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 SCHMITT, ANDREW G, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,479.37 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCHETT, CECIL G, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $99,478.77 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $99,478.60 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWENSON, SUSAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,478.54 | Date 06/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCARI, DOROTHY C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $99,475.80 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAL, PRISCILLA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,475.29 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO-COWDEN, BETSY | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $99,474.58 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKOWSKI, MARC | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,473.99 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEN, ROBERT M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,473.56 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHORNEY, KEVIN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,473.40 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZULKOSKI, WALTER P | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,473.40 | Date 02/08/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SANDRA A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $99,473.40 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URDA, JOHN K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,473.40 | Date 02/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIDLE, DANIEL K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $99,473.40 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, SADIQA G | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,473.14 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, JAMES C, II | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,472.69 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THACHET, LUCY M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $99,471.85 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHMER, NORA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,471.12 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOW, STEPHEN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $99,470.80 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZUE, EMILY I | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $99,470.32 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, ANN M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $99,470.00 | Date 09/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORY, CARLOS | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,468.78 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRALDI, MICHAEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $99,468.03 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, BEVERLY C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,466.73 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPPINS, MARYANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $99,466.45 | Date 08/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADFORD, NANCY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,466.38 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECK, CLIFFORD R, JR | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $99,466.08 | Date 02/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGELGLASS, HOWARD B | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $99,465.64 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASE, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,464.40 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RAFAEL G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,463.64 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHLESINGER, FRANCINE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,463.00 | Date 10/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, GREGG M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,462.41 | Date 05/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADOO, KEVIN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,461.81 | Date 09/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,460.68 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENK, DIANNE W | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,460.57 | Date 04/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILKIW, MICHAEL E | Employer name Manhasset Park District | Amount $99,458.76 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINERVINI, ROCCO | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $99,458.26 | Date 09/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCELLA, CECILIA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $99,457.71 | Date 08/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, NANCY A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,457.47 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSLOW, MEAGAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,457.11 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, ALBERT R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $99,456.60 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, MARY JEAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,456.08 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, CHANTIA N | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,455.34 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANDER, RACHEL | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $99,454.60 | Date 10/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DANIEL T, JR | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $99,454.02 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIORE, CAROLYN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,452.60 | Date 10/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DIANA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $99,451.56 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $99,451.14 | Date 09/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, AEON L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,450.78 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARURI, LEONARDO I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,450.00 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, KATELYN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,450.00 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, LU ANN I | Employer name Department of State | Amount $99,446.12 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, MICHAEL B | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $99,445.59 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICHI, CANDICE M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $99,444.80 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, STEVEN W | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,444.54 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLE, STEPHEN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $99,444.08 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZESE, SCOTT C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $99,443.39 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSTANSKI, BERNARD J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,441.94 | Date 03/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTOLONGO, MARIA A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,441.94 | Date 08/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAM, YUET-YEE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,441.94 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABER, LAURA J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $99,441.29 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDTVIT, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach | Amount $99,440.40 | Date 09/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBERMAYER, SCOTT D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $99,440.18 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPLAN, JUSTINE CLARKE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,440.12 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSSAIN, SHUMON | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,438.30 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ANMARI R | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $99,437.95 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, THEODORE J | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $99,437.13 | Date 04/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEMAN, GARY F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $99,436.43 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,434.69 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLAROMAN, LALAINE S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,434.64 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIOLA, EMIL M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,434.43 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKUS, CYNTHIA M | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $99,434.19 | Date 10/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, LINDA K | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $99,433.13 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKWESA, CHINWE C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,433.00 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVE, THERESA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,432.77 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANON, WIDLER | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $99,432.46 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINARCIN, ANDREW J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,432.24 | Date 07/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROMWELL, FREELING J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,431.65 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARNETT, JACQUELINE J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $99,430.01 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, WESLEY J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,429.24 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UMANA, CARLOS N | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $99,429.22 | Date 01/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JAY J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $99,428.51 | Date 02/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KULA, BARBARA J | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $99,428.18 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, DAVID P | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $99,428.02 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMORINI, FEDERICO A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,427.98 | Date 08/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JOHN R | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $99,427.40 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHYTI, STEPHEN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,427.09 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAGAN, JEREMY R | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $99,425.93 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKINS, MELVERNE L | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $99,425.89 | Date 11/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, SAM | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $99,424.00 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLACI, CHARLES L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $99,423.93 | Date 11/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELTMANN, JOHN F | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $99,423.54 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, VERNITTA N | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $99,422.69 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MARY E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,420.80 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLK, KEVIN P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,420.80 | Date 03/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDONA, DONALD MARIO A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,419.94 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUISSEY, EDWARD G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,419.09 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, FRANK R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,419.06 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, LISA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,419.00 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALISI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,417.89 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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