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 MATHEW, SAJAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,866.53 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEZEZON, KRISTON A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,865.97 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENIER, SUSAN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,865.78 | Date 08/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $94,865.24 | Date 07/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, GEORGE | Employer name Hudson City School Dist | Amount $94,864.56 | Date 05/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CARLOS A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $94,864.36 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, MARK N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,864.09 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMORNES, FRITZ F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,863.88 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, RUSTY W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $94,863.56 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUORNAT, DARYL M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,862.48 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, VIVIAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,861.36 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MORA, MOLLY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,861.27 | Date 01/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANHART, BRYAN T | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,861.14 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARA, RAYMOND F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $94,861.02 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MARSHALL M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $94,860.60 | Date 09/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, PIA C | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $94,860.15 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTRIGHT, JOHN A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,858.78 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPPETA, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,858.73 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLONDO, RICHARD R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $94,857.56 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, KIMBERLEY D | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $94,857.46 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLERY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,856.91 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, GEORGE N | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $94,855.64 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DAVID C | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $94,854.74 | Date 03/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JAMES E | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $94,854.54 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, ERIC R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,854.31 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DONNA | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $94,853.47 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, JEFFREY K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,853.13 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CUFFA, GRICEL | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $94,852.73 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPOUTIS, BOBBY | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,852.11 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, STUART C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,851.06 | Date 01/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GLENN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,849.54 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWIN, MATHEW S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,849.11 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ANTHONY L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,849.04 | Date 10/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, BETHSAIDA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,849.04 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAROS, BRETT W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,848.56 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROCK, NANCY A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $94,848.13 | Date 03/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $94,848.01 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROSSER, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $94,847.23 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $94,845.49 | Date 10/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, THOMAS C | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $94,843.96 | Date 06/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROSKY, KEVIN J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $94,843.90 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRIGAN, TERENCE G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,842.80 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWIE, ZOLA N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,842.54 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ALMA F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,842.15 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICK M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,841.84 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $94,841.51 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISNER, NANCY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,838.97 | Date 11/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JOHN F | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $94,838.31 | Date 07/14/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLITTLE, JAIME C | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $94,836.77 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, LUIS M | Employer name Village of Harriman | Amount $94,836.63 | Date 02/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEDVED, MICHAEL P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,836.04 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRECKER, DONNA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,835.81 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINT, GEORGE W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,834.58 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, MARK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,832.27 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMEI, AMY D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,832.07 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAS, JOSEPH P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,831.48 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIANNI, JASON P | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $94,831.33 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBMAN, ROGER L, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,830.94 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, DIANE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,830.32 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFARDI, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,829.99 | Date 07/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, PAUL J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,829.95 | Date 02/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELIS, JASON S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,829.29 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIRNSTEIN, J ERIC | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,828.03 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, SEAN B | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $94,825.61 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANA, NORBERTO D, IV | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $94,825.05 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZOLA, CARMINE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,824.39 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERRY, DINAH M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,824.14 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMAX, DAVID A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,823.51 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JAIME EMILLIO | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,823.24 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, JULIA M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $94,823.10 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANKO, RICHARD R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,822.00 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTZLER, DONNA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,822.00 | Date 11/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPITALI, DONALD A | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $94,821.75 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JON M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $94,821.21 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, MARY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,820.67 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TAWANA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,820.54 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROBER, BRENDA S | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $94,820.44 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, JOHN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $94,820.44 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTLEY, JULIE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,819.86 | Date 08/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, NANCY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,819.44 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANDY, MATTHEW P | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $94,818.82 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALL, THERESE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,818.37 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFOLT, ERICH G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,817.35 | Date 11/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEAR, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $94,817.13 | Date 07/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENMAN, PAUL M | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $94,816.88 | Date 05/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VATTIMO, CASEY LYNN | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $94,816.80 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, GARRETT M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,814.24 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $94,812.81 | Date 03/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LILLETH R | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $94,812.30 | Date 10/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, RAYMOND L | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $94,811.78 | Date 12/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORA, CHRISTINE G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,810.94 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARECE, CLAUDE N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,808.31 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILAT, MICHAEL H | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $94,808.14 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SIMON F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,807.68 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREY, PHILIP T | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $94,807.44 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDGHILL, YVONNE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,806.54 | Date 12/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALATYN, ANNA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,806.54 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, PAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,806.54 | Date 11/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEYN, REGINA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,806.54 | Date 01/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDUCCI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $94,806.32 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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