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 KEYES, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $98,896.94 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, YUNGKI | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $98,896.72 | Date 02/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, LISSY J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,896.29 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $98,895.60 | Date 08/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALY, SCOTT M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,894.50 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN-COOK, MARY E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $98,894.01 | Date 05/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, BRIAN L | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $98,893.60 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSO, ROBERT A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,893.49 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, ANNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,893.20 | Date 11/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIEKANOWSKI, PATRICK W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,893.02 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINKEL, JEFFREY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,892.48 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEASANT, RON | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,890.13 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLERLEILE, RICHARD W | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $98,889.29 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVARESE, PHILIP M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $98,888.68 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $98,888.00 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL SENNO, NINA | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $98,887.31 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFRATELLO, FRANCES | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $98,887.00 | Date 10/12/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERER, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,885.46 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEGAN, ANDREA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,884.13 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN-BURROUGHB, BARBARA C | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,883.71 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBKOWIAK, PAUL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,882.44 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, STACEY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,881.37 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVELOCK, MICHAEL R | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $98,881.35 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEFFER, ERIC J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $98,881.20 | Date 01/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SCOTT F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,881.04 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREAN, JILL | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $98,880.45 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESSLER, VERONICA H | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $98,880.06 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATNAYAKE, KISHANI A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $98,878.91 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, LARRY | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $98,878.69 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNISTON, ANDREW G | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $98,878.40 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, TIMOTHY R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $98,878.40 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ANNIE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,876.52 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, GEORGE J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,875.53 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYATT, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $98,875.12 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSTINSKY, RODION | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $98,874.49 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGANTE, MEGAN E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,874.23 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXT, KATHARINE S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,873.13 | Date 09/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINIKER, BARRY A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $98,872.31 | Date 03/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CARL | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,872.08 | Date 11/04/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, AARON J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,871.95 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, VALERIE L | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $98,871.37 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALASCO, LILY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,871.08 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, PATRICK M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,871.08 | Date 02/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYRUS, ALLISON J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,871.08 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, JOY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,871.08 | Date 09/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, BARBARA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,870.93 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEILL, DONNA L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $98,868.46 | Date 02/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARD, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,864.73 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOUNT, JULIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,862.57 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,862.16 | Date 04/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, NANCY A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,860.62 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, RAMIREZ C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,859.44 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIONDI, STEVEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,859.01 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLIST, JEREMY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,857.47 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHU, REBECCA Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,857.17 | Date 01/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEAKE, TAMMI L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $98,857.13 | Date 02/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADLE, DELIA D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,857.00 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKS, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,856.72 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IGLESIAS, CASSIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,856.70 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,856.02 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHARR, HYLTON W | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $98,855.97 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNT, ROBERT L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $98,854.56 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDY, PAUL A | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $98,854.50 | Date 11/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICO, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,853.80 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, DONALD P, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,852.27 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, HARRY J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $98,851.37 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, JEANNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,851.08 | Date 08/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNROE, JOHN W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,851.02 | Date 03/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIN, MICHELE R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.15 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BRIN, DREW R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.13 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSO, CHRISTYN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.13 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSOURI, BOBAK | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.11 | Date 10/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POND, JAMES R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.10 | Date 12/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSLEY, PETER A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.09 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ANDREW G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.08 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.06 | Date 07/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GSELLMEIER, REINHARD L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.03 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, THOMAS R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,850.00 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCE, CHARLES T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,849.99 | Date 02/18/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISIEWICZ, KEVIN J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $98,849.19 | Date 10/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHINNAGEL, STEPHEN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,847.42 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLBERT, THOMAS J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,847.37 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, JASON F | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $98,846.78 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUNDY, ADAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,846.34 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, LAURA A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $98,845.64 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONSO, ELEANOR N | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $98,844.70 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREZHNEV, OLEG | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $98,844.42 | Date 10/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZELLA, MICHELE J | Employer name Mahopac Public Library | Amount $98,844.19 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNEDOS, RICHARD C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,843.32 | Date 11/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MICHAEL | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $98,842.52 | Date 04/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON LANG, MICHELE P | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $98,842.20 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLLER, TRACY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,842.12 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAGLE, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $98,842.01 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, ROSA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,841.78 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLAND, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,841.73 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BATCHELDER, ERIC H | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $98,841.39 | Date 10/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIOCIA, JOSEPH | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $98,840.93 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIS, SCOTT J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,840.16 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, PETER A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $98,838.37 | Date 02/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVELO, JUAN A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $98,838.17 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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