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 VALBRUN, YVES ROSE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,222.68 | Date 11/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLWITZ, MAUREEN E | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $94,221.70 | Date 05/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,221.27 | Date 02/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRARDI, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,221.24 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELSTEN, ERIC C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,221.16 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE SENA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,221.15 | Date 08/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALGOBIN, MOHANLAL M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $94,220.66 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,219.77 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRISSI, JOHN M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,219.74 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEDDU, PRAVEEN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,219.62 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, JUDY A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $94,219.56 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAPP, GERALD D | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $94,218.98 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTICHEK, JOHN F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,218.36 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIPPER, CHERYLANN C | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $94,218.25 | Date 04/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPE, BRENDAN L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,218.17 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LONG, JOHN | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $94,217.78 | Date 06/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUPERT, DONALD N | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $94,217.66 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANZOVINO, ANTHONY S | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $94,217.14 | Date 07/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLO, KEITH | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,216.47 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCHIANO, DEREK B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,216.30 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRASCHUNUS, THOMAS J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,215.71 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEREN, CHRISTINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,215.19 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANKO, DANIELLE M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $94,214.63 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, ROBIN D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,214.36 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, DAVID P | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $94,214.15 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEFEBVRE, GORDON M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $94,213.57 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $94,213.51 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATEN, JEFFERY C | Employer name Broome County | Amount $94,212.91 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSOLONE, ANTHONY P | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $94,212.03 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECK, ANDREW D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,211.66 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITEFORD, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,211.36 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FONTANEZ, ANGELIQUE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $94,211.11 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, KATHY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,210.77 | Date 12/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DEBRA M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,210.60 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,209.38 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSAMANN, ERIC G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,209.15 | Date 04/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFUS, JEROME A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $94,208.79 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, TRACY A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $94,208.72 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGAM, BRYAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,208.61 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, PAULINE A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,208.23 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOTA, ILIR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,208.12 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIN, BARBARA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,207.74 | Date 08/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $94,207.56 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZI, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,207.40 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIO, DANA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,207.40 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, THERESA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,207.36 | Date 02/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARBY-KING, CHRISTINE P | Employer name Amsterdam City School Dist | Amount $94,206.13 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC NAMARA, MICHAEL T | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $94,205.79 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNELLY, KEVIN P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $94,204.82 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERKHEISER, JEROME K | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,204.70 | Date 01/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, CHAD L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,202.52 | Date 07/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIFER, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $94,202.26 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATHAN, MALLORY S | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $94,202.04 | Date 04/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, RU | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $94,201.73 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARB, JACK F | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $94,201.40 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PAY, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $94,201.30 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, MATTHEW N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,201.14 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, STEVEN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $94,200.11 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVULA, WALTER | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $94,199.56 | Date 05/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN, WALTER W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,198.00 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, SHAWN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,196.83 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIERO, PAUL K | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,196.52 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGHIROL, JASON R | Employer name Village of Woodbury | Amount $94,195.59 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, RICHARD W | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $94,193.74 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, JOHN A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,193.45 | Date 02/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONINO, VICTOR R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,193.10 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTIERI, PAMELA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,192.75 | Date 06/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGSTAFF, KELLY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $94,192.62 | Date 08/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,192.58 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAVE, AJA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,192.16 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, KEITH P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,191.75 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, KIMBERLEY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $94,191.59 | Date 04/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLY, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,190.89 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, MATTHEW A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $94,190.58 | Date 08/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUZICKA, MONICA B | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVERS, ARTHUR L, JR | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 09/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTTS-WHITNEY, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 06/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORENSTEIN, SANDRA R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 01/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SANDRA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 03/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNARD, CHARLES D | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GYSEL, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 02/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, JANET D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, JEANANN C | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENTICE, ANDREW H | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, JAMES | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, KENNETH T | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, LINDA S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $94,190.54 | Date 08/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, KEVIN R | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $94,189.77 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODES, CRAIG A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $94,189.75 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTORELLI, MARK T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,189.74 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, DEBORAH A | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $94,189.69 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, DANIEL A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,189.36 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,189.03 | Date 01/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELOWS, CHARLES A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $94,187.84 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORALEMON, DEBORAH A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,187.60 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBIE, NINA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,187.10 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLIS, DEBORAH | Employer name Manhasset Public Library | Amount $94,186.84 | Date 08/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, EDWIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,186.31 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JEREMY S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,186.27 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, JOHN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,186.04 | Date 08/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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