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 FERRARA, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $95,889.41 | Date 12/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIPKE, WILLIAM G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,888.00 | Date 05/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORPIGLIA, JOSEPH | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $95,887.82 | Date 01/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUND, URSZULA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,887.38 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKPATRICK, EDMUND J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $95,887.16 | Date 06/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODWIN, RICHARD | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $95,886.27 | Date 09/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, RODNEY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,886.25 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, CHANG T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $95,885.68 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNADLER, THOMAS G | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,885.40 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS-LEWIS, CYNTHIA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUK, LEONID | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEUS, JOSEPH CLEMENT | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUGENE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, VARUGHESE T | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARIKH, SANJIVAN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETER, JUDITH R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, LIZY | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 03/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, SYED N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 07/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHILLING, BRADFORD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 11/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONI, MANSUKHKUMAR | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAGHELA, GIRISH K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, SUDHA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONDA, JAMES | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRERO, EDUVIGEN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, MONI T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOMEQUE, CARLOS F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREKH, YOGESH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, PRAGNA J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDIQI, RAZI A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMISTOKLE, TOM E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, ZHENG | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCHER, JAMIE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSI, MAHMOUD | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRRITO, HUGH R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 03/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, PAPPACHAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, GIRISH V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELHARDT, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCARPETA, DENSFORD D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, MEENA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBB, DAVID | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETANI, RAPHAEL V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLEENY, JONATHAN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENASHA, DIANA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIRAPPEL, CICILY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 04/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, PARESHKUMAR M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 10/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNEE, SHAUN T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAANEN, YELENA T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 07/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCITI, SALVATORE M | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $95,885.06 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOVAN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $95,884.71 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANZONERI, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $95,884.59 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELL, BARRY F | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $95,883.98 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, ERIC J | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $95,883.67 | Date 11/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVARO, JEFFRY S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $95,882.84 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, THOMAS M | Employer name Albany Port District Commiss | Amount $95,877.87 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRINGER-COX, SUSAN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $95,877.40 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADIE, SORIN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,877.01 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Lockport City School Dist | Amount $95,876.63 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINESON, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,876.16 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORDBERG, LYNNEA NICOLE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,875.92 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,874.97 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, PAUL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,874.89 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, LORRIE A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $95,874.59 | Date 08/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MARIALICE G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $95,874.48 | Date 12/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNECKY, PETER S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,874.41 | Date 02/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $95,874.35 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSEY, MARGARET F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,874.07 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENOVEAU, THOMAS J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,873.77 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPCZYN, JEFFREY W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,873.58 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPO, LOUIS G, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,873.35 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, RANDY J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,873.08 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CAPRIO, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $95,871.92 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, JAMES P | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,871.36 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOREZ, JAIRO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,871.22 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYTH, FERGAL P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,871.13 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, LORRAINE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $95,870.65 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINO, PAULA B | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,870.49 | Date 04/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANEA, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $95,870.26 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLOMBO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $95,870.18 | Date 05/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERO, MICHAEL W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,869.49 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINSEY-MABRY, KIMBERLY I | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,868.12 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANELLI, VINCENT J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $95,867.58 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOERGER, THOMAS M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $95,866.98 | Date 03/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KERNAN, JAMES S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $95,866.46 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGER, KATHERINE H | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,866.44 | Date 02/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKEE, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,866.43 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMPADU-KYERE, YAW | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,865.83 | Date 11/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEVARA, FRANK A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,865.77 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUNSTALL, GARY E | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $95,864.23 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLTON, GARFIELD L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,863.97 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, GAIL D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,863.76 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSO-WELCH, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $95,862.82 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOODY, RAY O | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $95,862.49 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, BRIAN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,862.25 | Date 03/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, TIMOTHY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,862.03 | Date 03/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,861.90 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOFFELS, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,859.31 | Date 06/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDELARIO, MODESTO | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $95,857.82 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIRNE, EILEEN M | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $95,857.59 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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