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 MONTES, JOSE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,066.73 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAIDA, ELENA C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $91,066.55 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $91,064.88 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLER, DONALD R | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $91,063.66 | Date 02/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, WILLIAM C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,063.50 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLVESTRE, MARYSE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $91,063.31 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADLOCK, DANA R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,062.77 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENNAMO, MATHEW J, JR | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $91,061.90 | Date 02/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, RANDAL T | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $91,061.82 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNAH, EVELYN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $91,060.77 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VADALA, STEVEN J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,060.59 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,060.24 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAISE, BROOKE B | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $91,059.30 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGANTE, ELLEN I | Employer name West Islip Public Library | Amount $91,058.42 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHNEL, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,057.20 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURAWIK, PAMELA C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $91,054.91 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JOHN P | Employer name Essex County | Amount $91,053.14 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $91,052.47 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPERSINO, LOUIS, II | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $91,052.15 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRILL, SANDRA E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $91,051.63 | Date 07/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBELLAN, MARK D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,050.93 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLISCHONN, ERIC D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,050.18 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMILL, CATHLEEN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,050.04 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, RICKY J | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $91,050.00 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, ALBERT T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,049.64 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, EDWARD C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $91,048.78 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ANDREW P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $91,048.67 | Date 04/16/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THANKI, PAMELA S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,048.44 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $91,046.92 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, STEVEN P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $91,046.92 | Date 06/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ANTHONY B | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $91,046.67 | Date 04/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $91,046.02 | Date 12/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAKAGAKI, ETSUKO | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,045.18 | Date 12/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIAL, JEFFREY T | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $91,045.17 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, HENRY C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $91,044.87 | Date 09/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKETA, CHRIS M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $91,043.64 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTO, MICHAEL W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,042.94 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, PATRICK J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,042.94 | Date 01/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC BRIDE, JASON A | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,042.94 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODRID, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $91,042.86 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDFIELD, TOBY J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $91,042.69 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $91,042.34 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONSETT, CLIFFORD K | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $91,042.09 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, JOHN H, JR | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $91,041.36 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, STEPHEN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,041.16 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, PAMELA G | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $91,040.61 | Date 02/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILPOTT, MICHAEL F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,040.23 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, JEAN E | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $91,039.56 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, ERIC A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $91,038.53 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, EVA I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,034.82 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, SCOTT E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $91,034.22 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, MAUREEN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,032.88 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEERATTAN, DEOKIE D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $91,032.63 | Date 07/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGHOFFER, MARK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,031.60 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOJALOWICZ, ALISA M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,031.33 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON-FOX, VIVIENNE H | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $91,030.78 | Date 10/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, JENNY A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $91,029.98 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOMALA, KATRINA A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $91,029.59 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,028.96 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, PAUL M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,028.49 | Date 12/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, THOMAS W | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $91,027.79 | Date 07/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOCCO, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,026.90 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $91,026.13 | Date 09/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, JOHN J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $91,025.44 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, KAREN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,025.15 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $91,025.04 | Date 04/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BRUTTO, ANNA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,024.91 | Date 02/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, VICTOR M, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $91,024.61 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLICKINGER, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,024.06 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGARS, SUSAN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,023.74 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, SCOTT R | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $91,023.23 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,021.56 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGIENTO, LINDA P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,021.42 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONYERS, DELONYA K | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $91,020.81 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAISS, LYNN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,020.30 | Date 01/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACH, JULIE ILANA | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,018.46 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, CARLOS A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $91,018.03 | Date 09/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABEE, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $91,018.02 | Date 02/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOSEPH M, II | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $91,017.97 | Date 09/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGERON, JOSHUA R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,017.74 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUSAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,017.63 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, PAUL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,016.56 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIOTTA, LUIGI C | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $91,015.41 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, KAREN J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $91,014.10 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JOHN F | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $91,013.22 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, SHANE M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $91,012.83 | Date 06/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINDLE, JAMAR L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $91,012.82 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDEAU, DAVID L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,012.78 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, RONALD P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,012.71 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LAURA J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $91,012.29 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCKRY, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $91,011.98 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CAROLYN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $91,011.85 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISBON, TERRI W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $91,011.68 | Date 12/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INOT, MONICA J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,011.40 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, KATHLEEN F | Employer name New Rochelle Public Library | Amount $91,011.21 | Date 04/20/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSAY, THOMAS F | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $91,010.93 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADLEC, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,010.47 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, PAULO E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,009.16 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUTIA, JOHN A | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $91,009.10 | Date 01/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,008.63 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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