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 MERENDINO, MARGARET T | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $95,632.62 | Date 09/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $95,632.60 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ALEX J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $95,632.32 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLMIE, CHARLES D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,632.18 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCULLI, LINDA F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,632.15 | Date 02/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CARLO, MICHELLE A | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $95,630.69 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DENISE B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,630.57 | Date 05/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, BRIAN G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,630.16 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASAS, VINCENT | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,630.04 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,629.53 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSCAMP, FRANCIS X | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $95,628.57 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRIAGA, MYRA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,627.79 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOWAJA, ISHAN OMAR F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,627.69 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, BRYAN L | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $95,627.28 | Date 01/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, LYNN G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,627.05 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCHMAN, KAREN S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,626.49 | Date 02/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RODNEY K | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,626.17 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILMARTIN, GAIL | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $95,626.05 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDORE, KELLY M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $95,624.84 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MONICA Y | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $95,624.80 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMON, BRENTON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,624.33 | Date 02/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELISSIER, PIERRE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $95,623.74 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, KEVIN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,623.50 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINATRA, RYAN T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,622.73 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, JOHN F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,622.59 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRELLA, GAIL S | Employer name Town of Geddes | Amount $95,622.29 | Date 06/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORCHANIAN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $95,622.20 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGGINS, DANIEL P | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $95,621.24 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRPO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,619.22 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARTENI, MYRIAM S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $95,619.19 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, DANIEL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,618.45 | Date 10/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDAPPER, AARON A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,618.30 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,618.27 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANDRAY, MOISES | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $95,617.33 | Date 07/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEGER, DONALD R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $95,617.06 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC PHERSON, MARIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,616.20 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, BONNIE J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,615.12 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABBAS, ABRAHAM | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,614.97 | Date 11/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, ARCHIE, III | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,614.92 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEA-GILLESPIE, SIOBHAN H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,614.82 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IADEVIA, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,614.37 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $95,612.95 | Date 11/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,612.00 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANKFURTER, MICHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,611.71 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, PETER J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,610.06 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, ERIC A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $95,609.84 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASILENKO, GREGORY J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,609.56 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHLSTEDT, ANNE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,609.49 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-LOUIS, JAHIM F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,609.06 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,608.42 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, DANIEL E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,607.75 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, NANCY A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $95,606.24 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, EULA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,605.49 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, BERNADETTE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,604.68 | Date 10/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNE, RUDOLPH | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,603.21 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALESSI, MARGARET A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,603.20 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $95,602.57 | Date 04/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIARDI, MARGARET R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,600.81 | Date 09/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX-GIETMAN, JUDITH L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $95,599.80 | Date 04/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, BRENT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,599.05 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUNLEY, KIZZIE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,598.23 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, CARL R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $95,598.20 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EHRICH, JULIE A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $95,597.50 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMING, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,597.33 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, CHRISTIAN M | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $95,596.08 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, PETER | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,595.83 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLORY, THOMAS J | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $95,595.76 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASCOLI, JOEL M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 03/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVAL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, NOEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, KERRIL B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHOE, RICHARD S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUK, MARK | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, PAUL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRELLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 11/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALCHERT, PAUL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, GERHARD L, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,595.34 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUTY, DARYL E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $95,594.27 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RULE, RITA A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,593.50 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZIKOWSKI, JOSEPH, III | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,593.21 | Date 07/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARINO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $95,592.58 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSILLIPO, RAYMOND E | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $95,592.20 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, WILLIAM F | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,589.82 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, THOMAS P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,587.59 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANG, XUELIAN | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $95,586.75 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, KEVIN R | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $95,586.39 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALASCIBETTA, DENNIS J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,586.30 | Date 12/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, DANIEL B | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $95,584.65 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAKAVAS, NICHOLAS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $95,584.18 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRENER, VANESSA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,584.09 | Date 03/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEREMIAH, JAN J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,583.98 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, THOMAS L | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $95,583.87 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, AARON D, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,581.67 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, CAROLE B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,581.54 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCHIMOWICZ, CHARLES M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $95,581.20 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, RUDOLPH L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,580.57 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, WALTER J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,579.83 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHNER, JENINE H | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $95,578.27 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $95,578.01 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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