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 EINHIPLE, THOMAS E, SR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $100,066.02 | Date 03/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOLLEN, JAMES L | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $100,066.00 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, GEORGE S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $100,065.86 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, BURT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,064.90 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEOUGH, PATRICK B | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $100,063.62 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GADOMSKI, EDWARD F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $100,063.60 | Date 12/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAINE, MARCELLE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $100,063.44 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALBERT, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,062.82 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DADDONA, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $100,062.62 | Date 07/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGNONE, JOHN, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $100,062.39 | Date 01/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSER, KENNETH L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $100,062.38 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGER, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $100,062.23 | Date 11/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUHLMAN, DANIEL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $100,061.78 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISTIANO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $100,061.44 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHBERG, BARBARA | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $100,061.00 | Date 08/22/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUROSKI, JOHN C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $100,060.76 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURO, CAROL E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $100,059.96 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADAR, TINA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $100,059.44 | Date 05/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINBERG, BRUCE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,058.75 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, VINCENT J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $100,058.45 | Date 12/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, KEVIN R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $100,056.58 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, JANET L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $100,056.58 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, DEBORAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $100,056.08 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, NELLIE L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $100,055.29 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZOLLINI, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,054.90 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTMAN, ROBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,054.87 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANS, PETER A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $100,053.93 | Date 06/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, FRANK A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $100,052.66 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTERSEN, DENNIS P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $100,051.07 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEERE, STEPHEN J | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $100,050.03 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIELBERGER, JOHN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $100,050.03 | Date 05/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIETZ, DANIEL E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $100,049.74 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKEREIT, MARGARET A | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $100,048.74 | Date 08/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENARDO, FREDERICK G | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $100,048.15 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZMEU, BOGDAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,048.00 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARD, BRETT D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $100,047.76 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, MERCEDES E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $100,047.51 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, PAMELA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $100,047.48 | Date 09/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRCO, JOSEPH L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,047.29 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITZ, GERALDINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,046.09 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NICHOL, JOAN E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $100,045.91 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JUDY E | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $100,045.78 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDO, JAMES A | Employer name Elmira Housing Authority | Amount $100,045.58 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, ABRE G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,045.02 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, CHRISTIANA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $100,044.84 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATMAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $100,044.62 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLANEY, DENNIS J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $100,044.31 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TASSONE, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $100,044.19 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $100,044.04 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABO, STACEY L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $100,043.40 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTI, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,043.25 | Date 02/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI RIENZO, DOMENICK R | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $100,041.26 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURRITT, LUCAS C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $100,040.38 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, TRACY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,040.11 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROEHLICH, JASON S | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $100,039.66 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $100,039.58 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILES, LAURA E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $100,038.37 | Date 06/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGGE, ANN E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $100,037.61 | Date 10/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $100,033.03 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $100,032.66 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, CAROLE A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $100,032.66 | Date 02/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELC, JOHN L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $100,032.20 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, CURTIS A | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $100,031.70 | Date 10/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOZE, SONNY S | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $100,029.80 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JOHN D | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $100,027.47 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CAROLYN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $100,024.99 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVINO, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,024.58 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVO, ARESTIDES | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $100,024.29 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRAR, STACEY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $100,023.22 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $100,022.78 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISRANI, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,022.00 | Date 12/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, MANISHKUMAR C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,022.00 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, SHLOMO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,022.00 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMMLER, JOHN E | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $100,021.68 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANCUSO, ANTHONY | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $100,021.67 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $100,021.66 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEI, MICHAEL V | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $100,021.26 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRASSI, JOHN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,020.71 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONANT, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $100,020.38 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESCI, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $100,020.10 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMMANUEL, KOCHUTHRESIA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $100,019.56 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBOWSKI, ROBERT, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,018.03 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZURKIEWICZ, PETER V | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $100,017.73 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MATTHEW M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $100,017.07 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZANSKI, FRANK J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $100,016.93 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALE, JAMES | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $100,016.10 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, PHILIP T, JR | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $100,015.04 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $100,015.02 | Date 11/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $100,014.96 | Date 02/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $100,014.74 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, THOMAS F | Employer name Hauppauge Fire District | Amount $100,014.40 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALESSI, SALVATORE N | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $100,014.32 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMAR, BRUCE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $100,012.01 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, PARIS T | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $100,011.22 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDER, SHERYL D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $100,010.56 | Date 03/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEREDIUK, WALTER | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $100,009.46 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, JOHN E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $100,009.15 | Date 07/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDEMAN, JOHN L | Employer name Akron CSD | Amount $100,007.09 | Date 05/30/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ROBERT D | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $100,006.86 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANGL, EUGENE J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $100,006.21 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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