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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name SHAHINFAR, DARIUS Employer name City of Albany Amount $98,018.31 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COVENTRY, RHONDA L Employer name Central NY Psych Center Amount $98,018.05 Date 05/22/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINEZ, MARIA DELOS A Employer name South Beach Psych Center Amount $98,017.56 Date 04/10/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELL, JOSEPH V Employer name Town of New Windsor Amount $98,017.54 Date 07/11/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LABORDE, CAPENTER Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $98,017.50 Date 06/20/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALSH, KENNETH M Employer name Taconic DDSO Amount $98,016.65 Date 04/01/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALLAHAN, GERARD Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept Amount $98,016.36 Date 05/18/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BONGIORNI, ROBERTA Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist Amount $98,016.36 Date 07/07/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOULD, DIANE S Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist Amount $98,016.36 Date 02/14/1977 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMORTO, LUCY Employer name NYC Civil Court Amount $98,016.36 Date 09/14/1978 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACOSTA, KITTY S Employer name NYC Family Court Amount $98,016.36 Date 10/11/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOUNTALIOTIS, CHARLENE Employer name NYC Family Court Amount $98,016.36 Date 09/18/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHIANO, AMBER Employer name NYC Family Court Amount $98,016.36 Date 11/06/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOSCANINI, NICOLE Employer name NYC Family Court Amount $98,016.36 Date 05/26/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARENTI, RICHARD Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch Amount $98,016.36 Date 02/24/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EDMONDSON, ROBERT Employer name Westchester County Amount $98,016.18 Date 11/06/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAPPABIANCA, KAREN Employer name Town of StoNY Point Amount $98,014.42 Date 07/03/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAIER, PAUL A Employer name Monroe County Water Authority Amount $98,014.00 Date 05/19/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANI, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name Westchester County Amount $98,011.72 Date 08/27/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CROCKER, CHRISTINA G Employer name East Meadow Public Library Amount $98,011.67 Date 09/22/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAAG, ELIZABETH M Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $98,011.04 Date 10/18/1982 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARTOLOME, MARIE Employer name South Beach Psych Center Amount $98,010.33 Date 07/29/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAWS, SHANE P Employer name City of Fulton Amount $98,010.24 Date 03/08/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ABBANANTO, RENEE Employer name Nassau County Amount $98,010.02 Date 04/04/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYRATO, ROBERT, JR Employer name Nassau County Amount $98,009.94 Date 03/28/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARBARINI, JOHN C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $98,009.60 Date 12/11/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GODIN, MICHAEL J Employer name Sunmount Dev Center Amount $98,009.20 Date 07/14/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAREY, RICHARD F, JR Employer name Suffolk County Amount $98,009.03 Date 04/07/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALONEY, CHRISTINE M Employer name Nassau County Amount $98,008.98 Date 03/27/2012 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISS, BARBARA M Employer name Edgemont UFSD at Greenburgh Amount $98,008.49 Date 04/06/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARTACHE, DIANA Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $98,007.96 Date 05/26/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TACTI, NICHOLAS D Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility Amount $98,007.80 Date 11/30/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HODGE, GREGORY Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority Amount $98,007.38 Date 07/10/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOTTLIEB, ADRIAN M Employer name Nassau County Amount $98,006.32 Date 09/16/1991 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLETCHER, WILLIAM F Employer name Office For Technology Amount $98,006.09 Date 07/09/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WARD, GARY J Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial Amount $98,006.06 Date 11/09/1983 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIKHALEVA, ANNA Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch Amount $98,005.76 Date 04/13/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOPSICKER, GREGG W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $98,005.67 Date 12/02/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRACHT, LORI L Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $98,005.21 Date 05/21/1981 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREDERIC, NADINE Employer name Long Island Dev Center Amount $98,004.65 Date 07/19/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHRIST, LORRAINE Employer name Central Islip UFSD Amount $98,003.67 Date 09/17/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEREZ, JOVAN Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility Amount $98,003.60 Date 10/25/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STONE, DIANE Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility Amount $98,003.37 Date 06/15/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOSS, WALTER W Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility Amount $98,003.04 Date 05/10/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARK, SHAWN C Employer name City of Plattsburgh Amount $98,002.79 Date 02/02/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FRENCH, BRYAN C Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $98,002.52 Date 08/06/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAH, VALERIE R Employer name Children & Family Services Amount $98,001.85 Date 06/26/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI BONA, VINCENT T Employer name Village of Garden City Amount $98,001.75 Date 09/10/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARANEO, THOMAS W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $98,001.04 Date 04/18/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WURZER, GORDON J Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $98,000.36 