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 NAPIERALA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $99,359.73 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, KATHY RIESDORPH | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $99,359.30 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,358.65 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARKEY, KERRI D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,358.40 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PAGE, BRUCE D | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $99,357.65 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHARTON, JOI T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,356.68 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELESNIKAR, MARJORIE | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $99,356.39 | Date 10/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,355.19 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIPS, GAIL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,354.38 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, MYRIAM Y | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,353.73 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEAKIS, NATHAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,352.14 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORN, ANTHONY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,351.93 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIECORO, ANDREA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $99,351.46 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIDAY, CATHERINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $99,350.89 | Date 08/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, SHELFORD T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,350.42 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, DANIEL J | Employer name Leg Adv Task Force Reapp Co C | Amount $99,349.06 | Date 05/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEAZELLE, TERRY M | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $99,348.54 | Date 09/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREBS, RICHARD P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,347.90 | Date 07/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBERT, JOHN T | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $99,347.72 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFRON, PATRICIA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,346.44 | Date 06/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALICHIO, JUDY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,346.15 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEBERIO, MATTHEW R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,346.00 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSACK, THOMAS | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $99,345.92 | Date 03/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $99,345.40 | Date 07/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETROLITO, BRENDA E | Employer name Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD | Amount $99,345.01 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, KIRK R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,344.02 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RENDA, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,343.91 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COROMATO, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $99,343.75 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,343.73 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDE, GIDEON K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,342.88 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANISCALCO, CARLO J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,342.88 | Date 04/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAZMIERCZAK, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,341.95 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DEVON A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $99,341.70 | Date 04/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOIDT, LENORA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,340.74 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIOLKOWSKI, JASON M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $99,340.22 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, RABIN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $99,339.96 | Date 12/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREYS, BRETT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,338.56 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPES, JASON T | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $99,338.48 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOSEPH W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,338.37 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMBACH, SUSAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,338.13 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNYON, SCOTT J | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $99,336.86 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, NEIL F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,336.11 | Date 08/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REY, CLARE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $99,335.93 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JAMES J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $99,335.34 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACONO, PAUL | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $99,334.47 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAY, LAURIE L | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $99,334.15 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAZZERA, ERIN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,333.84 | Date 03/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, JAMES E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $99,333.71 | Date 05/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTICELLO, PETER | Employer name Education Department | Amount $99,333.52 | Date 11/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSGITH, ALIM | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,333.26 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, ERONA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO, ASTER | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASSIOKAS, KONSTANTIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHARIAH, PETER | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EZECHI, ANTONIA U | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARLMAN, PAMELA S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AWUKU, RAMSEYER H | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $99,332.74 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLCE, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $99,332.56 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $99,332.28 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,331.89 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ERNEST | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,330.99 | Date 03/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDETTE, JASON E | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $99,330.93 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, KRISTIN C | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $99,330.73 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,329.57 | Date 06/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILBER, JAY L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $99,328.29 | Date 02/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANZER, BERNARD N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $99,327.80 | Date 12/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, MICHAEL L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,327.43 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMANDAL, FELMA NOVA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $99,327.37 | Date 11/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $99,327.25 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, FREDRIC W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $99,326.45 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, KAREN E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,326.24 | Date 01/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHYTALO, KAREN N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,325.98 | Date 10/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINS, STEPHEN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,325.98 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHN, DAWN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $99,325.98 | Date 07/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKSON, THERESA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $99,325.94 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINK, JAMES A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $99,325.36 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, LEWIS A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $99,325.35 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAMAY, JERRY E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $99,323.82 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANZILLO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $99,323.64 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, PHYLLIS | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $99,323.64 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILORENZO, PAUL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,323.64 | Date 10/26/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJU, BISILY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $99,322.30 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, EDWARD R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,320.44 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASKOVSKY, IZYASLAV | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,320.00 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLINGER, CATHERINE J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $99,319.59 | Date 09/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, WENDY R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,318.18 | Date 05/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHMSTEIN, PERRY J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $99,318.18 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIMARAS, NICHOLAS | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $99,318.18 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIFIELD, TONI ANN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $99,318.18 | Date 04/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG-ORTIZ, CYNTHIA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $99,318.18 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALMAN, ADLAI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,317.66 | Date 08/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANGPHET, KIENG | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,317.66 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCO, VINCENT L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,316.81 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMICINSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $99,314.94 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, LEE A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $99,313.60 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NZEGWU, CHINELO N | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $99,312.37 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ARLENE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $99,310.84 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, LAWRENCE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,310.72 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGDON, BRIAN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,310.62 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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