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 DE COSTE, SHARON S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $93,528.31 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNIGAN-COHEN, MEGHANN E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,527.20 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLESKI, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $93,526.86 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOFORATOS, OLYMPIA G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,525.22 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIEFFO, STEVEN | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $93,525.17 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOSS, JOHN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,522.72 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $93,521.93 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, THOMAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,521.70 | Date 02/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUSNOVEC, TRAVIS L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,521.42 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINGHAM, SCOTT H | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $93,520.77 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEFFIELD, PHILIP C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $93,520.58 | Date 10/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSDICK, JEFFREY A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $93,520.30 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIXON, NEETRA S | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,520.06 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWRONSKI, BRYAN D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,520.00 | Date 12/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, LOUISE E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $93,519.87 | Date 01/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARZON, JULIA Y | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $93,518.97 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGORDO, GERARD M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $93,518.56 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLINA, EDWARD P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,517.59 | Date 09/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUNG, MELISSA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,517.31 | Date 09/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, RANDY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,517.20 | Date 10/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYER, HOWARD S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $93,516.53 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEN, CINDY S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,516.53 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEINBERG, CHARLES H | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $93,516.53 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELCHIORRE, DANIELLE M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $93,516.53 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, KEITH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,514.86 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEYE, EL HADJI I | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,513.71 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, FRANK | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $93,512.48 | Date 07/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDENAS, MARCO | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,512.27 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, KELLEY | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $93,512.26 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,512.12 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALK, JODI L | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $93,511.56 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATEL, THOMAS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,511.22 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROKES, ANASTASIA H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,511.06 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMORE, SHANEQUA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $93,510.86 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUDHURI, MADHUMITA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $93,510.05 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUNG, JIYON | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $93,510.05 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEPVEU, KATE H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,509.99 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, DEIDRA D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,509.99 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADAN, JORGE I | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,509.58 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, CARLOS A | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $93,509.54 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUHL, LINDA C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $93,509.51 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, VALERIE M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $93,509.13 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGE, KEVIN M, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,508.86 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IBBOTSON, R DARYL | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $93,508.31 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRON, LOWELL S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $93,508.16 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINOY, JOSE A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,506.24 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODFIELD, KAREN L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,505.72 | Date 07/10/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI IORIO, COSIMO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,505.43 | Date 06/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLIG, MATTHEW C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,504.37 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEEN, MARY T | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $93,503.23 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRIZO, FRANK J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,502.98 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARONE, DONNA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $93,502.76 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTSCH, LEIGH E | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $93,501.29 | Date 06/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGOTTI, SCOTT D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,501.01 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWSKI, JOHN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $93,500.52 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, KENNETH B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,500.43 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIO, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $93,500.00 | Date 04/02/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADINO, JOSEPH S | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $93,500.00 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, MICHELE | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $93,499.96 | Date 11/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENO, BARBARA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,499.95 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITCHER, NICOLETTE R | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $93,499.90 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, ROGER J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,496.26 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALILI, MERHAMA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,496.00 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, CARLO U | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $93,495.85 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, MONG I | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $93,495.47 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JAIME P | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $93,495.30 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCHER, ERIK J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $93,494.54 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, FREDERICK C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,493.64 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEEN, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,492.82 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUERS, LEONARD A | Employer name Lake Placid CSD | Amount $93,492.80 | Date 02/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALJEVIC, TINA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,491.69 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMICK, LISA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,491.62 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, ELAINE L | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $93,486.45 | Date 09/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CATHERINE A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,486.39 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, RYAN S | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $93,486.39 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELPRETE, THOMAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,485.34 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORADY, KAREN QUINN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,484.88 | Date 03/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOERTZ, CARL M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,484.82 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MEGAN B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,483.78 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREIS, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,483.78 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPERTO, LORETTA V | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $93,483.78 | Date 08/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTEIN, MADELYN SNYDER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,483.57 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REPETTI, ROBERT P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,483.38 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, EDWARD F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $93,483.10 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,481.97 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $93,481.27 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SOMMA, CORINNE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,480.16 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, CAROL | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,480.16 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSNOWSKI, ROBERT W | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $93,480.05 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTESE, PAUL R, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,479.90 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,479.75 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERSTYNE, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,479.46 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EARP, TROY W | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,479.12 | Date 02/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,479.11 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEIGL, KARL R | Employer name Carle Place Water District | Amount $93,477.54 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLEY, DANIEL M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $93,477.24 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIVOTI, JOSEPH S, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $93,476.86 | Date 01/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, SANDRA K | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,476.78 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANE, MEGHAN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,476.61 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISLER, AUBREY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,475.91 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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