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 O'CONNOR, DANIEL V | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $96,553.24 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, DAVID P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,553.14 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, MATTHEW D | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $96,551.99 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAMIE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,551.88 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUBB, ELIJAH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,551.29 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REEKIE, JOSEPH | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $96,551.05 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $96,549.57 | Date 07/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIN, LISA R | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $96,549.05 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELA, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $96,548.24 | Date 02/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMACHO, ALFONSO | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,547.81 | Date 10/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUOT, MARY R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,547.43 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUWE, THOMAS E | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $96,546.98 | Date 06/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCA, MARY B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,546.96 | Date 06/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECALA, SUZANNE A | Employer name Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Amount $96,544.32 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASANAS, WILLIAM | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $96,544.00 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LOAN, KATHERINE R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $96,543.82 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALE, GERALYN M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $96,541.64 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLCZYK, LAURA D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $96,541.51 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVINO, ARTHUR B, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $96,541.38 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, JOSEPH C | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $96,541.28 | Date 03/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEIPO, JEFFREY L | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,540.51 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOYITHARA, ELSY S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,539.96 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FELICE, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $96,539.27 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMASAMI, LAURETTE F | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $96,538.97 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLENON, CASEY B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $96,538.77 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULICH, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,538.32 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSE, KYLE A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $96,538.00 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDER WENDE, RICK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,538.00 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTO, DIANE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,537.40 | Date 12/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLFE, ROBERT B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,536.67 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEIGLEIN, JOSEPH R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,536.61 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, EDMOND F, III | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $96,536.38 | Date 05/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARY C | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $96,535.20 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMURZYNSKI, GARY H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,534.77 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EYRICH, AARON K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,534.43 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LORD, RICHARD M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,533.82 | Date 11/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTOWICZ, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,533.43 | Date 02/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREDES, CLAUDIO W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $96,530.07 | Date 03/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, JIA DEE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,530.00 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, JOHN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,529.75 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRELLA, MOREEN D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,529.61 | Date 09/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSELL, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $96,527.82 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZZULLO, PAUL M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $96,526.90 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLORAN, WILLIAM M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $96,526.40 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVIN, PREMILA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,526.24 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, JOHN C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $96,524.60 | Date 04/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SCOTT E | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $96,523.81 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINTIM-MISA, DORIS | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $96,522.16 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, THOMAS L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $96,522.01 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $96,521.62 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTON, GREGORY H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $96,521.58 | Date 07/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $96,520.33 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODELL, JOHN F, III | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $96,520.08 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANN, RICHARD A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $96,519.84 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETRANO, DIANE | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $96,519.70 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Gr Atlantic Bch Water Reclam Dst | Amount $96,519.58 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRACH, JASON F | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $96,519.37 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAY, MARSHALL H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $96,519.28 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIDGE, SIDNEY C, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $96,519.22 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $96,519.01 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONALDI, JOHN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,518.91 | Date 12/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, DAVID H | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $96,518.30 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, EDWARD J | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $96,517.61 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, JOSEPHINE V | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,516.73 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $96,515.73 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMMER, AARON J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $96,515.31 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGATSI, DIANNA | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $96,515.04 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCOVICH, MICHAEL C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $96,514.11 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, ROMAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,513.72 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, DANIEL T | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $96,511.60 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RONG, JIA-SHENG | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $96,511.48 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIRONI, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Town of Halfmoon | Amount $96,510.91 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINTRAUB, JUDITH | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $96,510.70 | Date 09/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, EVERETT E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $96,510.52 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ALTARIK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,510.32 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZOWSKI, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,510.12 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, FRANCISCO A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,510.04 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCROFT, FREDERICK S, III | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $96,509.30 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU VAL, MARJORY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,509.30 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTO, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $96,508.65 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, BRIAN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,508.00 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALCE, PATRICIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,505.75 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, VICKI L | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $96,505.29 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JACKIE-ANN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,504.90 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, AMED | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,503.68 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KIM M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $96,503.52 | Date 06/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, PETER C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,503.18 | Date 05/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MICHAEL H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,503.08 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCK, RAYMOND W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $96,502.17 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUENFELD, LEONARD N | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $96,500.04 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, WILLIAM W | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $96,499.70 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIDOMIZIO, JAMES C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,498.08 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DIANA L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,497.83 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESTER, JOHN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,497.37 | Date 02/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KAREN A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $96,497.07 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSMAN, JEFFREY B | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $96,496.70 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULE, DEAN L | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $96,495.18 | Date 10/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AZIZ, NADINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,495.00 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WILLIAM T | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $96,494.65 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, MAUREEN C | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $96,492.87 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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