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 ZIELINSKI, ROBBY E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, LAURA A | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYZDEK, STEPHEN A | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCELLI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL SIGNORE, LISA M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 06/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUPERNALL, ERNEST E, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CIANNI, WILLIAM R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 07/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, EDWARD C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 09/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINKEAD, ROBERT C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLASH, RUDOLPH M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPER, SALO J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 05/02/1965 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERULLI, ANTHONY A | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNI, TERRI L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEFENDORF, JUDITH R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 08/09/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, JAMES C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 09/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, THOMAS P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 06/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, VERA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMIN, EDWARD M, JR | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIEDYK, BERNARD K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BUE, RICHARD H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, MICHELLE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSIS, STEPHANIE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 01/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, SHEILA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 06/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLK, KATHARINE E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCHI, MARIA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESARE, LUCY KRUGGEL | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINEEN, DENIS F | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART SWIDLER, KIM D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 04/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMPER, GEORGE J, JR | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 03/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,952.20 | Date 12/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, RANDALL J | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $98,952.07 | Date 06/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,951.75 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATEL, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,951.53 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCILLO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,950.94 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, GLENN E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,949.61 | Date 02/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIARDI, JACQUELINE | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $98,948.72 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAMES M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $98,946.28 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAISTED, JEANETTE L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $98,945.71 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPERMAN, JENNIFER B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,945.34 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIER, JOAN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $98,944.54 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCNAMARA, MARGARET C | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $98,944.40 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOSTAK, RICHARD L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,943.94 | Date 06/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, ERIC J | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $98,942.52 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ARBEAU, CHIQUITA D | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $98,941.02 | Date 11/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIONG, DONALD G | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $98,940.46 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, VINCENTE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,940.19 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAN, SUSAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,939.44 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUTFIN, ANDREW M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,936.73 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MAUREEN K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,936.70 | Date 02/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONFORTI, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,935.37 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANSEN, MARK S | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $98,935.34 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, FRANK | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $98,935.32 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $98,934.75 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, JASON S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $98,934.49 | Date 08/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, SANDRA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $98,934.35 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSMAN, JO ANNE M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $98,934.21 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKIS, JEFFREY A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $98,934.03 | Date 09/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, HOWARD J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $98,933.04 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUILAN, CARLOS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,932.89 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, THOMAS L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $98,931.58 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, EDWARD R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $98,930.50 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, THZAIRA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,930.00 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRILLING, JEFF H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,930.00 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORKIN, BARBARA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,929.57 | Date 02/01/1964 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTES, ANGELA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,928.70 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, DEBORAH W | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $98,926.60 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOUFFER, KURT J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,926.54 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, DANNY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,925.48 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, PETER M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $98,925.24 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, AIMEE M | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $98,923.94 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNTSEN, JAMES K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,920.75 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYGONIK, STEVEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,920.13 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DARRIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,919.99 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEARS, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $98,919.07 | Date 02/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, LINDA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,918.11 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCINSKI, SUSAN G | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $98,917.70 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEAKE, MARK A | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $98,917.22 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GOLIER, RONALD D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $98,916.64 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OURY, STEPHEN M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $98,915.88 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAERTEL-POLICASTRO, MARY ANN | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $98,915.66 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONG, KING PUI | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $98,915.54 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KIM S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $98,915.33 | Date 02/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRERO, RICHARD M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,915.05 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALPH, NEIL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,914.99 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIOGUARDI, NICHOLE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,913.75 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, CHRISTINE R | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $98,913.41 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLIN, RANDI S | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $98,912.60 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSTON, BETH E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,911.89 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMAL, MOSTAFA I | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,910.21 | Date 12/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZURKIEWICZ, MARK R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,909.65 | Date 10/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTANZA, MICHAEL R, III | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,909.37 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, GILBERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,907.17 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTO, AIRI L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,907.06 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, DIOZY | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,906.40 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCHE, HENRY W, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,905.66 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWORD, VIVIAN | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $98,905.55 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDUCI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,903.83 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, JOHN T | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $98,900.80 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, JOHN T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,899.49 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANRIQUEZ, TERRY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,897.38 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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