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 SICA, MATTHEW J, II | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $92,424.69 | Date 06/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, JOHN N | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,424.12 | Date 10/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWORKIN, DANIEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,423.28 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNEE, JOHN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,422.68 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JOHN P, III | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $92,421.69 | Date 04/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, JOSEPH V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,421.33 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINSON, LINDA D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $92,421.02 | Date 05/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, JOHN W | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $92,420.90 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELOZZI, NOELLE | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $92,420.69 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHSTEN, EDWIN A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $92,420.59 | Date 02/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDIS, CLARENCE | Employer name Larchmont Mamaroneck Garb Comm | Amount $92,420.52 | Date 11/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CHERYL D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $92,420.03 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURTZ, VALERIE J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $92,419.43 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOZZI, LISA G | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $92,418.74 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, LESLIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,418.47 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVAREZ, GUILDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,417.95 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDOCK, MARK M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $92,417.91 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, DENNIS R | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $92,416.34 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMARTINO, CHRISTIAN | Employer name Franklin Square Water District | Amount $92,416.24 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALO, MARYANN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $92,414.46 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, DAVID J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.40 | Date 06/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.40 | Date 06/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTKOWSKI, RUSSELL P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.40 | Date 01/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWAY, FREDERICK J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.39 | Date 09/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, MATTHEW J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.39 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAY, LISA P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.37 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOREL, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.37 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, LESLIE S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.36 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, SAMUEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.36 | Date 11/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, MARK E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.36 | Date 01/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRTS, MICHELLE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.32 | Date 12/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, GARY K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.28 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.27 | Date 06/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMES, JANET C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,414.24 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMUNDS, THOMAS R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,413.97 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IANNUCCI, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,413.50 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTITULLO, FRANCISCO | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,413.00 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GATCH, RONALD E | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $92,412.82 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUAGLIONE, JOHN F | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $92,411.10 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEACOCK, STEPHEN G | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $92,411.08 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINTSMAN, ROBERT R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $92,410.47 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JAMES F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $92,409.46 | Date 01/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, MARC D | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $92,408.99 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UHL, PAULA M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $92,408.31 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, SHAWN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,408.22 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, FRED L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $92,407.64 | Date 11/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDINGER, MARK A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $92,407.64 | Date 11/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAMS, RICKY E, SR | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $92,407.63 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, GEORGE W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,407.32 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMBROW, ADAM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,407.17 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, PATRICK J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $92,407.01 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, REGINA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,406.33 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SUSAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $92,404.71 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $92,404.65 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, MEG | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $92,404.40 | Date 05/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, SANDRA S | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $92,403.95 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, TONI Y | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $92,403.22 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, AUDIE | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $92,402.93 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, BRADLEY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,402.88 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREGUDA, ANDRZEJ | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $92,401.93 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKORO, FELICIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,401.65 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGHEL, SUSAN J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,401.26 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFREY, BRIAN P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,400.62 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL CORVO, ALEXSANDR J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,400.47 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $92,400.25 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,400.22 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, BENJAMIN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,399.29 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, RONALD D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $92,398.40 | Date 04/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $92,398.39 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZA, RONALD G | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $92,398.35 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CLARENCE C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $92,398.11 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESARIO, BARBARA Z | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $92,397.88 | Date 03/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAENZ, JO ANN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,397.75 | Date 06/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JODI A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,396.95 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADA, MARCO T | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $92,396.52 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODDER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $92,395.42 | Date 12/06/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHINE, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,394.94 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRAL, PAUL T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,394.63 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUNK, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,394.56 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOJICA, JOSE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,394.40 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, ELIZABETH I | Employer name Chenango Valley CSD | Amount $92,394.30 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHI, HUAJING | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,393.60 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,392.74 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIOLETTI, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $92,392.69 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $92,392.55 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-REYES, LA YONDA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,392.51 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVENTHAL, WILLIAM T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,391.60 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALICZEK, WALLACE J, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,391.41 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, TRAVIS | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,391.04 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFRANCO, TERRY | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 08/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREASON, MICHAEL T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, RICHARD A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 11/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, CANDACE K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 04/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, ALFREIDA D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MARK D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 07/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBBAN, LOREN D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWER, CONRAD W | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPROCKI, ELLEN O | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SAMUEL G | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $92,389.96 | Date 06/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILKOWSKI, JOSEPH V | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $92,389.91 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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