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 SWANKIE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $95,037.57 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, BENITA O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,037.46 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $95,037.40 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVERSON, MARYBETH | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,037.26 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,036.82 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEDWIG, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,036.64 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASUNCION-ABIQUE, SHIELA MAY S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,036.44 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, THOMAS | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,036.20 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLBOURNE, EBONEY V | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,036.09 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJ, CHESTER S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,035.80 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKASIEWICZ, DAWN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $95,035.80 | Date 05/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMANN, MAUREEN A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,035.80 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEOTZER, TODD S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,035.65 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUSTINI, RAYMOND | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,035.20 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODT, STEPHANIE N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,032.60 | Date 04/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTBRAND, JAMES R, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,032.08 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IUSI, DAVID J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $95,031.95 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVESON, RUTH J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,030.72 | Date 02/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, DANIEL R | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $95,030.71 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC SPARRON, COLLEEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $95,030.47 | Date 06/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREINER, JAMES A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $95,030.11 | Date 03/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, BRIAN P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,029.10 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBETTS, MATTHEW R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,028.02 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,027.66 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDICK, DONALD C | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $95,027.47 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERUBE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $95,026.91 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POREMBA, ALAN M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $95,025.36 | Date 11/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKEWICH, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,025.26 | Date 01/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JENNIFER L | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $95,025.23 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $95,024.59 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCAL, LOUIS A, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,024.59 | Date 01/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUYDAM, DEBORAH E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,024.33 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHMANN, JASON | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,023.55 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, NAOMI A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $95,023.53 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOO, OKE JOO | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,023.18 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYDZYNSKI, KEVIN A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $95,023.11 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANNER, DONNOVAN M | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $95,022.61 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUSANNAH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,022.22 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTLE, SHARRON T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,021.45 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DAVID J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,021.04 | Date 08/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CADIGAN, GERALD G | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $95,020.87 | Date 08/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,020.46 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEIT, EUGENE A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,020.42 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGBARD, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $95,016.61 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, ELISSA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,015.91 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEAN-O'FARRELL, SUSAN | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,015.36 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGNONE, VINCENT L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,014.31 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSSMAN, JACK M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $95,013.40 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KICK, TARA M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,013.30 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBERBOCK, ELLEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 07/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGDANOFF, CLARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, MARIE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILIMETIN, MARGUERITE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, LISA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, TIMOTHY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO-SVERDLIN, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,011.54 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIM, CYNTHIA T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,011.53 | Date 11/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWET, JENNIFER B | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,010.45 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ZHUO | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,010.29 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JOHNNY M, SR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,009.37 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, MARJORIE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,007.95 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $95,006.79 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FONTANILLES, JOSE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $95,006.10 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANTO, VINCENT S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,005.49 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORRETTO, THOMAS D | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $95,004.48 | Date 04/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALTO, DANIEL E | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $95,004.41 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, ROSALINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,004.00 | Date 09/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULIK, JOSEPH M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,003.63 | Date 10/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DENNISON W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,001.60 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRANMER, WILLIAM | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $95,001.36 | Date 06/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, XIAXIA | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $95,000.70 | Date 10/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA, ANEIRY | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $95,000.10 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULLO, GAYLE L | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $95,000.00 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINI, HEENA H | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $94,999.92 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $94,999.90 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, DIANE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,999.74 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATOLA, MARC D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,999.73 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLUCCIO, SUSAN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,998.83 | Date 01/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, DAVID P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,998.81 | Date 02/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALTERS, KEVIN R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $94,998.81 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MEO, STEVEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, MARY E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATS, LOUIS N | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUESON, CAROLYN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 08/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVIUS, TIMOTHY | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 04/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, MARIO S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, JOHN F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 04/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, DANIEL J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMATO, GLENN L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, LISSETTE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, GARY J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDI, CARMINE, III | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANETTI, LOUIS A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, VINCENT A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANDRIG, RONALD | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LORI A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, DAISY L | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPANICOLAOU, MICHAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,998.46 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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