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 FORETT, COREY | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $96,059.83 | Date 09/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, BRENT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,059.68 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANGENSTEIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $96,059.15 | Date 11/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCZAK, GEORGE W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $96,058.69 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUPPE, JAMES E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THROPP, CHARLES E, III | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIM, DAN E H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 01/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OREIFEJ, VALERICA | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSHA, TOBY C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 11/08/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSE, ERIC K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COSTANZO, FRANK P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENGE, JASON A | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $96,058.46 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPE, SOPHIA L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,058.28 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LORI A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $96,058.23 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIDGETTE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $96,057.23 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRODER, BRUCE P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $96,057.05 | Date 09/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, RYAN R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $96,056.51 | Date 01/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, HORTENSE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,055.82 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYEAR, JAMES L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $96,055.68 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRASNOKUTSKI, SHANNAN C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $96,054.82 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, DOMINICK A, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,054.48 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMENDORF, JASON D | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $96,053.16 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JEFFREY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $96,053.02 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEN, ETHEL LYNN M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,051.89 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUIMETTE, DANIEL J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $96,051.63 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDNER, DAVID A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACCIONE, JOHN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUCH, MICHAEL K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAQUIN, RANDEL H | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $96,051.57 | Date 01/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDEK, HEIDE-MARIE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,051.56 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHENG, CATHERINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,051.50 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETTE, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $96,051.32 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULIN, WILLIAM H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,049.94 | Date 04/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, RACQUEL | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $96,049.81 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARONICH, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,049.70 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, JOHNBULL A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,049.26 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, ANDRE A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,048.14 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZOLESI, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $96,047.92 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKEN-SEWER, SHERYL A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $96,047.51 | Date 09/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIN, BOK HI | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $96,047.15 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANETTA, FRANCO G, JR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,047.04 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREER, DANIEL W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $96,046.66 | Date 03/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSMOSKI, CHRISTIAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,045.44 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AQUILLA, THERESA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,042.68 | Date 05/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JONATHAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $96,042.21 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYPPOLITE-FRANCIS, SHEILA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $96,042.16 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIAGIOLI, PHILIP M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,042.04 | Date 09/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDINER, ALAN G | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $96,041.19 | Date 01/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARCY, FRANK M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,041.05 | Date 05/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTOWN, ANDREW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,040.99 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, MEREDITH A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,040.86 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, JOHN W, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $96,040.30 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KEVIN P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $96,040.15 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASUQUO, EME O | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $96,039.97 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUSSE, YOLENE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $96,039.65 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DLUGOKINSKI, STEPHEN J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $96,039.00 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOONAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $96,036.76 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, PETER A | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $96,036.67 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALAVERA, TEOFILO G, IV | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $96,035.93 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIS, ROBERT J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,035.47 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, KRIS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,035.38 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, SUSAN V | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $96,035.20 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUELE, SALVATORE J, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $96,035.04 | Date 11/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THELEN, SHAWN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $96,033.11 | Date 07/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DAVID C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,032.86 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRIANNI, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $96,032.86 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, ASGHAR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,032.76 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAILLAT, ADRIAN P | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $96,031.98 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $96,031.92 | Date 04/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, EVELYN R | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $96,031.50 | Date 04/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, LAURA M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $96,031.40 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JON M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $96,031.06 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMELLA, THOMAS | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $96,030.57 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUHNKE, JOHN M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $96,030.56 | Date 12/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KROP, JOHN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,030.02 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CEDAR, RITA G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,029.91 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMORE, JOHN R, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $96,029.91 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELZ, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $96,029.79 | Date 02/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOANNE M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $96,029.00 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEROLDI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $96,028.34 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, GERALD | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $96,027.83 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PAUL K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $96,027.39 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTAKIS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $96,027.37 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSMANN, RANDALL J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUTHEMENT, DENISE R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JONATHAN D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, QING JANE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOROWAJCZYK, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASACCHIO, JOSHUA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKSTROM, CRAIG R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $96,025.97 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, MICKELANDE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $96,025.72 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIBICH, GERALD J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $96,025.67 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, MARIAN Y | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $96,024.35 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, MATTHEW A | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $96,023.88 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNYK, EUGENE W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,023.41 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITTAL, TAMMY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,023.17 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, RICHARD G | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $96,022.31 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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