Date 07/09/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLLEY, MONROE Employer name Town of Hempstead Amount $97,999.94 Date 09/03/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMART, JAMES E Employer name Rensselaer County Amount $97,998.59 Date 07/26/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEANE, DIANE M Employer name Livingston County Amount $97,998.37 Date 10/17/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAPES, BRENDA S Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $97,998.07 Date 10/15/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIULIANA, LOUIS Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $97,997.63 Date 05/28/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHAPIN, ROBERT W Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 07/05/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI ANGELO, MICHAEL M Employer name Livingston Correction Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANE, DONALD M Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 11/10/1977 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ST LOUIS, JEFFERY L Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 09/27/1982 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEUWIRTH, JOHN P Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 08/19/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOODWARD, STEPHEN M Employer name Watertown Corr Facility Amount $97,994.68 Date 10/10/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WELLS, KEVIN M Employer name St Lawrence County Amount $97,994.61 Date 09/05/1984 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, PAMELA Employer name Westchester County Amount $97,993.22 Date 07/09/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIAQUADIO, GILBERT J, JR Employer name Town of Ramapo Amount $97,991.96 Date 01/06/2003 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRINGTON, DAVID K Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $97,991.13 Date 07/02/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HART, JONHENRY Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $97,991.13 Date 01/08/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN STRYDONCK, SARA S Employer name Monroe County Amount $97,990.74 Date 10/06/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEELIG, JILL PAMELA Employer name Westchester County Amount $97,990.34 Date 09/27/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLO, JOHN R Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur Amount $97,989.26 Date 09/03/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROACH, JULIET P Employer name City of Mount Vernon Amount $97,986.39 Date 07/22/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRAMER ANNE, MARIE C Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation Amount $97,986.20 Date 06/25/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSON-SALMON, SHEREEN K Employer name Dept of Financial Services Amount $97,985.86 Date 05/24/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRIS, DANIEL R Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo Amount $97,984.77 Date 05/13/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLER, ERIC P Employer name Taconic DDSO Amount $97,984.66 Date 02/18/1992 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPADARO, PATRICIA J Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $97,984.60 Date 11/06/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NICASTRO, CHRISTINE Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur Amount $97,984.04 Date 12/20/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARKER, GLADYS A Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. Amount $97,982.75 Date 06/15/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOLAN, PETER J Employer name Rockland County Amount $97,981.96 Date 04/13/1992 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUINLISK, THOMAS P Employer name Orange County Amount $97,981.38 Date 08/06/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUFFIELD, VINCENT R, JR Employer name Town of Pound Ridge Amount $97,980.66 Date 04/06/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ENGLISH, GEORGE A Employer name Gates-Chili CSD Amount $97,980.50 Date 05/09/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARAFOLA, LOUIS Employer name Village of Patchogue Amount $97,979.46 Date 05/16/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCGOWAN, DIANNE R Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital Amount $97,979.41 Date 04/06/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CIESLINSKI, DANA E Employer name City of Rochester Amount $97,978.50 Date 02/25/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DUVALL, MICHAEL H Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $97,978.22 Date 01/03/1992 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BONSE, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Kingston Amount $97,977.90 Date 08/18/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEWART, JOHN E Employer name City of Saratoga Springs Amount $97,977.85 Date 03/19/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TURPIN, RUSSELL Employer name Suffolk County Amount $97,976.96 Date 09/20/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALBERTI, SCOTT P Employer name Monroe County Amount $97,976.65 Date 08/15/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PONTICELLO, JUDITH A Employer name Center Moriches UFSD Amount $97,976.22 Date 12/27/1983 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FURCO, BARBARA A Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility Amount $97,974.79 Date 01/10/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LATELLA, ROCCO Employer name Town of Eastchester Amount $97,974.32 Date 12/19/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COYNE, MARIA C Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center Amount $97,973.62 Date 05/12/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIEDMONTE, JEFFREY M Employer name City of Syracuse Amount $97,973.37 Date 09/16/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LIVECCHI, CHRISTOPHER D Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility Amount $97,973.24 Date 09/07/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORDON, LEONARD J Employer name City of Mount Vernon Amount $97,972.80 Date 01/16/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FITZGERALD, VIRGINIA Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $97,971.95 Date 08/15/1991 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALDRON-HODGE, LISSETTE V Employer name Manhattan Psych Center Amount $97,971.31 Date 11/12/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOOKER, PATRICIA A Employer name Suffolk County Amount $97,969.20 Date 11/25/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WAIDE, DONNA L Employer name Suffolk County Amount $97,969.20 Date 09/03/1979 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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