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 PEREZ, NELSON C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTEROS, ALEXANDRA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMORRO, HENRY F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES-CATOR, MARTINE M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 10/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIE, ANGELA S | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 01/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERDINAND, DAVID | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 03/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWELL, CARMEN B | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, WINSTON N | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APOSTOLICO, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPONARA, SALVATORE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITIS, BORIS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LI | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $96,712.46 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUDERI, DENNIS J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $96,711.57 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONELLI, ALFRED A, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,710.74 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELES, LOUIE A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $96,709.87 | Date 09/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREVITE, RENA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,709.73 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCARDI, ANTHONY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,709.58 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, KATHLEEN L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $96,708.64 | Date 09/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDING, TAMMY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,708.30 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNTON, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,708.30 | Date 06/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMILE, JOHN P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $96,708.30 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, LAURA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,707.40 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALPH, SEAN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $96,707.20 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAIN, KEVIN A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $96,706.87 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORTT, KENNETH C | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $96,706.64 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERT, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $96,706.29 | Date 11/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANDO, NEIL R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $96,705.97 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, RICHARD R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $96,705.25 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILES, SCOTT C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,704.26 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, MICHAEL G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,704.20 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGOLD, RYAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,704.11 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, LEONARD S, III | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $96,702.65 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $96,702.07 | Date 03/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $96,701.59 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $96,701.25 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAGUE, LUCAS S | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $96,700.75 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELISKI, WILLIAM E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $96,699.76 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSQUADRO, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $96,699.53 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, DOUGLAS H | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $96,696.39 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBER, KENNETH J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $96,695.76 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JASON | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $96,695.21 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABATE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $96,694.31 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, KRISTIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,694.00 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALAYER, AMIR-SAAM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,694.00 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, EMMA J H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,694.00 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS-MESSINA, LESLIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,694.00 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, ANDREW N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,693.93 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, JOHN F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,693.69 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MELISSA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,690.68 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGNEY, JAMES T | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $96,690.08 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADAFORA, MICHAEL G | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $96,689.96 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON BEVERN, JOSEPH F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,689.84 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAS, NICHOLAS A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $96,689.76 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, PAUL H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,688.79 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDT, LILYA A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,688.28 | Date 03/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGBOE, COURAGE | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $96,688.11 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMISON, CHRISTINE C | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $96,687.18 | Date 05/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MARA, SHAWN P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $96,686.10 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $96,685.46 | Date 07/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, PATRICK J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $96,684.92 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBBO, JOHN M | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $96,683.34 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHGEBER, PANDORA P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $96,682.71 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRECKENGOST, MERLE N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,681.59 | Date 08/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STORY, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $96,680.74 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTANIS, JACOB | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,680.01 | Date 04/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSANE, KEVIN J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,679.66 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCSKAR, EDWARD F, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,679.66 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKINS, KELVIN B | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $96,678.37 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBERT M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,678.27 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JOHN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,677.84 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCANO, CARL M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,677.68 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLAS, ELIZABETH V | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $96,677.08 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, MARK D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $96,676.70 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DAVID | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $96,675.57 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TIMOTHY | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $96,675.39 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVIN, BERNADETTE A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,673.31 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, GABRIELLE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,672.99 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EACHIN, CESARE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,672.68 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, JILL D | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $96,672.37 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENAN, MARY C | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $96,672.28 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $96,671.93 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERHAAR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $96,671.44 | Date 09/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRANEBURG, EILEEN M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $96,671.42 | Date 03/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMALALOAN, JULIETA B | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $96,670.59 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESLIN, FRANCINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,670.50 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLISZ, JOHN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $96,670.49 | Date 05/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIALDONE, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,670.46 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,669.90 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZNER, KEITH S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,669.55 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, PATRICIA L | Employer name Niagara Falls Housing Authorit | Amount $96,669.36 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIAR, RYAN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,669.26 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSELOG, NICOLAS W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,668.00 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, THOMAS C | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $96,667.61 | Date 09/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUMENTHAL, JESSICA I | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,667.41 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELL'OLIO, THERESE K | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $96,664.90 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $96,664.02 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, MARK A | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $96,664.00 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, WAYNE J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $96,663.76 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, DEBORAH E | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $96,662.50 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANELLO, RACHAEL C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,660.93 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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