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 MILLER, BRYAN M | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $99,417.89 | Date 01/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, CAVETTE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,417.29 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, BERNADETTE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,417.26 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAKE, DAVID B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,416.86 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASIANO, FRANK | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $99,416.31 | Date 07/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, MAURA R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,415.44 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, ROBERT T, JR | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,413.83 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASAMOAH, WISDOM K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,413.21 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTES, DANIEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,413.18 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, GREGORY A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,412.56 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DENEANE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $99,411.78 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, BARBARA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,411.16 | Date 10/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARUSICH, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $99,409.68 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, EUGENE W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,408.56 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLAN, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $99,408.25 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, ELYSE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,408.00 | Date 09/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAINE, RICHARD E, II | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,407.76 | Date 11/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVEY, WENDY K | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,406.59 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL-SAPP, DETREL M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $99,406.32 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, JILL M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,404.30 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,404.05 | Date 02/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADUROJA, AYODELE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,403.98 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, HENRY W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,402.46 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKAFELLOW, JOHN D, III | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,401.53 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINI, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,399.92 | Date 11/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLENER, PHILIP W | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $99,398.16 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, DOUGLAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,398.00 | Date 02/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILGOCKI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $99,397.54 | Date 01/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ALICIA R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,397.36 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAIRD, JASON C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,396.29 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, DANIEL G | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $99,395.80 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, ILENE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,391.50 | Date 02/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, GEORGE W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $99,390.70 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEGGUES, ALFRED W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,389.52 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, WILLIAM K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,389.34 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, IAN A | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $99,387.38 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIECHLE, KYLE D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $99,386.72 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKIFORIDIS, LOUIS | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,386.56 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, LANDY DONGLAN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,386.56 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, DANIEL S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,386.56 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINGIONE, ERNEST R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,386.56 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIONGSON, RUSSELL T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,386.56 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TIERNAN, EDWARD F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,386.36 | Date 08/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTESONABERTIN, IVELISSE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,386.04 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, WILLIAM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,384.84 | Date 12/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTORELL, JOSE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,384.51 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHOADS, LORRAINE | Employer name Hempstead Industrial Dev Agcy | Amount $99,384.41 | Date 04/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, JON D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $99,384.13 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTTON, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, VALERIE J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRY, VERNA R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, CASSIE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGARI, SUSAN T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEACHAM, LISA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ELIZABETH T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEFFREY D | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUNKST, DANA B | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOS, DANIEL H | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKROCKI, TIM | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ROBERT L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCOTTO, ANTHONY L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, MICHAEL G | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 11/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, DEBRA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, NICOLE KOS | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $99,383.96 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JASON A | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $99,383.87 | Date 08/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DAVID J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,382.77 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAVER, SEAN D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,382.61 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MARIA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,382.40 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CAROL S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,382.40 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJDYLA, EDWARD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,381.64 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLIO, MICHAEL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,380.32 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDOR, JOHN H | Employer name Broome County | Amount $99,379.66 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, EDWARD F | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,379.60 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATON, SARA JO M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,379.03 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KEITH | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,379.02 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTUROS, GEORGE P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,373.61 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEPRIN, ERIC M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $99,373.53 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTE, DAVID F | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $99,372.20 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MORTON A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,372.00 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, JOHN M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $99,372.00 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAVITA, KATHERINE T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,372.00 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGSTEEN, KRISTEN M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $99,371.93 | Date 04/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, GIOVANNI | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,370.17 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, PETER V | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $99,370.02 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHER, EILEEN H | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $99,369.41 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, ROBERT | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,369.14 | Date 08/09/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, ANIL S | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $99,368.88 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, BHUPENDRA V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,367.40 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, ROBERT T | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $99,367.25 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATALANOTTO, MARY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,366.91 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAZ, ALBINA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,366.80 | Date 04/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,366.54 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, WAYNE J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,365.75 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, EDWARD | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,365.72 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, BRENDA I | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $99,363.95 | Date 06/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMIANO, JOHN | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $99,363.16 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFINCH, JACQUELINE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,362.47 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, EILEEN M | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $99,360.89 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLADO, JAIFA | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $99,360.84 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMACCIA, MICHAEL | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,360.75 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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