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 PAGANO, FRANK | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,343.87 | Date 01/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRONARDI, DANTE D | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $96,343.28 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IYER, PREEYA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,342.42 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMB, BRIAN R | Employer name Locust Valley Water District | Amount $96,342.37 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYRELL, CAROL O | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $96,341.91 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, ROSE A | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $96,341.67 | Date 03/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $96,340.76 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTEBRANDO, ROBIN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $96,339.40 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICOZZI, LISA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $96,339.34 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERYCH, BETTY J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $96,339.34 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, CHRISTIAN | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $96,338.97 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, SUZANNE L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $96,338.73 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELARDO, MARIO | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $96,338.34 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, KATHRYN M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $96,337.70 | Date 10/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAHAN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $96,337.53 | Date 07/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, RONALD | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $96,337.26 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHER, KAREN | Employer name Nyack UFSD | Amount $96,337.24 | Date 12/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSARO, PAUL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $96,336.91 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, JOHNNY M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $96,336.76 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRCHANSKY, EDWARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,336.74 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKERSON, HAL M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,336.65 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTERLY, JACOB L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,336.45 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ROSILY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $96,335.73 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLAM, MANDY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,335.63 | Date 05/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WILLIAM T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $96,335.63 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEVARUGHESE, ASHA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $96,335.61 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JEAN H | Employer name Albany County | Amount $96,335.33 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, JOHN A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $96,335.06 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAORMINO, PAUL D | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $96,334.46 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUGARMAN, COLLEEN | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $96,333.66 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABB, ANDREW R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,333.49 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSAGA, DENISE M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $96,333.38 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOHR, WENDY | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,331.00 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGNEAULT, THOMAS M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,330.20 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,329.92 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, WILLIAM R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $96,329.69 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $96,329.28 | Date 09/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, WILLIAM D | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $96,328.95 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LOUGHLIN, MAUREEN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,328.62 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROW, BENJAMIN R, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,328.25 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $96,326.88 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHR, MARIA | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $96,325.09 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKSON, LORI L | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $96,324.60 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIZGIA, STEVEN R | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $96,324.51 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, BOBBY JO R | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $96,324.19 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, RONALD N, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,324.06 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, SONDRA A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,324.03 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALINSKI, THOMAS P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $96,324.03 | Date 07/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, JIM | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $96,322.96 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, PETER | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,322.61 | Date 03/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINARD, CHARLES R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $96,322.48 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRISON, GEORGE E | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $96,321.93 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DAVID W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $96,320.93 | Date 02/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOSEPH W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,320.21 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, KEVIN R | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $96,319.20 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLITTIERI, CARL P | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $96,318.65 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AGATA, STEVEN P | Employer name Village of Liberty | Amount $96,318.07 | Date 06/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, CAROL C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $96,317.84 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES P | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $96,317.36 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CASTRO, THOMAS A, JR | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $96,317.04 | Date 02/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, FREDY H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $96,316.44 | Date 04/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, JOSEPH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,316.34 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, MARK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,315.38 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, WAYNE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $96,315.06 | Date 02/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSERMAN, CARI F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,314.40 | Date 04/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPOCCHIA, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,314.00 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, FRANK S | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $96,313.60 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NED, ANNMARIE J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $96,313.50 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBARTOLO, DAVID | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $96,313.49 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, GERALD | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $96,312.99 | Date 08/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLINGER, BRUCE S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $96,311.65 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, MATTHEW C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,310.58 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, ERIK A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $96,308.22 | Date 07/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ANTHONY B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,308.13 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUBBLEBINE, BARBARA L | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $96,307.53 | Date 04/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUSEWICZ, DAWN S | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $96,307.46 | Date 06/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ZACHENE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,307.28 | Date 10/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,307.22 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMA, DUANE A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $96,306.72 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMIDON, KEVIN K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $96,306.67 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, JERRY H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,306.24 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WREN, MAUREEN F | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $96,305.49 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRANTON, MARK A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $96,305.26 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, WILLIAM F, IV | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $96,304.82 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEE, GERALD R | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $96,304.16 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESHONG, DEBRA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,304.08 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GARNET E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,303.27 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSWELL, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $96,302.73 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONKERS, DIXIE S | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $96,301.94 | Date 12/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISANZO, DOMINICK | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $96,301.77 | Date 08/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FADER, SANFORD E | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $96,301.45 | Date 08/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFFIN, TARA B | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $96,301.12 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGAL, JESSICA Z | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $96,300.88 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNAZZA, JOHN G | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $96,300.13 | Date 03/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOONTZ, SHANTE I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,299.69 | Date 11/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LABISSIERE, MURIELLE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,299.57 | Date 02/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLING, MICHAEL J | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $96,299.44 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUMAGALLI, LISBETH L | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $96,298.72 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWANI, FAKHERA K | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,297.17 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVE-ROBINSON, LA SHAWN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,296.97 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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