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 HOLLIDAY, PAUL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,551.59 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, KRISTEN A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCETTI, JAMES, JR | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARTH, PATRICIA J | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PETER J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 01/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFITT, PHILLIP D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $96,549.62 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIOLO, NICHOLAS D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $96,548.38 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAKE, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $96,548.30 | Date 07/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, DAVID P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,548.02 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZUCS, JOHN D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $96,547.62 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MARLENE K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,546.26 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERUBIN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $96,545.82 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, MICHAEL S | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $96,545.03 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEREAU, MARIE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,544.22 | Date 06/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARESE, CLARE A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $96,544.19 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JULIE | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $96,543.11 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLEY, JAMES D | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $96,542.96 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,542.24 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SHANE T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $96,542.21 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRTA, BRIAN R | Employer name Belgrave Water Poll Control Dist | Amount $96,542.16 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DACEY, LEO T | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $96,541.89 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAGER, PAUL R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,541.53 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KUNE, DAVID D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $96,541.51 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKNER, BLAKE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $96,539.29 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDE, JOSE A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $96,539.29 | Date 10/28/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAXENA, MAYUR P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,537.78 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULIFFE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $96,537.77 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, NICHOLAS R, IV | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $96,537.63 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMEND, DANIEL L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,536.69 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, VINCENT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,536.48 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, RAUL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $96,536.00 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELING, DANIEL A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $96,535.81 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAY, JOCELYN N | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $96,535.77 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDEL, PATRICK G | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $96,535.22 | Date 03/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUCKS, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,534.31 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMALLEY, CHRYSA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,534.30 | Date 04/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, MICHAEL R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $96,534.28 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, WESLEY J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $96,533.88 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREVAL, CARLINE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $96,533.82 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GINGER | Employer name Southold UFSD | Amount $96,533.54 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTZLER, DONNA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,532.50 | Date 11/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALCOTT, DAVID W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,532.28 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PTAK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $96,531.98 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, JOHN A | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $96,530.68 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRAGE, JESSICA S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,530.03 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLIPANI, FRANK B | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $96,529.97 | Date 07/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $96,529.21 | Date 01/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,528.68 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCPHERSON, ROSEMARIE E | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $96,528.67 | Date 12/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, ROBERT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,528.43 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, NANCY D | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $96,528.13 | Date 05/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWORKIN, DANIEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,527.92 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HURTAULT, LILIAN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,527.91 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, YIWEI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,527.38 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKWATER, PAUL F | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $96,526.15 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANKEY, PETER M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $96,525.97 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLE, LAURINE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,525.78 | Date 12/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIBOR, WAYNE S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $96,525.59 | Date 06/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $96,523.56 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $96,523.25 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, LASZLO C | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,522.92 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JOHN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,521.75 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURGITTROYD, JANET | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $96,520.06 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, SHENTELLE D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $96,519.67 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYFIELD-BOZA, THERESA P | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $96,519.56 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JAMES M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $96,517.92 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESCH, KEVIN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,517.65 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOEL N | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $96,516.69 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, ROBERT L | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $96,515.99 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ELLEN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,515.80 | Date 11/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALEY, MAUREEN A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $96,515.44 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPPLEMAN, LINDA S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $96,514.96 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUICCIARINI, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,513.90 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, SANDRA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,513.57 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCHI, ALDO, JR | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $96,513.52 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENGIS, JOSHUA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,513.10 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $96,512.60 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, LEROY F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $96,512.11 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $96,511.97 | Date 02/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSON, PATRICK J | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $96,511.02 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIUPAK, GREGORY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $96,510.64 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $96,510.41 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILCHREST, LYNN E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,510.00 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENDRUM, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,508.93 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLASSAI, ROBERT S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $96,508.54 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LENORA B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,507.97 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,507.47 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURILLA, GREGORY S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $96,506.73 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTNER, JASON D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $96,504.06 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, KIM N | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,502.36 | Date 01/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYCZKO, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,502.21 | Date 01/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSUETO, PHILIP M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $96,501.69 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, SHARON L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,501.27 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, CLAUDIO A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $96,500.93 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAS, ROSALIA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,500.80 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKDALE, STEVEN T | Employer name Warren County | Amount $96,498.68 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WALD, RENEE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $96,498.38 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, GARY B | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $96,497.45 | Date 04/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, SATHI D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,496.46 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMAROTA, FERDINANDO | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,496.04 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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