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 HESSE, ERIC J | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $101,076.04 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECHENBACH, BONNIE L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $101,075.65 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $101,074.31 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON-MC GILL, HEATHER L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,074.03 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSER, FAITH L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $101,073.96 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPRAS, BRENT A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $101,073.77 | Date 10/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASE, ERIC C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $101,072.82 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEGAR, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $101,072.00 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANGA, KRISTIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,070.16 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES-BROOKS, BRENDA F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,069.84 | Date 03/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELMAN, LAURIE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,069.80 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $101,069.12 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEYMAN, OLGA N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $101,069.02 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JUDDETH J | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $101,068.36 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFANO, CHARLES J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,068.27 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNSER, DAVID M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $101,067.87 | Date 12/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SEAN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,067.42 | Date 07/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIEBLE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,066.68 | Date 11/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELK, PATRICIA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,066.68 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDENBECK, LEE P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,066.68 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCROFT, ROBERT W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,064.50 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $101,064.17 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIELICH, ROBERT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,063.65 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, DAWN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,063.44 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITANA, ANTHONY D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,063.43 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALE, MARTIN G, JR | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $101,063.43 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, DIANE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,063.42 | Date 09/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,063.29 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PYTLIK, DAVID P, JR | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $101,062.31 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, EDWARD W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,062.00 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANNUZZI, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,061.92 | Date 12/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, HUBERT W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,060.52 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, SCOTT M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $101,058.95 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WANDALYN L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $101,058.06 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PASQUA, ROBERT J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $101,057.58 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALGUIRE, BRENT J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $101,057.57 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCH, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,055.98 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MARCA, JOSEPH L | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $101,055.39 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCASTER, WILLIAM S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,055.24 | Date 11/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLOMEI, CHRIS J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $101,054.83 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANAGAN, MAUREEN | Employer name Rocky Point UFSD | Amount $101,054.66 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, EDWARD L | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $101,054.53 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARLIC, EVITA P | Employer name Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib | Amount $101,054.24 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZENTESY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $101,053.59 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSER, THOMAS F | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $101,053.36 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JAMEL N | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $101,052.24 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULHERN, THOMAS | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $101,051.34 | Date 01/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, GRACE ANN | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $101,051.21 | Date 03/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATO, KAREN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $101,051.14 | Date 03/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARAN, ELIZABETH D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,050.75 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $101,050.65 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPERSMITH, CHERYL A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $101,050.31 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTUCCI, CHARLES R | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $101,049.95 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MT.PLEASANT, DAVID M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,047.96 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILEY, HOLLY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,047.93 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICOZZI, GLEN R | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $101,047.75 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, GLORIA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $101,046.97 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $101,045.19 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $101,044.92 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLOP, TINA L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,044.76 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $101,044.08 | Date 01/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, STEPHEN | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $101,043.83 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $101,043.80 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLER, DEAN K | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $101,042.60 | Date 07/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTON, STEPHEN D | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $101,042.37 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, BRIAN C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $101,041.62 | Date 04/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, PATRICK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $101,041.18 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENMANN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $101,040.00 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, QUINCY T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,039.72 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLONSKY, JULIE A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $101,039.13 | Date 11/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, JAMES E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,038.24 | Date 09/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ELLEN C | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,037.64 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGOWSKI, ROBERT A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,036.57 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMARAL, SCOTT M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,036.12 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRATO, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Franklin Square UFSD | Amount $101,033.57 | Date 06/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCHINTESTA, RICHARD S, JR | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $101,033.48 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA RUSCH, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,030.43 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELO, TOMESHA K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $101,029.67 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, RA'QUEL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,028.43 | Date 12/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, PATRICIA R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $101,028.30 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DENISE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,027.81 | Date 08/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPEL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,027.15 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDE, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,025.64 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, MONIQUE B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $101,024.57 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENICOLA, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,024.18 | Date 06/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, CRAIG H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $101,021.85 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, ACHAMMA S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $101,019.47 | Date 08/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DANIEL S | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $101,018.51 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINA, PAUL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,018.06 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, DANIEL D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $101,017.67 | Date 02/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, WILLIAM R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $101,017.54 | Date 09/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, MATHEW D | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $101,016.43 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISDALE, PHILLIP | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,015.23 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEARD, MATTHEW H | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $101,013.29 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAZZI, MAUREEN T | Employer name North Babylon Public Library | Amount $101,013.24 | Date 12/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEH, ATEF | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $101,012.98 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, SABINA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $101,011.36 | Date 09/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, TAD E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $101,011.05 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOULAMANDIS, ANTONIOS | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,010.72 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LAURI J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $101,010.52 | Date 11/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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