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 DIAZ, ZORAIDA M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $92,045.98 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENICHETTI, REBECCA M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $92,045.59 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUPLEY, JOHN F | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,045.35 | Date 03/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURTELL, DANIEL W | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $92,044.82 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CLYDE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $92,044.40 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, QING JANE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $92,044.16 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURSO, MARIA E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,043.90 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCELLI, ANTHONY W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,042.72 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CLARENCE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $92,041.61 | Date 03/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELL, AMY F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,041.33 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON-PERRY, SHARON | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,040.78 | Date 01/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUDNARY, THOMAS B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,040.70 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, MIGUELA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,040.41 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPLHAM, PAMELA D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $92,038.98 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIDILE, DAVID | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,038.35 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALES, GARY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,037.41 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONDERDONK, PETER S | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $92,036.30 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTMANN, GARY K, II | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $92,035.38 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOS SANTOS, CLAUDIA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,034.85 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUER, DONALD V, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $92,034.80 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPRETTO, DAVID A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $92,034.71 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIZZOTTI, RONALD L | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $92,034.21 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHENHAUS, LILLIAN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,033.44 | Date 11/09/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DAVID R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,033.38 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, KEIR J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $92,032.78 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, MICHAEL H | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $92,032.24 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINKIEWICZ, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,032.21 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, MATTHEW S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,030.77 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSHY, SARAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,029.65 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGLEY, GLENN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,027.60 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, CAROLYN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $92,027.00 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, WENDY A | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $92,026.81 | Date 11/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,026.50 | Date 02/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, PETER H | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $92,026.02 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINUCANE, SEAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,023.61 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEIMER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,023.61 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, VERONICA V | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,022.98 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, LYNN A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $92,022.32 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAWAY, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,022.20 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAVIN, DANE P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $92,021.55 | Date 01/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARANWAL, RAJAN K | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,020.91 | Date 02/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENLEE, SCOTT S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,020.27 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERE, MGBEDINIHUN | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $92,019.53 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RANDALL W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $92,018.42 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, MATTHEW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,017.11 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, DAVID | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $92,016.54 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEAU, KENNETH B | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $92,016.16 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACHNIC, RONALD W, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,014.94 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORCUTT, ANDREW W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,014.86 | Date 07/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APRONTI, OSCAR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,014.76 | Date 06/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, EUNAH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,014.00 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, EUNICE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,014.00 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESGROW, JAMES A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,013.81 | Date 08/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEMAN, SHAWN A | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $92,012.85 | Date 09/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CWIAKALA, MICHELE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,011.82 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VINE, LAURIE ANN | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $92,011.45 | Date 03/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICERO, GREGORY F | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $92,011.27 | Date 02/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $92,011.06 | Date 06/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDER, MOIRA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,010.04 | Date 10/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACE, DONALD R | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $92,009.71 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, SEAN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,009.41 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, BRIAN P | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $92,009.35 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, MARGARET M | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $92,008.74 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMALES, JOSE R, JR | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,006.42 | Date 11/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $92,006.13 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, BRADLEY D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $92,005.50 | Date 01/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE-SALERNO, JACQUELYN L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,005.38 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAILYA, SURINDER | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,005.02 | Date 02/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INERNEY, DANIEL E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,004.18 | Date 05/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, SUSAN K | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $92,004.12 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, LISA M | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $92,003.68 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, MICHAEL F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $92,003.60 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, KIRK J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,003.34 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, MATTHEW A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,003.11 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINTON, LAVERNE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CLAUDETT M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 07/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, IRENE EUNHEE | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, JAMES R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEY, JUASADEA K | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARYKUTTY P | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $92,002.78 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENA, JOHN | Employer name Village of Cornwall | Amount $92,001.04 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIAROLI, JOHN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $92,001.00 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENCEN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $92,000.24 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHLEY, LISA G | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $92,000.22 | Date 09/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, KEVIN | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $92,000.21 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENDEKKER, MICHAEL G | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.02 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYA, FRANCISCO P | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.02 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMOTAS, ARAVELLA | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.02 | Date 01/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKARTADOS, FRANK K | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.02 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIELE, FRED W, JR | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.02 | Date 01/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, PETER J, JR | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, KEVIN A | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 10/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYMBROWITZ, STEVEN | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 10/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINOWITZ, JEFFREY E | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALEF, SANDRA | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 09/01/1965 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLICK, DEBORAH J | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, AILEEN M | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 11/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEVESI, ANDREW D | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFFEE, ELLEN C | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $92,000.00 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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