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 ROCK, CASEY B | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $93,035.50 | Date 09/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHONEWALD, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,033.52 | Date 07/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCHAN, KENNETH W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,032.60 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SANTO, AARON M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $93,030.58 | Date 07/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZZO, ANTONIO | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $93,030.30 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,029.88 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, TIMIKIA S | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $93,029.85 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSENTINO, GARY G | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,029.80 | Date 02/22/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $93,029.80 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENOX, LAURA J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $93,029.45 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLESTON, GERALD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $93,029.30 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIMI VAROLI, GEORGE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $93,029.30 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELAND, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $93,029.14 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,029.13 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, BIJI | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,027.38 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALOY, DANIELLE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,027.34 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ALEXANDER | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $93,026.98 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIMES, DAVID L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $93,024.68 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITONI, DAVID J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $93,023.43 | Date 02/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULVER, SUZANNE S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,023.14 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANCZYK, DONALD E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,022.08 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOLEK, KERRY M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,019.26 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAAGE, DANIEL R | Employer name Town of Lloyd | Amount $93,018.90 | Date 01/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KAREN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $93,018.52 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAMUTO, ANDREA E | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $93,018.51 | Date 11/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURLAND, PAUL J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $93,018.46 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MICHELE A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,018.06 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,017.81 | Date 05/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, KEVIN D | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $93,015.63 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACZUGA, AGATA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,015.22 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAUGHTON, BRIAN M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $93,015.13 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIPWITH, SCOTT A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,014.04 | Date 06/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, NORMA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $93,013.31 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLOGG, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $93,011.33 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, LUCIA A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $93,011.24 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICHKO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,011.21 | Date 05/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALVIN T | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,009.95 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, VINCENT | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $93,009.67 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER, TINA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,009.02 | Date 01/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOW, CHERYL M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $93,008.56 | Date 09/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, PETER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,008.48 | Date 09/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRAVEN, JEFFREY C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,007.24 | Date 03/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, ROSEMARY | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $93,006.87 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEGBESAN, SAMSON A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,005.82 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, GORDON A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $93,003.33 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLODZINSKI, THOMAS M | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $93,003.28 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,003.02 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOYCHAK, MICHAEL E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $93,002.32 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, KEITH A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,002.06 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGARO, KRISTEN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,002.00 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GWARO, CYNTHIA K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,002.00 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRONE, GREGORY S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,002.00 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMAX, TONI A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $93,001.90 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDECK, OTTO R, III | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,001.89 | Date 04/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BORD, LORI B | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $93,001.77 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $93,001.65 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSMERL, CARLA A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $93,000.96 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMSWORTH, ROBERT W | Employer name Capital District Otb Corp. | Amount $92,999.98 | Date 08/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, TRINO A | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $92,999.92 | Date 03/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,999.81 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAIGE, JAMES A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $92,999.27 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, TIMOTHY M, II | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $92,997.19 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PINO, SCOTT L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,996.77 | Date 01/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNORR, RICHERT J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $92,996.76 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, SCOTT W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,996.59 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,996.23 | Date 11/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, DOUGLAS B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,995.72 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAHLBERG, JAMES B | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $92,995.68 | Date 09/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELFAND, ERIN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $92,995.31 | Date 01/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDEGRIFT, BLAKE K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,994.81 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, BRETT M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $92,994.47 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADIGIAN, PETER R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $92,994.31 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBE, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,994.25 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, BRIAN D | Employer name Poughkeepsie City School Dist | Amount $92,993.62 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, LAUREL M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,992.16 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, PATRICIA A | Employer name Rocky Point UFSD | Amount $92,992.09 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTONI, SAMUEL L | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $92,992.08 | Date 07/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEZZ, MICHAEL B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $92,992.00 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESSELS, ROBERT T | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $92,991.86 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, MICHAEL F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,990.60 | Date 10/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMMELSTEIN, JACOB N | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $92,988.63 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKY, SONYA G | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,988.61 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, LAWRENCE | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $92,988.52 | Date 11/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDEAU, JOHN E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $92,988.10 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METELES, PETER R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,988.00 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, GILBERT, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $92,987.90 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN GORDER, KEITH D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $92,987.85 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRA, JORGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,987.76 | Date 07/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, ROBERT W | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $92,987.16 | Date 01/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, KENNETH A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $92,986.82 | Date 06/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, MARY C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,986.45 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLERMAN, CATHERINE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,986.32 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, DEBORAH G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,986.00 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGDON, ALICE M | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,985.91 | Date 06/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHA, CHARITY A | Employer name Bemus Point CSD | Amount $92,985.87 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA PIA, MICHAEL W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,985.80 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANEPINTO, ROBERT F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,984.94 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHIN, JOHN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,984.27 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, KRISTIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,981.52 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDOM, JONATHAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,981.27 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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