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 STOUT, DONNA K | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $91,391.00 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKER, TODD V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,389.19 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VELASCO, JOSE MARIE C | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $91,389.04 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACKEY, MARK S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,388.97 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOELLE, JASON W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $91,388.12 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCRIVEN, NATHAN B | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $91,387.76 | Date 06/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANUIKA, SUSAN M | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $91,387.72 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, DOUGLAS E, SR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $91,387.44 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JONATHAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $91,386.62 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SHANE T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $91,386.62 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ANDREW J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,386.36 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAKOR, ROSELINE A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,384.03 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, GARDNER MCKAY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,383.93 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, THOMAS | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $91,383.92 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, MEREDITH A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,383.76 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, CHRIS T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,383.49 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SARAH E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,383.48 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, BRUCE F | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $91,383.25 | Date 01/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KAREN J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $91,381.59 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $91,380.42 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IP, VANESSA K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $91,379.98 | Date 03/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEF, ALEC | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,379.55 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALOGUERAKOS, PABLO | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $91,379.42 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,377.85 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANNITON, CARL H | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $91,377.17 | Date 04/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GANN, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $91,377.03 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESCHAMPS, ANA S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,376.89 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, CHRISTY N | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $91,376.66 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEOGHEGAN, EDWARD E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,375.13 | Date 06/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANDA, DAVID | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,375.12 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,374.85 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVALLEY, LYNDON A, JR | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $91,374.67 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITOLO, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,374.45 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, KRIS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $91,372.58 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVET, JANET M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $91,372.57 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKEREKE, JANE U | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,371.77 | Date 08/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, SANDRA M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $91,371.72 | Date 10/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ERIC P | Employer name Greenlawn Water District | Amount $91,371.46 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONDARIO, RALPH R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $91,371.18 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, BRUCE T | Employer name West Irondequoit CSD | Amount $91,370.49 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGIOVANNA, MARY | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $91,369.41 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $91,368.25 | Date 06/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAHLGREN, CRIS H | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $91,368.16 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALI, ASGHAR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSLEY, ROCHELLE L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKAUSKAS, BRIAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MATTHEW R | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSCH, EDWARD J | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRIANNI, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $91,367.38 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALCOTT, DAVID W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $91,366.34 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFINGWELL, DANIEL J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,365.82 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $91,365.82 | Date 04/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, ANDREW P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,364.00 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, LUKE T | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $91,363.72 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, DESIREE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,362.68 | Date 03/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOPKOWSKI, JOANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,362.38 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ANGEL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $91,362.29 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEDAR, RITA G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,362.18 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMORE, JOHN R, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $91,362.18 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURBANEK, NICHOLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,362.18 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALESSANDRO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,361.40 | Date 03/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATT, ANCA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,361.07 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, NATHAN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,360.66 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAZIE, SHEILA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $91,359.96 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ERIC D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $91,358.93 | Date 05/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH BOENING, PAMELA A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $91,358.77 | Date 07/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, FREDERICK W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,358.76 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NORMAN, SR | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $91,358.57 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, DONNELL R | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $91,358.37 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABON, JOSE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,357.64 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, AUNGELA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,357.37 | Date 05/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PORTA, DAWN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,354.62 | Date 06/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, LISA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $91,354.12 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, LAVERNE E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,354.12 | Date 04/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURADEK, THOMAS P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,354.12 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, GREGG S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $91,353.94 | Date 01/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUTHEMENT, DENISE R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JONATHAN D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOROWAJCZYK, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANKEY, PETER M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASACCHIO, JOSHUA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKSTROM, CRAIG R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSMANN, RANDALL J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,353.60 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, JODI K | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $91,353.32 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, DANIEL P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,353.28 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, ALENE | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $91,352.89 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, ROBERT M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $91,352.56 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, EMILY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,352.24 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUNCH, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $91,351.52 | Date 06/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONI-CROZIER, ZEBRA A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $91,350.96 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSAKOWSKI, RICHARD T, JR | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $91,349.18 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, SHERLY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $91,348.99 | Date 11/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNYK, EUGENE W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,348.66 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITT, ANDREW E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $91,347.77 | Date 01/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RACHNOWITZ, JASON S | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $91,346.25 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAVEY, ELIZABETH V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,346.25 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, CHERYL A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $91,346.15 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $91,346.11 | Date 03/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, SEAN | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $91,345.38 | Date 03/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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