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 PALUMBO, RAY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,609.46 | Date 05/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, THOMAS P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,609.46 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, RENEE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,609.46 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, JAMES J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,609.46 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANSFIELD, JOHN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,608.04 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YETTO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $98,607.54 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, SAMUEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $98,603.04 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDVIK, JASON R | Employer name Huntington Fire District | Amount $98,601.07 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JOANNE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,600.58 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, SYLVIA | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $98,599.70 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASIANO, FRANCISCO | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,598.87 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, ERIC B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,598.61 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAJKOWSKI, JEFFREY C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,596.48 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARD, MATTHEW E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,596.39 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSWELL, CYNTHIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,595.52 | Date 03/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, ISAURA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,595.25 | Date 07/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTON, AMANDA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,595.03 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, GEORGE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,594.26 | Date 01/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARCO, WENDY A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,594.08 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZ, TERESA P | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $98,593.14 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, LAURA J | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $98,592.72 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $98,592.23 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUDDEN, BRIAN L | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $98,592.00 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIELMANN, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $98,591.71 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZDEK, ERIC W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $98,591.59 | Date 03/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, KIMBERLY L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $98,590.91 | Date 06/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SCOTT L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $98,590.91 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAMANOS, GEORGE G | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $98,589.82 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ROSEMARY L | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $98,589.59 | Date 11/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERG, ROBYN A | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $98,589.39 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLE, JASON L | Employer name West Hempstead Water District | Amount $98,587.38 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, JERRY | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $98,587.09 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLIANO, MAURA ANN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $98,587.05 | Date 12/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEMISH, CHARLES B | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $98,585.89 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGUEL, PENNY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,585.71 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABIBBO, DAVIDE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,584.63 | Date 03/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, DAVID E, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,584.24 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,584.12 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DAWN | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $98,582.05 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSONS, SARAH E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,581.62 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROBERT P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,581.34 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, CURT J | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $98,580.24 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $98,579.27 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, TODD C | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $98,578.77 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $98,578.63 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURWELL, VANESSA L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,578.00 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DETONE, MAUREEN A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,578.00 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMITAGE, JOHN J | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $98,578.00 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAO, FEN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,576.90 | Date 01/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTKOWSKI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,576.62 | Date 02/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHAGAVATULA, SASTRY V | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $98,576.42 | Date 10/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JAMES F | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $98,576.27 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAWRYCH, JANET | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,576.09 | Date 07/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $98,575.85 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, ANNMARIE S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,575.44 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANER, LAWRENCE K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,575.35 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLMAN, LISETTE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,575.30 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMENECH, LAWRENCE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $98,575.10 | Date 05/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, TIMOTHY C | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $98,574.49 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUMAN, STUART C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,573.03 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STIGBERG, WILLIAM C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,572.65 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIGGS, KEVIN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,572.30 | Date 01/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNSHIE, JAMES L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $98,571.36 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVEN, DUANE B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,571.31 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRYMAN, ARTHUR C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $98,571.12 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINTO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $98,569.83 | Date 02/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, KYLE P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,569.57 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGSTROM, LEIF C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,568.31 | Date 05/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAJERSKI, RALPH A | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $98,567.15 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGIONE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $98,566.12 | Date 10/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, DEREK A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,565.55 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHILL, JONATHAN D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,565.09 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,565.01 | Date 03/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, MARJORIE E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $98,564.96 | Date 10/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELGANS, LAURIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,563.65 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN-ECKER, JEAN T | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $98,563.18 | Date 06/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IWANICKI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,562.95 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THIBAULT, JEFFREY J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $98,561.15 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASR, ADEL M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $98,558.66 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, GARY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $98,558.66 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, BRIAN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $98,558.66 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIDAY, WILLIE J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,558.40 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLINS, MELANIE S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,557.59 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFRANSKI, RICHARD T, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,557.25 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKEL, SAMI | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,556.24 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLCOMB, BRADLEY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,556.07 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAUREANO, HECTOR | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $98,555.69 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAROSZEWSKI, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,553.01 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, LEROYCHELLE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,552.68 | Date 09/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAGISI, FRANCESCO, JR | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $98,551.94 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALEWSKI, NANCY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,551.09 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, YVONNE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,550.43 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ESTHER D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $98,550.36 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $98,549.66 | Date 03/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANNERMAN, BRIAN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,549.53 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORSARO, DENISE M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $98,549.53 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAYMAN, NANCY R | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $98,549.28 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLS, DANIELLE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $98,549.07 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHDOWN, JESSE | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $98,548.74 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFF, SUSAN M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $98,548.74 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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