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 OLOTU, SUNDAY O | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $93,729.81 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, ROSA E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,729.17 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SHANNEL A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $93,728.06 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOURY, DAVID M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $93,727.62 | Date 02/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, PHILIP A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,726.68 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLEGAS, PEDRO | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $93,726.54 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, KEVIN B | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,725.56 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,723.88 | Date 07/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANKO, RICHARD P | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,721.32 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, PAUL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,721.25 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JERMAIN, PHILIP J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $93,721.21 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, PAUL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,720.52 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCOCK, JAMES L | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $93,719.89 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, RENEE E | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $93,719.01 | Date 08/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIRSKY, ERIC S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,718.37 | Date 12/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,717.42 | Date 11/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSSO, MARY ELLEN | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $93,717.39 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, JENNIFER K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,717.22 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLS, CHAD T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,716.48 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTZ, JOHN R | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $93,715.96 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLINO, RICHELLO D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,715.79 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, STEPHANIE E | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $93,715.77 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, WEN-YU | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,714.90 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPROUL, PETER M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,714.54 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAROSA, SHAUN A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,713.30 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, PETER C | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $93,712.88 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, JEANNE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,712.58 | Date 02/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, GINA M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $93,710.80 | Date 07/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, LYNN E | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $93,709.74 | Date 06/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA GRIPPO, JOSEPH D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,709.58 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUROWSKI, LARRY F | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $93,707.49 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIAPUOTI, JOHN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,707.19 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROZDOWSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,707.12 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUELS, DONNY A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,706.99 | Date 04/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARABELLA, THERESA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $93,706.96 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, RACHEL | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $93,705.87 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTH, SETH T | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $93,705.08 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACERRA, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,704.48 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITEK, PAMELA V | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,704.27 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ROBERT | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $93,703.41 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISLAS, JANICE M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $93,703.33 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, ZENA S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $93,703.23 | Date 12/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVIGNANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $93,702.94 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURBULEA, GHINITA | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,702.86 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUSAN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $93,702.74 | Date 12/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $93,701.42 | Date 10/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, LUVENIA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $93,701.25 | Date 04/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADRO-MILANO, LLAMARA R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,699.69 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, YOLANDA S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,699.14 | Date 04/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, ABEL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,697.74 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBOURNE, NICOLE CHERIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,697.44 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, DAVID E | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $93,696.86 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARGA, CAROLE T | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $93,696.21 | Date 08/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSISION, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $93,695.86 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, MERCEDES M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,695.80 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKETT, RICHARD D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,693.64 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, ROBERT W | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $93,693.60 | Date 05/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFFINO, EDWARD S | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $93,693.52 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $93,693.42 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, DAYANA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,692.87 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOCCARI, THERESA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,692.87 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERI, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,692.33 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, HERIBERTO | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $93,691.48 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DORNALEE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,690.72 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, STEVEN L | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $93,689.68 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DAVID E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,689.60 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIDOME, EREWARIFAGHA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $93,689.38 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, SEAN M | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $93,688.85 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DANIEL F | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $93,688.51 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERRAO, SUSAN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,687.86 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WILLIE B, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,687.58 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYAR, PETER | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,687.50 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $93,687.25 | Date 03/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, JUANITA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $93,686.76 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, THOMAS B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,686.69 | Date 08/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNET, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,685.70 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFO, DAVID | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,685.14 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENZ, BARBARA J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,684.49 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ALTHEA C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,684.42 | Date 03/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNER, WENDY L | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $93,684.20 | Date 09/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MARTIN F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,684.18 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, GERARD A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $93,683.69 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,683.40 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLAMY, JAWANNA N | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $93,682.66 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSETTI, DONNA J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,682.27 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGEN, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $93,680.51 | Date 07/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHOLZ, THOMAS H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,680.40 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROWSKI, MICHAEL D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $93,679.79 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, SIMONE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $93,679.44 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,679.34 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,678.00 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRDLER, BRADLEY R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,677.72 | Date 01/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, RODGER E | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $93,677.56 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTE, VIRGILIO | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,677.23 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANNER, ROBERT L, III | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,677.00 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAEGER, MARK R | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $93,676.70 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABER, MORAIDE N | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $93,675.80 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZAR, DANIEL H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,675.50 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEPAOLI, JAMES R | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $93,675.13 | Date 11/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAM, MOHAMMAD J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,674.90 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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