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, LEAH E | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $99,956.74 | Date 07/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUREAU, CAMY J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $99,956.74 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGRESITS, KELLY A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $99,956.39 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGOBARDI, THERESA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,955.22 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $99,954.09 | Date 10/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, AARON R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,952.30 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTARO, MICHAEL D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,952.30 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASH-FLANDERS, HAZEL C | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $99,951.30 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, SANDRA M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $99,951.09 | Date 06/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, DENNIS B | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,950.02 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORDWELL, ERIKA | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $99,949.37 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $99,949.37 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, MELVIN A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $99,948.88 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERZ, RALPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,947.78 | Date 04/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTT, ANDRE C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,947.01 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ED | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,946.96 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISDITH, WADITH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,944.88 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTZ, JAMES | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $99,943.48 | Date 02/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, FAYE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $99,941.93 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, JASON C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,941.56 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EBNER, FRED G | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $99,941.23 | Date 12/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JOHN W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,941.07 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEGER, CRAIG R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,940.59 | Date 09/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, HENRY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,938.97 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDIMAN, COREY M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $99,938.88 | Date 09/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORER, AMY K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $99,937.94 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, LEE R | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $99,936.68 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARY C | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $99,936.45 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLARS, HULZINA | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $99,936.32 | Date 02/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOGGIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $99,935.83 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, SARAH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,934.54 | Date 01/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, DARLENE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $99,934.45 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, LOISE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $99,933.67 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILLEMI, ALAN M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,933.25 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALDUN, JOHN C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,932.93 | Date 01/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PAOLA, FANCIENE F | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $99,932.89 | Date 05/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, LARS | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $99,930.44 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROTTY, MARY L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,930.43 | Date 03/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHMAN, MATTHEW T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,929.40 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, BRADLEY S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,928.90 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,928.69 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARIN, FERNANDO M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $99,926.27 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE-HARRIS, PATRICIA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,926.06 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VANESSA L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $99,925.84 | Date 05/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, JAMES K | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $99,924.61 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, MARK C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $99,924.37 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ZILLOTTA, FRED A | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $99,924.09 | Date 05/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, PATRICK T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,923.89 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $99,923.39 | Date 05/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DONNIE G | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $99,920.89 | Date 05/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGIEWICZ, STEPHEN J, JR | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $99,920.85 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCALE, KRISTIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,920.20 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, BRIGIT T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,920.17 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOSH A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,920.10 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLINCK, MARY-LYNNE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,918.45 | Date 03/05/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, IRIS | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $99,916.36 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, WALTER J | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $99,914.14 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSKEY, CHARLES J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $99,912.73 | Date 02/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTASTICO, GODFREY O | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,912.40 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, GEORGE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,911.99 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTIELLO, ERIC M | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $99,911.91 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEATH, LISA C | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $99,911.79 | Date 08/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAYNOR, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $99,911.63 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINS, KRISTINA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,911.05 | Date 12/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTON, JOHN J | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $99,910.95 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLDRIDGE, DANIEL J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,910.47 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, THANE C | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $99,910.22 | Date 09/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOWFOE, PHILIP R, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,910.05 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIOLI, ROY E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $99,910.02 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, EMILY | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $99,909.16 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONFREY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,909.11 | Date 06/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONDON, ERROL S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $99,908.97 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYFOHRT, KURT W | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $99,908.66 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOMBARD, DAVID R | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $99,906.30 | Date 05/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, WAYNE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,906.23 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNINI, NOREEN P | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $99,905.74 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGAN, JULIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,905.42 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOWY, MARTIN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,903.72 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTEL, MARK J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $99,902.85 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETSON, MATTHEW O | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $99,902.41 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JOHN A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $99,901.88 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICHA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,901.80 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERLONGO, KIM M | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $99,901.41 | Date 04/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, BARRY J | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $99,901.28 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREAVES, IAN S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,900.34 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, TRICIA TANG | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,899.36 | Date 06/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASS, JACK R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $99,897.43 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLIJAS, JEFFREY A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $99,896.95 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZORBAS, STEVEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,896.16 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TARJI K | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,895.78 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINS, CECIL M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $99,895.36 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARZBERGER, CYNTHIA W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,893.58 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENTANO, CATHERINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $99,893.47 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, DANIEL J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,892.80 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATO, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $99,892.19 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, BRIAN T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,891.49 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, DANIEL F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,890.88 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, GEORGE C, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,890.60 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORJEN, GLENN K | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $99,890.51 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLAPPALLIL, MARY J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,890.43 | Date 10/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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