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 ISLAM, ANWAR U | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,524.00 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELZER, CRAIG S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,523.88 | Date 12/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, JOSEPH B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $95,523.60 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHR, RONALD W | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $95,523.15 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, THOMAS P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $95,522.89 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELIUS, DAVID A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,521.92 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBLEY, JACQUELINE C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,521.27 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASSONE, THOMAS A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,520.45 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EADES, GEORGE | Employer name Franklin Co Solid Waste Mgt Au | Amount $95,519.98 | Date 03/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PERNO, LAURIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,519.76 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROCK, JAMES J, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $95,518.09 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREIS, KEVIN R | Employer name Boces-Otsego Northern Catskill | Amount $95,517.76 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOPEN, SUSAN P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,517.63 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,516.75 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,516.67 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, NICHOLAS R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,515.93 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTON, ROBERT K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,514.12 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, DANIEL U | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,512.68 | Date 09/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, GLADA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,511.75 | Date 04/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, WINSTON N | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $95,510.39 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLING, RYAN T | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $95,509.71 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVILA, MICHELE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,509.60 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMAN, ANGELA M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,509.60 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GRADY, SIOBHAN T | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $95,509.60 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKEIGHAN, KENNETH B | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $95,509.43 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSSEAU, ROMY | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,509.39 | Date 05/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCENTE, THOMAS A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $95,508.99 | Date 12/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARDINO JOHNSON, LORETTA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,506.67 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRONE, NOREEN N | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,506.21 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMANUELE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,506.02 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JAMES S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,504.88 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLINA, HELENE M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,504.87 | Date 08/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELEMEN, LAURA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $95,504.76 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZOLA, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,501.74 | Date 07/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULI, MARY D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,500.94 | Date 05/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,500.25 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAPILLATO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,499.57 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, ELLEN T | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $95,499.06 | Date 06/12/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSEN, CAROL E | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $95,497.92 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUSZ, DANIEL M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,496.33 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANFREDI, GREGORY M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $95,496.27 | Date 02/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRONE, DIANE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,496.18 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, RAYMOND C | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $95,494.17 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHE, ROBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,492.22 | Date 07/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSEUS, LYDIA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,491.10 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, JAMIE L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,489.84 | Date 01/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $95,488.59 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MARCELLA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,488.24 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTFOOT, WILLIE J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,487.73 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASCARY, DANIE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,487.72 | Date 09/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, KEITH R | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $95,486.57 | Date 08/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSAESSER, SUSAN J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $95,485.75 | Date 10/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DONALD B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $95,484.08 | Date 11/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, BRANDON F | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,483.44 | Date 02/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,482.92 | Date 07/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE PAUL, DONNA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,482.85 | Date 05/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,482.50 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,482.14 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, SHEILA J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $95,481.64 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOSEPH M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,480.84 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHEY, SUSAN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,479.91 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, MARTIN T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,479.24 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERVAN, JOSEPH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,478.54 | Date 10/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESTER, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,478.54 | Date 02/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROHN, ALISON R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,478.54 | Date 02/19/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWTON, WARREN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,478.54 | Date 05/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAISLEY, MERVA V | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,478.47 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JOAN E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,478.10 | Date 01/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ADDARIO, MARGARET A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,477.88 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORN, LISA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,477.13 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERKAMP, DEBRA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,476.66 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,476.55 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEACON, WILLIAM D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,476.16 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINLOCK, NORMAN W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,475.31 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, THERESA A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $95,474.94 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $95,474.47 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCHEN, MICHAEL V, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,474.45 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCIUK, KEVIN | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $95,472.47 | Date 03/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHR, MARIA | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $95,471.72 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEINER, MICHELE | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $95,471.72 | Date 05/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUTUS, GREGORY S | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,471.49 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHIPPS, DANIEL F | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,470.59 | Date 10/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIFF, JEREMY M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $95,470.37 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINING, THERESA C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,470.10 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, MAYA TRESSA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,469.61 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, SEAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,468.60 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAMINI, STEVEN | Employer name Village of Oyster Bay Cove | Amount $95,467.62 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRINGLE, ROAN E | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,467.34 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODEN, RANA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,466.29 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $95,465.73 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLARD, MEGAN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,464.65 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, MICHAEL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,463.99 | Date 11/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, NICOLAS C, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,463.62 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYGERT, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $95,463.43 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, CRAIG B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $95,462.76 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYPPOLITE, MYRLENE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,462.28 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, ALBA L | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $95,461.45 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, PAUL A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,461.30 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, KEVIN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,460.69 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, NORBERT, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,460.61 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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