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 VEGAS, PETER M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,969.79 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, DAVID J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.80 | Date 06/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.80 | Date 06/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, MARK E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.78 | Date 01/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, MATTHEW J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.77 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEM, GREGORY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.77 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAY, LISA P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.75 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOREL, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.75 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, GARY K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.71 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMES, JANET C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.63 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,968.57 | Date 06/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XIE, BIN | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $95,967.38 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILARY, SCOTT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,967.30 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, MEGAN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,966.89 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, JAMES B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,966.22 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CREWS-PERKINS, SHARON | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $95,965.81 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVONCHA, WILLIAM D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,965.42 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURBUSH, STUART M, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $95,963.65 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SHEILAH A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $95,963.26 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MARY E | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $95,963.26 | Date 08/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSILI, DENISE R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,963.26 | Date 12/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDRICK, LYNNE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,963.26 | Date 01/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFENDLER, LORI K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,963.26 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, KRISTEE K | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,962.61 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIENKOWSKI, JAMES C | Employer name Dewitt Fire District | Amount $95,962.46 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERO, MICHAEL W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,962.45 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, ETHEL B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,962.19 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, WEI-CHENG | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $95,961.80 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRONA, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,960.85 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, LISA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,960.39 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIDES, RONALD E | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $95,960.03 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLENDENNEN, RICHARD M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,959.70 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDISCO, RICHARD, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,958.24 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEURS, JAMES E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,957.12 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSBURY, PETER R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,956.48 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACKARD, SCOTT R | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $95,956.47 | Date 04/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WISS, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,954.47 | Date 01/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITTEL, DANIEL W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,953.49 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COX, PHYLLIS L | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $95,953.20 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULMER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,950.86 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, KARIS I | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIAN, KENT D | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GIVER, MIRIAM G | Employer name Department of State | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, RENA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDETTI, JASON M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTLIEB, CRAIG H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $95,950.23 | Date 03/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELISANTI, NEAL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,949.15 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAPF, DONALD J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,948.92 | Date 09/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTIMER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,948.55 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACILLO, GERALD E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,948.11 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,947.18 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEER, KATHARINE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,946.75 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, MICHELLE H | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,946.42 | Date 05/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOGHUE, CHARLES P | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $95,945.99 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASUCCI, VINCENT J | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $95,945.56 | Date 12/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, JAN L | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $95,945.54 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONDS, DAWN C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,945.24 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JUDITH A | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $95,945.00 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUBIOLO, BARBARA J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,944.04 | Date 10/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDALL, DEREK J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,942.91 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ROBIN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,942.50 | Date 09/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROLLO, STEVEN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,942.28 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORATH, BRIAN E | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $95,941.82 | Date 10/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,941.42 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, LUISITO C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,940.00 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $95,939.50 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANNEN-STANTON, TARA D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $95,939.41 | Date 10/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, CARINE J | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $95,939.01 | Date 06/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, SUSANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,938.80 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICAMELI, DENNIS D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,935.48 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESSWELL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,934.62 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JAMES F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,934.58 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RICHARD M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,933.14 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISZTAL, ZACHARY C | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $95,933.13 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUNKE, THOMAS G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $95,932.24 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERHART, DARREN P | Employer name Victor CSD | Amount $95,930.97 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUCIERI, FILOMENA | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $95,929.63 | Date 04/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAILLANCOURT, MARC J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $95,928.91 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOOGEL, THOMAS J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,928.56 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, CATHERINE E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $95,927.61 | Date 03/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, ROMAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,927.36 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LADIANA, MARCIA E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,927.32 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, DORIS E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,927.05 | Date 05/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $95,926.79 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, GERALD E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $95,926.16 | Date 06/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSON, GABRIEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,926.10 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIUMARA, VINCENT A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $95,924.88 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLIN, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $95,924.35 | Date 01/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHULSKY, JAMES A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,924.23 | Date 11/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN C | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $95,923.93 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, JOSEPH C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,922.40 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERHAN, MISRAK H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,920.67 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANLEY, JANICE A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $95,920.49 | Date 11/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNE, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,920.07 | Date 08/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, MARIE S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,920.02 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRZELCZYK, GARY R | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $95,919.88 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAHLQUIST, ROBERT A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $95,919.00 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHHAAR, RAJBIR K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $95,918.24 | Date 04/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOODLEY, CLIFFORD A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,918.23 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS-HERRING, CORINNA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $95,918.09 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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