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 WIER, JONATHAN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,956.30 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLUTH, KARIN A | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $93,955.25 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGGISBERG, THOMAS G | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $93,955.05 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BINU K | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $93,954.73 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXELROD, SHARI | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,954.30 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICH, MICHAEL B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,953.54 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, STEPHONNE J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $93,952.83 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'IMPERIO, ANTHONY T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,952.39 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, GREGORY A | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $93,952.13 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRIFF, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,951.54 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SECASH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,951.50 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANESTRARI, DONALD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,951.20 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDEIS, MAGDALENE A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $93,950.76 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDO, DESEREE | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $93,950.39 | Date 01/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVANO, GLENN T | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $93,950.12 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIGH, KEVIN T | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $93,949.25 | Date 11/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, BRIGID S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,948.58 | Date 05/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, TRAVIS J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $93,948.50 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDEY, JOAN R | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,947.96 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJAN, JOYS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,947.18 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALSTON, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,944.94 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, AMANDA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,944.08 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,944.08 | Date 09/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKERSON, LAUREN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,944.08 | Date 08/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,943.48 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PAUL R, JR | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $93,943.34 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUMRO, KATHLEEN S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,940.94 | Date 10/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAUDIN, DANIELLE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,940.08 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALOY, MIRIAM | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,940.03 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNERAN, MARTIN V, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,940.00 | Date 03/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, JOSEPH F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,939.99 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMINO, SHAUN T | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $93,938.82 | Date 08/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INGHAM, TODD P | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $93,937.56 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, M LYNNE | Employer name Department of State | Amount $93,937.00 | Date 01/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVAIR, DONALD J, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $93,936.83 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, ROLANDO | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $93,936.20 | Date 10/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PARLANE, CHERI J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $93,934.25 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIELY, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $93,933.94 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROBEL, CATHERINE C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $93,932.10 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONKOMP, CHERYL L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $93,931.62 | Date 03/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTE, CALEB J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $93,931.31 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERDEJO, FELIX | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,931.23 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMERO, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $93,930.24 | Date 08/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, JAMES E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $93,929.69 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGHETTI, FILOMENA | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $93,929.11 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKOBSEN, JUDITH E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,927.96 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, DENISE L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $93,927.72 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALISTRERI, DIANE G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,927.69 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEM, JAMES E | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,925.83 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, KRISTOPHER C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $93,925.65 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONCET, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,925.00 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMME, WILLIAM N | Employer name Cobleskill Richmondville CSD | Amount $93,923.99 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGEE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,923.71 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDI, NINA M | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $93,922.85 | Date 11/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPOSH, JEFFERY B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,922.44 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, JOHN R, JR | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $93,921.81 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITTEL, KATIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,921.11 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOKEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $93,919.70 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELL, KRISTINA M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,919.05 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYNER, ERIC R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $93,918.76 | Date 12/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSERT, SARAH M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $93,917.84 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ANTHONY V | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $93,917.70 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONI, KAREN M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $93,917.50 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORRISI, THOMAS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $93,917.12 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, ROBERT P | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $93,916.77 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, ELLEN C | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $93,916.53 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALKA, EDWARD, III | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $93,916.18 | Date 11/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SHIMI M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,915.74 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNETTA, PATRICK | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $93,915.14 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, NANCY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,913.75 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, GREGORY P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $93,913.53 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANZO, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $93,912.57 | Date 02/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, KENNETH O | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $93,911.73 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHT, DARRON E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,911.62 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, BRET D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $93,911.58 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAVLIK, ANDREA L | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $93,911.40 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONG, SO-PING | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,910.83 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, JAMES, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $93,910.71 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENT, CRYSTAL F | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $93,910.70 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOFFORD, ANN M | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $93,909.32 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, LANCE P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $93,908.65 | Date 05/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, HYUN JEAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,907.98 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, MICHELLE R | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $93,907.96 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTHOYS, MICHAEL S | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $93,907.83 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, PETER R | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $93,907.42 | Date 03/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, DONALD J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $93,907.15 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUEBER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $93,907.15 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMAN, GEOFFREY B | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,906.82 | Date 01/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDAHL, TARA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,906.53 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, ANNIE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,906.14 | Date 10/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICKER, DOLAMMA J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $93,905.94 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAETTICH, KIM M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,904.30 | Date 12/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, PAUL | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $93,903.72 | Date 01/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JAMES R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,903.57 | Date 01/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINANE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $93,903.18 | Date 11/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, JAMES P | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $93,902.13 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, BRADLEY J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $93,901.58 | Date 01/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAS, LANA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,901.34 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, CHARLES V | Employer name Elmont Fire District | Amount $93,901.07 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEVLIN, STEVEN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,900.34 | Date 10/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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