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 FARRELL, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,890.33 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTS, ADAM M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $99,889.68 | Date 07/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KENNETH L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,888.59 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, KEVIN F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,888.07 | Date 06/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, LAURIE ANN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,887.98 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, RICHARD J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,887.82 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,886.08 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLEGAS, BRIAN J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,885.60 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, NANCY S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,884.77 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Newburgh Housing Authority | Amount $99,883.82 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCH, CHAD H | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,882.97 | Date 10/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBAUM, FRANK | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $99,882.40 | Date 03/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAUGEN, DOUGLAS I | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $99,882.04 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $99,880.67 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAYLOR, ANNA M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,879.74 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, LISA F | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $99,879.70 | Date 05/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGILIO, PETER T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $99,879.69 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, CHARLES R | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $99,876.19 | Date 06/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLES, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,875.70 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORRAS, ROBERT | Employer name Greenwood Lake UFSD | Amount $99,875.59 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDEO, ALMA G | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $99,874.50 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTTEN, JAMES E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,873.00 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELGAREJO, EDGAR G | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,872.85 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERBA, JANICE L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,872.54 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANDREA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,871.92 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAIG, KEVIN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,871.68 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISENFORTH, JANET M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $99,870.53 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,870.00 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, CHRISTINE A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $99,869.20 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, PAULINE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $99,868.75 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFFER, STEVEN B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $99,866.51 | Date 05/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, JOSE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,864.40 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, LE LEITH L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,863.35 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANGURAH, ASHMAWO | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,863.24 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ANDREA C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,863.24 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKINSON, DOROTHY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,863.24 | Date 05/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIGANEK, CARRIE A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,862.12 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, ANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,861.54 | Date 06/10/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IADANZA, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,860.66 | Date 11/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PATRICK | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $99,860.38 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, CARMELITA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,859.82 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,859.48 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINCK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $99,859.13 | Date 05/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, THERESA ABRAHAM, MS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,858.44 | Date 11/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,856.23 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, MICHAEL H | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $99,855.58 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, TIMOTHY D | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $99,855.35 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANN, STEVEN A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,854.79 | Date 11/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLE, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $99,854.62 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARIEPY, JOHN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,854.20 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEDHAM, PHILIP G | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $99,853.46 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRZANOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $99,853.40 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, SHAUN T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,853.30 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, LYRIS Y | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,853.10 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIACHON GRANT, CONCESA T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,853.06 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALERIO, SIMON S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,852.54 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HSIA, JO LO | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,851.55 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, THELMA E | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $99,851.25 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIMOND, GREGG H | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,850.39 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, KEVIN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,849.42 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISLAY, JASON A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,848.97 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRITTING, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,848.64 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREE, BRENDON D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,848.32 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, GLORIA | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $99,848.03 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSS, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,847.37 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSULLIVAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $99,846.90 | Date 04/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, VERONIKA B | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $99,845.24 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUSSAULT, MONIQUE D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,844.47 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS S, III | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,844.04 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINSPETER, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $99,842.97 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBY, ANDREW T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,842.86 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWUBA, IHENJIBUCHI V | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,842.65 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $99,842.06 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNETTI, LOUIS A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,840.90 | Date 03/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENEZIA, JO ANN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,840.85 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $99,840.80 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOTTE, STEPHEN W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $99,840.77 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDNER, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,840.63 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JANET M | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $99,838.95 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, TRETTA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,838.25 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, MARK S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,838.06 | Date 05/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRES, CRAIG A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,837.18 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTZMER, DAVID JON | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,835.43 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CARLO, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $99,835.08 | Date 01/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARDI, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $99,835.06 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, JOHN, JR | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,834.89 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATT, JASON C | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $99,831.97 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUSZYNSKI, EDWARD G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $99,831.56 | Date 01/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,831.16 | Date 01/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAZEK, JONATHAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,828.92 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISSINGER, PAUL C, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $99,828.79 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, RUDOLPH | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $99,824.88 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTEREK, JONATHAN E | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $99,824.75 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEANE, VERLINDA V | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,824.46 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, DESMOND D, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,823.30 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEWAGE, MALINTHA W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,822.71 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTO, ANTHONY | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,822.26 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASINELLA, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $99,821.85 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MATHEW D | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $99,818.31 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWERT, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,818.09 | Date 09/18/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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