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 THOMPSON, ALAN P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,392.88 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARD, DENNIS P | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $96,392.88 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITCOMB, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $96,392.88 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, RANA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $96,392.88 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKOWITZ, STEVEN N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $96,392.88 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, ERIN E | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $96,392.45 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MATTHEW R | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,391.99 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, ELIZABETH F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,391.70 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEPEDA, LAURA J | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $96,390.95 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTAINE, RONALD M, JR | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $96,390.52 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, KENNETH R, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $96,390.01 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLEJO, NORMAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,389.78 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'GORMAN, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,389.50 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ROSS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,388.77 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGLIN, KARA L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,388.74 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA PLANTE, BRUCE J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,388.22 | Date 07/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, CATHERINE R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $96,386.77 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, GREGORY J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,386.44 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HEEMSTEDE OBELT, VERONICA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $96,385.81 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, BRIAN P | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $96,385.19 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNELLA, JOSEPH M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $96,384.36 | Date 05/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALTABIANO, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $96,383.95 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, JOHN T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,383.40 | Date 11/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSKA, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,383.01 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, WENDY F | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $96,382.83 | Date 09/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UVINO, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,382.83 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, MARK R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $96,382.36 | Date 07/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MORSLYN M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,381.75 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, VERONICA A | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $96,381.51 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOECHNER, CATHERINE M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $96,381.13 | Date 06/13/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBBIO, FERNANDO S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $96,380.40 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ESPOSITO, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,379.54 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLCOMB, BRADLEY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,378.87 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, ALESSANDRO A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,378.87 | Date 01/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA-GILLESPIE, SIOBHAN H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $96,378.45 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EULER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,378.16 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIRNE, EILEEN M | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $96,376.81 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, DEREK J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $96,376.56 | Date 01/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEAHL, RICKY J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $96,374.89 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENGLER, BRIAN M | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $96,374.40 | Date 08/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JAMES J, III | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $96,374.07 | Date 12/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBDEAU, LYNNE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $96,373.07 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYKES, TODD W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $96,371.26 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONIE, LARRY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,371.18 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, ANGELA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $96,370.97 | Date 07/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMITRAN, MARIUS D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,370.61 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI VIGNI, LISA | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $96,369.99 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JOHN J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $96,369.91 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, DANIEL S. | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,369.77 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,369.23 | Date 04/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, JEFFREY D | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $96,368.88 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOWACKI, DALE S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,368.18 | Date 07/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, CARMELO | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $96,366.48 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEDKO, LARISSA | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,366.13 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, DEBORAH A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $96,366.04 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKLETT, NANCY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,365.63 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, NOEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,365.62 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUBE, JASON D | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $96,365.29 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPEZZA, FRANK | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $96,365.26 | Date 01/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, RICHARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,364.34 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUCK, LINDA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $96,364.21 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTWICK, RANDALL L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $96,362.30 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGERTY, DAWN M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,360.93 | Date 05/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLBROOK, JAY D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $96,360.41 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $96,360.38 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDOR, MARK C | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $96,360.38 | Date 01/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHANTE, IRIS E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,359.84 | Date 01/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLEY, JEFFREY M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $96,359.58 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KIM A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,358.47 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALBONE, JENNIFER S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,358.27 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JASON M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,358.17 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTON, ASHLEY N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,357.99 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIELLO, TERESA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,357.90 | Date 04/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROWERS, MAXINE F | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,357.10 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,356.95 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, NATHAN L | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $96,356.27 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, LIZETTE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $96,356.18 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORKIN, BARBARA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $96,355.95 | Date 02/01/1964 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, CARLOS G | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $96,355.88 | Date 10/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMONS, MARYANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $96,355.84 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OOMMEN, LYJU | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,355.69 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODMAN, IVY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,354.54 | Date 12/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, BRIAN S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $96,354.49 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYE, KEVIN D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $96,354.45 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRANTES, RONALD J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,353.41 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUSTER, SOFYA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $96,353.18 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, TONI S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,352.66 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, FENG | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $96,350.87 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLER, JENNIFER C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,350.50 | Date 10/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIN, BRUCE W | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $96,350.46 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDER, JOSEPH F | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $96,350.35 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LORNE D | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $96,349.09 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANCER, ROBIN J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $96,348.45 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, RONALD E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,348.15 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASTERSON, MICHAEL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,348.00 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLWELL, KATHLEEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,347.56 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BATE, LISA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,346.97 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, RICHARD A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $96,346.71 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, STACY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,346.45 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RENWRICK, DEBORAH L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,344.35 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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