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 PAGAN, LIZETTE | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $94,511.37 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIN, CHRISTINA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,510.82 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, SEAN R | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $94,508.12 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEIN, THOMAS J | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $94,506.73 | Date 09/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTAGNA, TAMMY J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $94,506.58 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLINGSON, MARK W, II | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $94,505.62 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILCHREST, LYNN E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,505.18 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSTENUTO, THOMAS F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,504.95 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARQUHAR, ALEXANDER S | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $94,503.48 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPROCKI, RYAN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,503.42 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EAGAN, JOSHUA E | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $94,502.71 | Date 07/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,502.48 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TRACY P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $94,501.65 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC RAE ROBINSON, BARBARA S | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $94,500.86 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSKILL, WARREN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,500.08 | Date 09/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, CARMEN E | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 02/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JAMES F | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTFRIED, RICHARD N | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 01/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIFTON, BARBARA S | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 09/03/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNARELLI, WILLIAM B | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIA, ANDREW P | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 09/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ANNETTE M | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 01/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLO, DEREK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,500.00 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIAL, FABIOLA M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $94,499.92 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESPO, MARCOS A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,499.92 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, MICHAEL J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $94,499.86 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,499.62 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON HOENE, EDWARD M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,499.61 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSANTILAS, WILLIAM C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,499.34 | Date 08/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACCO, ROSE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,498.71 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,498.04 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, ATIQUR M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,498.04 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, FENG | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $94,496.79 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERVIN, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,495.96 | Date 12/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENGES, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,495.44 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OBERST, SARA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,495.05 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, HASINA M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $94,495.04 | Date 05/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, ROBERT M | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $94,494.46 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, JAY | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $94,493.19 | Date 09/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, KENNETH R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $94,492.37 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, DARA A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,492.08 | Date 05/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, KELLY-ANNE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $94,492.07 | Date 06/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGG, ROBERT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,491.94 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRCHILD, SHANNA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,491.69 | Date 09/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSNER, BARBARA MANOLAKOS | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $94,490.98 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, LAURIE J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,487.46 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWER, RICHARD M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $94,487.46 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOW, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $94,487.25 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PAUL T | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $94,487.18 | Date 05/26/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETILLI, RONALD P | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $94,487.12 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANTHONY J | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $94,486.50 | Date 02/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACSON, TODD D | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $94,485.89 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $94,484.64 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICK, DAVID A | Employer name Lake George Park Commission | Amount $94,484.58 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC NEAL, JOEL J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,484.39 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, JIA Q | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $94,484.26 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLIS, DONALD K | Employer name West Islip Fire District | Amount $94,484.26 | Date 02/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, RAYANN S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $94,484.22 | Date 05/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DUFFIE, DARREN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,483.28 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, MICHELLE C | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $94,482.48 | Date 03/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, ELEANOR M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $94,482.08 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, ROBERT A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $94,479.63 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LEONARD H | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $94,479.38 | Date 03/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDERQUIST, JOHN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $94,479.32 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAPPELL, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,478.91 | Date 06/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORT, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,478.74 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDVUKAJ, PJETER | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $94,478.54 | Date 01/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLFLENOK, IRINA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,477.96 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, PATRICIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,477.69 | Date 11/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARANO, LEONARD R | Employer name West Islip Fire District | Amount $94,476.78 | Date 02/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANS, STEPHEN B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,476.60 | Date 12/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, GERALD F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,475.66 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANN, JUSTIN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,475.06 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, JEFFREY J | Employer name Village of Bath | Amount $94,474.98 | Date 06/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIGAN, HELEN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,474.73 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACERO, JENNIFER M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $94,474.62 | Date 02/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, MICHAEL T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $94,472.65 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,472.56 | Date 08/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIBER, DANIEL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,471.09 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREESON, CHERYL L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $94,471.04 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INESON, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $94,470.64 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANMER, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $94,470.50 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOON, SUZANNE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,469.50 | Date 01/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLINS, CELESTE | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $94,468.66 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUDER, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,468.53 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARE, ROBERT S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,468.38 | Date 03/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, BENITA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,467.36 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, BRIAN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,467.27 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAG, JUSTIN L W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $94,467.13 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LADOPOULOS, PETER C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,466.61 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WITCOMB, JOHANNE M | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $94,465.98 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARUMUGAM, NALLAINATHAN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $94,465.54 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, HENRIETTE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,465.13 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINO, DIEGO | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $94,464.48 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAFFEY, MONICA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,463.68 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMIR, EVELYN | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $94,463.60 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,463.28 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JESUS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,463.26 | Date 10/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $94,461.78 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDIEHS, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $94,461.74 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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