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 SINCLAIR, KRISTIN G | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $96,492.56 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFF, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,491.97 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIS, JAMES | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,491.71 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSHKOWITZ, LISE M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $96,491.47 | Date 01/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, SHENG-YEAN | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $96,491.47 | Date 11/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, NIRANJANA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,491.47 | Date 04/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELI, SUSAN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,491.07 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, ROBERT R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,490.46 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, WAYNE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,490.42 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, JENNIFER S | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $96,489.87 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADAGE, LEONARD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $96,489.48 | Date 06/22/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLERC, ALBERT L, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,488.28 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REICHINGER, SCOTT | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,488.21 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, GADDIEL | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,488.18 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIOR, BRIAN D | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $96,488.08 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, BRYAN S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $96,486.24 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TYSON N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,486.00 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPERSAUD, RANIE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,486.00 | Date 06/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEUSCHER, EARL W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,485.71 | Date 10/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, DAVID M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $96,485.66 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,485.01 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, TRAVIS J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $96,484.51 | Date 06/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNUTOWICZ, JULIE E | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $96,483.60 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERRONE, ANTHONY P | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $96,481.40 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD GATES, KAREN J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $96,481.26 | Date 10/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, BRADLEY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $96,480.65 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, NEIL A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,480.30 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCOPO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $96,479.61 | Date 09/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSS, RICHARD L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $96,479.61 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTOCELLO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $96,479.47 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LEONARD | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $96,478.27 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGINIA, JAMES J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,477.79 | Date 11/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JASON S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,477.30 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOWALK, JOEL E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,476.85 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAUT, DENISE A | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $96,476.44 | Date 08/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, STEVEN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,476.39 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDUJAR, SAMUEL T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,476.02 | Date 08/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, LINDA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,475.98 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARTIN J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $96,474.76 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDY, JESSICA C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $96,474.27 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, STEVEN E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $96,473.79 | Date 08/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JILL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $96,471.44 | Date 06/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLIN, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $96,471.12 | Date 04/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RENWICK, CAROL ANN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $96,471.12 | Date 06/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENZABENE, AMY H | Employer name Department of State | Amount $96,471.03 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, JENNIFER L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $96,471.02 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SUBHA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,471.01 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, CHANTELLE | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $96,469.10 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, STANLEY J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $96,469.06 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYUNG, KENNETH C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $96,468.83 | Date 07/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIESCH, WALTER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,468.40 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKIDMORE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $96,468.09 | Date 08/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUSTI, SRIKANTH E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,467.26 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, RICHARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,465.25 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NONNO, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $96,464.60 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, RAYMOND L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $96,463.48 | Date 12/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERTI, MICHAEL C, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,462.80 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMS, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $96,462.19 | Date 05/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACH, NANCY C | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $96,461.76 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONGDON, JOSEPH L | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $96,461.73 | Date 03/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $96,461.56 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PLANTE, ROBIN E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,460.65 | Date 12/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, PAMELA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $96,460.57 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, HEATHER | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,460.26 | Date 05/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $96,460.21 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEANE, THOMAS P, III | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,460.05 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, SHERRI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $96,459.47 | Date 06/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITH, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $96,459.36 | Date 09/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MAR, D JEREMY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,458.62 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUSTER, SUSAN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,457.06 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCA, DANIEL P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $96,455.25 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, GLEN L | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $96,454.29 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, DEBRA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,453.75 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KMIDOWSKI, LORI A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $96,453.73 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, ALICIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,453.60 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, RAYMOND F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $96,453.08 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYFIELD-BOZA, THERESA P | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $96,453.07 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAZINO, JOHN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $96,452.44 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAINOR, EAMONN P | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANAND, MADHU | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 07/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHANNA, THOMAS A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 01/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, ROBERT G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 11/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULAS, KAREN E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, THOMAS J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOST, STEPHEN J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBLAY, MARK A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 04/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINMAN, THOMAS | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 07/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERTER, JEFFREY L | Employer name Department of State | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 09/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, JEFFREY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTAINE, MARY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 06/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRESGE, WALTER A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, LORRAINE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTEER, JOHN S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROUE, GARY P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ERIC SCOTT | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, KEVIN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTIS, STEVEN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENUE-HOURIGAN, REBECCA L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAVES, KAREN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,452.20 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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