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 SPALDING, LORNA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,097.74 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UHLE, KENNETH F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,097.74 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELAZQUEZ, MIGUEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,097.74 | Date 07/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIBELLI, THOMAS A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,097.74 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, THOMAS B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $95,097.70 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICHI, ERIC M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $95,097.56 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHY, JON W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,097.23 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURSZTYN, HARRIET | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,096.67 | Date 08/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELARDO, MARIO | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $95,096.55 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEE, MARSHA E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,095.12 | Date 02/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRIOLO, JAMES | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $95,094.44 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZIER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $95,093.96 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, GEORGE J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $95,093.62 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTANAVIGE, RICHARD | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $95,092.90 | Date 11/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, STEPHEN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,091.42 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, DEONARINE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,090.96 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, VELMA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,090.93 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LESTER C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,090.29 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, STEPHEN C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $95,088.37 | Date 02/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUL, ANNETTE | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $95,088.24 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDEN, JOHN J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $95,087.95 | Date 02/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZWAN, MOHAMMAD Z | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,087.45 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESZKOWICZ, DARRYL M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,087.03 | Date 08/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, JESSICA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,087.02 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONETTE, MARIA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,086.95 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,086.64 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, PATRICIA J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $95,086.44 | Date 09/25/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, JOSE D | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $95,085.94 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, JEFFREY E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,084.04 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POPOW, NINA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,081.66 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINLEYE, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,081.45 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOWIAK, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,081.03 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODENOUGH, ALFRED L, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,079.81 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAMASAKI, DEAN A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,079.07 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $95,078.37 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETROSKY, NATHANIEL P | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $95,076.82 | Date 03/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, JAY M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,076.06 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JEFFREY D | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $95,075.76 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, SONIA R | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,074.90 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, OSTEEN A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,074.30 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHORNY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $95,074.10 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINEO, ROY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,073.54 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFINI, ANTHONY P | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $95,072.45 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, REBECCA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,072.16 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, JAY W, SR | Employer name Village of West Haverstraw | Amount $95,071.74 | Date 05/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANMETER, ROBERT E | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $95,071.58 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, TYRONE A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,070.80 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENZEL, WILLIAM V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,069.57 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $95,069.28 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, BARBARA A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $95,069.19 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVRAS, JASON W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,068.84 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURVIS, JASON | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $95,068.63 | Date 12/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JEAN SKURA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,067.93 | Date 01/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCEA, ROY K | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,067.63 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, MARK R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $95,067.55 | Date 07/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEFFER, JOSEPH K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,065.52 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER-FEINSILBER, RUTH S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $95,065.36 | Date 09/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSALACO, LESLIE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,065.30 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMMING, VINCENT A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $95,065.06 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, AMELIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,063.34 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOOKLALL, SEERAM | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $95,062.55 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANECIO, GEORGE A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $95,061.07 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCCIARDO, LEONARD A | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $95,060.77 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, LUIS O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,060.38 | Date 04/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIESKE, RICHARD | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $95,059.32 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSSENFORT, ROXANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,058.41 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWAY, GEOFFREY A | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $95,057.92 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, CATHERINE S | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $95,057.53 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRIAN L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,056.33 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLA, WILLIAM M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,054.61 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, DONALD J, JR | Employer name Clifton Park Water Authority | Amount $95,054.23 | Date 02/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KARA E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $95,054.13 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, ROBERT H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $95,053.14 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, HECTOR W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,052.14 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILDRETH, JAMES K | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $95,051.85 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $95,051.83 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVONCHA, WILLIAM D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,051.80 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEEZEY, RICHARD E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,051.71 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, SHARON E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $95,051.46 | Date 11/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, WINONA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,050.18 | Date 10/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $95,049.05 | Date 05/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MEALIA, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,048.07 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, JOYCE ANN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,047.90 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKENHAGEN, JACQUELINE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,047.84 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAY, PHILIP D | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $95,046.93 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, GARTH C | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $95,046.92 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENHARD, GAY H | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $95,046.69 | Date 09/24/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, DONALD A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,045.98 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLENSTEIN, LEIF E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,045.11 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLUCCI, DOROTHY R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,044.85 | Date 03/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTTO, ADRIENNE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $95,043.82 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNN, TISH E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $95,043.76 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, RAYMOND J | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $95,043.24 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLETTE, TRACEY A V | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,042.48 | Date 03/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHADY, ROBERT S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,041.79 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAXTON, JOANNE | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $95,039.82 | Date 11/02/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEITH, BRENDAN L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,039.37 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, KEVIN S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,038.78 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ALTAGRACE G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,038.46 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KIMBERLY | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,037.80 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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