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 ROTUNDO, BENEDICT, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $96,361.67 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, DAVID A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,361.20 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,361.19 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHANZ, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,360.94 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRTON, LILA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,360.71 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUILLACE, JOHN A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $96,360.40 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, GLORIA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,360.16 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAS, HARSHAVARDHANA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,360.16 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGLER, SANDRA R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,360.16 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, ROBERT E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $96,359.90 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADELAJA, ABIOLA O | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $96,359.74 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,359.38 | Date 06/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, SLOANE N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, JAMES G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, BRYAN L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, STEVEN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 03/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, DAVID B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 07/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHWAY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 11/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATPALLY, RAMAKRISHNA R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,359.12 | Date 05/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARR, JOHN R | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $96,358.36 | Date 11/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, GEOFFREY J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,358.34 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKEL, MARLEE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,358.34 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUFF, AUGUST H | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $96,358.33 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMILLERI, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $96,357.08 | Date 03/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISPOLI, MICHAEL | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $96,356.85 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DANIEL F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $96,356.76 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $96,356.21 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNAARS, SHANNON E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $96,354.95 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WILLIAM P | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $96,354.86 | Date 06/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CULIANOS, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $96,354.45 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MANNA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $96,354.35 | Date 11/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALA, BRIAN E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,353.79 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSKINEN, KYLE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $96,353.15 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUZDZAL, JASON P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,352.74 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINKLEY, TYLER J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $96,351.67 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, JOHN T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,351.02 | Date 11/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, CHRIS S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,349.61 | Date 02/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,348.72 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, MARCO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,348.36 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,348.27 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEASHOMB, LAWRENCE L, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $96,347.67 | Date 11/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, RICHARD A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $96,346.64 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERANTE, THOMAS R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $96,346.51 | Date 05/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, ELAINE | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,345.86 | Date 07/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATTAZZI, CHRIS J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $96,345.86 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, EDELINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,345.21 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, WILLIAM P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,344.82 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDS, DEBORAH N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,344.82 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCH, THEODORE J | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,344.82 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRZEZINSKI, KAREN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,343.52 | Date 03/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, ROBERT A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,343.52 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, KENNETH C | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $96,343.22 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, JARED M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $96,342.41 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDI, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $96,342.24 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, DIANA M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $96,341.73 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, STEPHEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,341.54 | Date 11/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,341.54 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMMERSO, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,341.54 | Date 01/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN-LANE, JOAN H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,341.18 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, CLINT C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $96,341.06 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, DAVID J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $96,340.74 | Date 02/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,340.64 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JEFFREY C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $96,339.70 | Date 09/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, MARC L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $96,339.35 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, PAMELA B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,338.32 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,338.20 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAPPEN, ROSS | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $96,337.85 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAIN, ANTHONY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $96,337.63 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETTERGREEN, JONATHAN C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,337.02 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBRON, GREGORY N, JR | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $96,337.02 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, KAREN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $96,336.76 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLBROOK, SCOTT M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $96,336.44 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTARO, CATHI-ANNE | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $96,336.44 | Date 06/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $96,335.97 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, MARK W | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $96,334.52 | Date 01/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALUZZO, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,334.25 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICER, JAMES C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,333.67 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, CHERYL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,332.77 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIKSNIS, EDWARD B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,331.91 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERETT, JAMES P | Employer name Goshen CSD | Amount $96,331.82 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, VICTOR G | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $96,331.67 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLKA, CYNTHIA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,331.28 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, ALBERT H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $96,331.24 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWIZRAL, MYCROFT J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,330.52 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,329.48 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FRAMBOISE, CATHERINE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,329.07 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEILES, THOMAS A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,328.96 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCAGLIA, KARA A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $96,328.96 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, REBECCA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $96,328.85 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, LATREASE R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $96,328.84 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFOUR, SUSAN S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $96,328.70 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARHART, JEFFREY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $96,328.22 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, RAYMOND E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,327.14 | Date 11/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATOR, ANTHONY M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,326.75 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELEMEN, GREGORY A | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $96,326.66 | Date 03/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, MARILYN DAVEY | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $96,326.61 | Date 04/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVAL, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $96,324.80 | Date 08/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARP, LESLIE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $96,323.56 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, QIN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,322.98 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORALEMON, BRIDGETTE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $96,322.98 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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