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 FRAHER, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,548.70 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAYO, CONNY | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,546.06 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, ADAM J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,544.27 | Date 09/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAM, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,544.02 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, ROBERT I | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $98,542.22 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUSKER, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,541.33 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, SEAN J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $98,541.08 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, AGUSTIN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,539.84 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, PETER A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $98,539.76 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHANNON-SACCI, JOANN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,539.67 | Date 11/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUNZI, JOHN | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $98,539.59 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLESINSKI, DANIEL H | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $98,539.06 | Date 07/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGANO, STACY A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $98,538.59 | Date 07/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRENAV, TATSIANA N | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,538.44 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,538.18 | Date 10/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTICELLO, VINCENT P | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $98,537.80 | Date 08/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, STEWART D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $98,536.47 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, AGUSTIN, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $98,536.28 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFERIS, GARY | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $98,533.62 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTIG, WILLIAM G | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $98,532.49 | Date 05/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, ROGER M, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $98,532.47 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIFERT, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,532.30 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAKS, SAMUEL | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $98,532.10 | Date 03/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENIOR, MARIAN L | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $98,531.74 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIPPINS, MARILYN | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $98,530.28 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UMHAFER, CHRISTIAN E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,530.11 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORY, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $98,528.16 | Date 02/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAJKA, SHARON M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,528.13 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, DIANE L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $98,527.40 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INEZ, SOCORRO C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $98,526.43 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONAGURA, ANTHONY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $98,525.66 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARK A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $98,525.34 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ROBERT L | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $98,525.04 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURTEAU, MARY R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,524.50 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $98,524.50 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,523.64 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISTNER, RICHARD W | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $98,523.06 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANE, MONTE D | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $98,522.95 | Date 11/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, RICHARD E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,522.17 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,517.83 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRGIS, WASSEF F | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,515.36 | Date 02/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNS, SABRINA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,514.78 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITH, JANE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 11/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNT, CAROL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCELHONE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 05/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ROSEANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOHN W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLICASTRO, PATRICK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,512.90 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BATE, LISA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,512.63 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, LAURA M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $98,512.22 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTOLO, JUSTINE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $98,510.49 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIONDI, RICHARD P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $98,509.66 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,509.43 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JONATHAN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,508.87 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOGHUE, PATRICK J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,508.62 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHT, ALAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,507.97 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTAUZZI, MARK T | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $98,507.28 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKOS, ALICE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,506.90 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEER, DENNIS J | Employer name Holland Patent CSD | Amount $98,506.31 | Date 11/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTHUIS, ERICA B | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $98,503.96 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, BENJAMIN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,503.84 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANARA, FRANK D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,503.14 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MARGARET M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,501.60 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, BEVERLEY A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $98,497.68 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORSKI, SUSAN | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $98,497.41 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSBERRY, BRANDON J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $98,495.62 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALOVERA, SUSANA G | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $98,495.28 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, SALVATORE A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $98,493.36 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIGA, GINA M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $98,493.30 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOCKEL, WILLIAM L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $98,491.69 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THWEATT, JOHN R | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $98,491.47 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, PETER F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,490.54 | Date 05/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLEY, MARGARET E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $98,490.27 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, LISA S | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $98,490.05 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKHAVI, SEYED | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $98,487.61 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $98,487.56 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, JOSEPH D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,486.61 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DONNA Y | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $98,486.09 | Date 10/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUSHEE, BARBARA A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $98,485.94 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, CARMEN M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,484.30 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, JACOB P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $98,483.11 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,482.72 | Date 07/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMEONE, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $98,481.14 | Date 12/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, ROCCO A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,479.37 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, DOMINICK A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,479.21 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, RICK J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,478.68 | Date 05/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATI, JEREMY L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $98,478.52 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWACK, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $98,478.16 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR-FUNIGIELLO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $98,478.12 | Date 01/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HRITZ-SEIFTS, NANCY E | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $98,474.45 | Date 06/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, PETER | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $98,470.79 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, BRIAN C | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $98,469.98 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, SAM | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $98,469.10 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPEZZA, FRANK | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $98,466.92 | Date 01/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAY, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,466.73 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, JOYCE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,466.23 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, CARLOS M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,465.02 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, SCOTT D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,464.72 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $98,464.24 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, DEISY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,462.00 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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