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 CROMWELL, KEITH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,817.17 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNICA, DOREEN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,817.17 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MARLENE K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,817.06 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, PAUL F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $93,816.68 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENER, JUSTIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,816.55 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTIS, KATHLEEN G | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $93,815.65 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGER, ALLEN J | Employer name Town of Lysander | Amount $93,815.50 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOUTUS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,814.97 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, JOHN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $93,814.44 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, PATRICK D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,813.89 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORELLO, WENDY M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,813.72 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROBERTA L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $93,813.56 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, JEREMY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,813.30 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, MARK E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $93,812.94 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, MAC-ARTHUR | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $93,812.22 | Date 03/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $93,811.91 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, THEODORE N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,811.39 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEELIN, MARY G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,810.55 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGUA, RICARDO A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,810.32 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONEY, WILLIAM F.M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $93,809.79 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SANDRA D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $93,809.50 | Date 11/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POLT, LINDA S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $93,808.71 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, ROXANNE M | Employer name Amagansett UFSD | Amount $93,808.69 | Date 06/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMINO, SARAH L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,808.25 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAINES, JENNIFER L | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $93,807.77 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, SHERRY J | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $93,807.73 | Date 09/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, SCOTT C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $93,807.50 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $93,807.29 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, REBECCA J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $93,806.87 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAILLA, DEBRA M | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $93,806.87 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELANGER, JOHN A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $93,805.39 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MICHELLE D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $93,804.98 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALATI, RUSSELL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,804.62 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, SUSAN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,804.59 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELMON, MARK E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,803.44 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALIATSOS, ELENI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,803.39 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, FRANCISCO J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,803.29 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIGAN, ANNE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $93,802.43 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZA, DONNALYNN LEE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $93,802.42 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELITON, TERESITA A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $93,802.00 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO-CABALLERO, MIGUEL B | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $93,801.91 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ELLIOT | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $93,801.60 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, SOFIA MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,801.43 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, STEVEN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $93,801.13 | Date 10/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIES, PHYLLIS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,800.05 | Date 01/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNABEL, ROBERT C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $93,799.13 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JOSEPH W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $93,798.61 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORABITO, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $93,797.93 | Date 01/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, PATRICK J, II | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,797.40 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINARD, CHARLES R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,797.07 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, VIVIAN A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,796.96 | Date 06/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARMER, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $93,796.58 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,796.31 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOERNER, NADINE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $93,795.12 | Date 06/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER, JAMES G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,794.95 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, DARCEL D | Employer name Supreme Court Justices | Amount $93,793.98 | Date 02/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESTLER, LOUISE V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,793.80 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZHANSKAYA, OLGA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,793.70 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASTA, JASON C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,793.49 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUTTON, BRADLEY J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $93,792.66 | Date 06/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAY-THARP, PATRICIA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,791.63 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, JACQUELINE | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $93,790.66 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CELINA C H | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $93,790.24 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINACCHIO, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,789.34 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THRASHER, KAREN M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $93,789.02 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAND, RAY L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $93,788.78 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, SHERRY | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $93,788.24 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, JOHN C, III | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $93,787.86 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,787.84 | Date 10/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, SHEILA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $93,787.57 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, JOHN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,787.29 | Date 04/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUN, DANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,787.14 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKLEHURST, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $93,786.83 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLGADO, DAVID P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,786.81 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, RANDALL A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $93,786.65 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LEONARD M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,785.83 | Date 07/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOX, MELISSA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,785.80 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $93,785.09 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNING, BERNARD A, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $93,784.07 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, WILLIAM M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $93,784.02 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, JAMES | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $93,784.00 | Date 07/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, NICHOLAS, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,783.67 | Date 05/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIERNES, VINCENT | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,782.52 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL G | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $93,782.14 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,782.00 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOWSTRUP, LAURIE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,781.91 | Date 07/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBALLEIRA, STEPHEN P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,781.71 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGER, FRANK L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,781.60 | Date 11/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETHERS, ELMER S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $93,781.45 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, HOLLY J | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $93,781.36 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUSE-MALONE, BRENDA | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $93,780.07 | Date 06/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, DANIEL A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,779.50 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, PATRICK E | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $93,778.82 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, LESLIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,777.68 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, WILLIAM H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,777.20 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, GEOVANNA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $93,776.68 | Date 11/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, STEPHAN L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,776.32 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, JAMES P | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,775.99 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, NAVLETTE D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $93,775.87 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFFRAT, EILEEN F | Employer name Half Hollow Hills Comm Library | Amount $93,775.63 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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