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 PERKINS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,389.33 | Date 12/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARDEE, FREDERICK M | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $92,389.26 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, ERICKA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,389.21 | Date 01/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADAM J | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $92,388.43 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASE, ALLEN B | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $92,388.28 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAY, JOCELYN N | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,388.25 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGER, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,387.66 | Date 10/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICAMELI, DENNIS D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,387.37 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERANZA, BRIAN L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,386.07 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZILLIOX, DAVID R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,385.81 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRONETTI, MATTHEW E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $92,384.18 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, FRANK E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $92,383.89 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $92,383.58 | Date 03/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDOCK, JAMES V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,381.74 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ORLO A | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $92,381.69 | Date 04/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ST CLAIRE, MARK R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,380.71 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REINA, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,380.37 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEPPELIN, VALERIE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,378.77 | Date 10/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $92,378.18 | Date 09/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPP, JEFFREY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,377.66 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SHAUN A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $92,376.73 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, SEAN F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,376.39 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEELEY, JASON J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,375.15 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, NOVLETTE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,374.68 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWSER, JESSICA D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $92,373.79 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $92,373.77 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, DOMINIC J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $92,373.75 | Date 01/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPOLOWITZ, AARON | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $92,373.54 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANDULLA, JAMIE S | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $92,373.26 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGRI, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,372.59 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,372.43 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TRAVIS R | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $92,372.40 | Date 12/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, JOHN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $92,372.04 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, PAUL A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,371.49 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSAS, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,371.42 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICHT, JOSHUA B | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $92,369.82 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODIO, MICHAEL F, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,368.56 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MARY-LOUISE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,368.54 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DEBRA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $92,368.38 | Date 04/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, KEVIN F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,366.74 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, LYNN M | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $92,365.60 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRWAN, CONOR G | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $92,365.51 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, MARJORIE H | Employer name Middletown Housing Authority | Amount $92,365.45 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSLER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,364.33 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, DORINA A | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $92,363.88 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATINO, MELISSA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $92,363.57 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,362.86 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUZON, MAZZEO R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,361.34 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROZUMALSKI, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $92,359.84 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLK-PORTER, MENESSA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $92,359.75 | Date 09/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, KATHERINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,359.55 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, NEAL J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $92,358.76 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTS, JOEL M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $92,358.76 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICK, DAVID G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,358.39 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIFELLI, VALERIE | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $92,356.40 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASALI, COLLEEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $92,355.82 | Date 10/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMAKRISHNAN, SIVA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $92,355.51 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, SALVATORE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,354.72 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARVELO, ROBIN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $92,354.38 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSTICK, VIRGINIA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,353.82 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOPETER, PAUL W | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $92,353.61 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCHETTI, STELLA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,352.00 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSONI, STEPHEN A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,351.13 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, KEVIN C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,350.92 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CREWS-PERKINS, SHARON | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $92,350.81 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUMMOND, PAUL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,349.70 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISHOLM, HENRY, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,349.10 | Date 10/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, CHARLES J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,348.11 | Date 07/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, PAUL J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $92,345.41 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, KEVIN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,345.34 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAKA, | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $92,344.90 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINTZ, MICHAEL P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $92,344.83 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANI, GARY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,344.72 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIS, TOMMY A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,343.36 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, MICHAEL S | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $92,340.27 | Date 04/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, MARK D | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $92,340.23 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYLE, LESTER N | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $92,340.04 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUGLER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Saratoga Springs Housing Auth | Amount $92,338.22 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GRAVIO, ANTHONY | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $92,337.98 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, PATRICK M | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $92,337.74 | Date 03/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANES, RICHARD P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,337.46 | Date 08/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUZER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $92,336.37 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BETKE, BRETT E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $92,335.21 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRI, SUSSANAH A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $92,334.31 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMURO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $92,334.04 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLORIOSO, ANN | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $92,333.97 | Date 04/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITURA, LIA A | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $92,333.32 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTHOFF, WALTER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,332.10 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO-DE DONA, MELINA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,331.92 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROTOTARO, JOHANNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,331.44 | Date 07/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,329.89 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEITZ, DAVID T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,329.01 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,328.41 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASLEE, KENNETH S | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $92,327.92 | Date 12/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGHNAL, RICHARD L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,326.81 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CARY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,325.93 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, CAROLYN M | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $92,324.15 | Date 12/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICMANDY, GARY T | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $92,323.11 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, LEE J, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,323.02 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENTISS, VINCENT, JR | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $92,322.99 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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