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 LAVERY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,021.19 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSANO, JEFFREY R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,020.44 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNERS, RICHARD W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $96,019.50 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARELLA, ANGELINA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,019.29 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBLAS, MARIE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,018.00 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, EDWARD, JR | Employer name No Hempstead Sol Wst Mgmt Auth | Amount $96,017.11 | Date 12/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $96,016.61 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIANELLO, LAURA A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $96,016.47 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASO, DENNIS W, II | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $96,016.22 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKAFOR, BEATRICE N | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $96,016.17 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, BRADLEY C | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $96,014.16 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PAUL T | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $96,013.90 | Date 05/26/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIGERMAN, LINDSEY N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $96,013.46 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, FRED L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $96,013.38 | Date 11/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DEVON A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $96,012.80 | Date 04/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON-HUNT, ELAINE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,012.80 | Date 04/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MADELINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $96,012.75 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELOCCI, MARIANN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $96,012.56 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSKOPF, ANDREW C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $96,012.55 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIALE, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $96,010.81 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUZZI, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $96,010.23 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, THOMAS J, II | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $96,009.46 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANNIGAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,008.29 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, GERARD R | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $96,008.16 | Date 03/06/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVERT, PIERRE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $96,007.40 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHERSON, DAVID P | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $96,007.07 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOWSKI, ROBERT M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNERY, PETER J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 01/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, ERIK T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLING, GLENN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPOWSKI, MARINA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUCHA, ROBERT K | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGITT, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 11/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESY, RAOUL A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORTON, RICHARD H | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAQUE, MD FAZLUL | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNILL, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, GAETANO M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 10/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, BETH E | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWRAMEE, HAKIM G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAPECK, SCOTT A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETTERMAN, MARVIN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 01/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, KIM M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODIGIE, DANIEL O | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $96,006.90 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, VALERIE | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $96,006.62 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JOHNNY D | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $96,003.86 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $96,002.43 | Date 12/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, EVA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $96,001.77 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, BIEN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $96,001.29 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASHEFSKY, NANCY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $96,001.22 | Date 01/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, CHARLES E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $96,001.17 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TOMASSO, STEPHEN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $96,000.06 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, JULIE C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $96,000.00 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARGNESI, DAWN M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $96,000.00 | Date 04/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPHS, JACQUELINE C | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $95,999.80 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOE, MARK R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,998.57 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULCASTRO, DANIELLE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,998.43 | Date 12/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGOVE, JON D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $95,998.18 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVAN, MYRNA G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,996.09 | Date 11/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMERLE, SEAN T | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,996.05 | Date 03/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, ANN MARIE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,993.64 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISCH, RACHAEL E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,993.55 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILITO, RALPH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,992.30 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $95,990.38 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE OLIVERIA, KRYSTAL A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,990.38 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, NEVILLE E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,989.33 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, KELLY-ANN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,989.03 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, AMY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,987.58 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MARK M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,986.89 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INEZ, SOCORRO C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $95,986.59 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZ, CAMERON B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $95,986.43 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, FELICIA E | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $95,986.26 | Date 10/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUYERS, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,985.91 | Date 07/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, FRANK H, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,985.80 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANNULLO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $95,985.09 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,984.18 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRIM, THOMAS M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $95,984.03 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGAJ, SANDRA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,981.93 | Date 05/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, TRACY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,980.60 | Date 10/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASA, ROBERT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,980.33 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, SEAN | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $95,980.02 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, ROBERT M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $95,979.86 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTAGLIOLA, PAUL V | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $95,978.12 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOTTI, ARDUINO A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $95,977.31 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, STEVEN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,976.77 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEPPNER, ANGELIQUE Y | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,975.97 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, VANESSA M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,975.75 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOCK, DONNA L | Employer name Fire Island UFSD | Amount $95,975.38 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGBARD, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $95,975.36 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIELSEN, GEORGE C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,975.16 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, THOMAS P | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $95,974.66 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MICHELLE D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $95,974.47 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, WEN-YU | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,974.46 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, ROBERT T | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $95,973.24 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERRONE, ANTHONY P | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $95,972.45 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENSON, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,971.85 | Date 02/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GARVEY, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $95,971.49 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, RONALD V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,970.92 | Date 11/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGANDO, NELSON | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,970.61 | Date 07/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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