, CLARENCE W, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $101,427.57 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, MATTHEW P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $101,426.30 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, RONALD T | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $101,426.04 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DENIS A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,425.22 | Date 11/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, CLAIRE E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $101,424.67 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, JOHN | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $101,423.52 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGMAN, SARAH M | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUCHTMAN, DEBRA | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 10/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, JOHN J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 01/09/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, VICTORIA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBANKS, PAUL R | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 06/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONDEN STEINEN, CARL J | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 04/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTSCHALK, BERNICE | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 12/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTER, JANET S | Employer name Rochester Childrens Services | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, GALE R | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULICK, DALE I | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINE, DENISE J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $101,421.58 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOND, TRENT R | Employer name Syracuse Reg Airport Auth | Amount $101,420.54 | Date 02/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABAEI, SAMAN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,420.53 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, QI | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $101,419.50 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, YOUNG SOOK | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $101,419.35 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINOSA, CATHERINE M | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $101,417.85 | Date 11/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMBER, RALPH F | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,416.12 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOMENI, KEITH M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $101,414.22 | Date 12/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINS, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $101,412.64 | Date 08/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,411.08 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EXNER, JOHN F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $101,410.80 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JAMES, JR | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $101,410.17 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTAYIL, JEENO J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,410.01 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DEWAYNE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,409.09 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOE, SANDRA S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,407.86 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAD, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $101,406.95 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, LYNN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,406.01 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, RANDAL L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $101,404.94 | Date 04/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CHERYL T | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $101,403.73 | Date 10/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTAL, ANGELA M | Employer name Center Moriches Public Library | Amount $101,403.16 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILUGGO, JAMES A | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $101,402.54 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, RHONDA R | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $101,401.82 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $101,401.76 | Date 02/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSE, PETER W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $101,400.85 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, HABBY N, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $101,399.56 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGES, KELLY R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $101,399.12 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBEK, ROSA MARIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,399.06 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, SHELBY F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,397.92 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUFTI, MUHAMMAD ALI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,397.66 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOREDAN, KAREN J | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $101,397.60 | Date 09/02/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAUL, FLORA A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $101,397.10 | Date 12/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCIOLA, JOHN J | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $101,396.45 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETTENBAUGH, CARL A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,395.51 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, LINDA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $101,395.06 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDOIN, CYNTHIA H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,394.82 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROBATTISTA, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $101,394.35 | Date 01/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMANN, LYNN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,393.93 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, SANDRA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $101,392.19 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUNGART, GREGORY H | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $101,392.03 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $101,391.42 | Date 03/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, COLLEEN C | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $101,387.52 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, DONALD J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $101,386.35 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUILL, SHANE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $101,385.62 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, THOMAS R | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $101,385.28 | Date 04/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARGALIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,385.07 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELGRAVE, VONLYN | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $101,384.94 | Date 12/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GIORGIO, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,384.29 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZMAN, SARAH C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,383.96 | Date 04/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGLES, CATHARINE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,383.96 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, PATRICIA M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $101,383.10 | Date 02/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ANGELO A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $101,382.61 | Date 07/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALTON, SIMONE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $101,381.32 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JUDITH M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $101,379.98 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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