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 KLEM, GREGORY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,799.83 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINACORI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,799.81 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, TERESA W | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $90,799.58 | Date 05/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINFIELD, RENATE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $90,799.26 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, MATTHEW J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $90,799.02 | Date 08/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PATRICK P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,798.78 | Date 09/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINICCI, BETTY E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $90,798.14 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEDY, SANDRA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,797.46 | Date 08/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, VINCENT N | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $90,796.79 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANHUEZA, GEORGE A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,796.39 | Date 02/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYATT, DONALD N | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $90,796.13 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERT E | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $90,796.12 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALOG, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,794.29 | Date 01/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANO, MATTHEW T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,794.22 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEURY, DAVE J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $90,793.49 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, SUSAN B | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $90,793.09 | Date 08/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCUE, CATHY J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,792.27 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROKICKI, MATTHEW C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $90,792.08 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PURSEL, JEFFREY J, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,791.72 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENETOS, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,791.30 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTO, GINA S | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $90,791.07 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSCHER, CHARLES A | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $90,789.92 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLENKER, JOHN J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $90,788.83 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADMANABHA PILLAI, AJAYAN | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $90,788.19 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLS, GERALD W, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $90,786.52 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUDNEY, MARY JANE | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $90,786.52 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARABAUGH, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $90,785.87 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SAMANTHA T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,785.87 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORA, KENNETH R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $90,784.91 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JULIE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,784.52 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTINO, NANCY A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,783.96 | Date 11/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MICHAEL L | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $90,783.77 | Date 12/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GRISEL C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,783.33 | Date 01/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JELONEK, DONALD B, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,782.38 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RANDY N | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $90,782.05 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAPI, TUSHAR J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,780.00 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKEY, KEVIN T | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $90,779.35 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLERAN, DAVID J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $90,779.23 | Date 04/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLEZZA, WILLIAM J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,778.79 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYREK, MARK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $90,778.34 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUZZI, JAMES J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,778.30 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, WILLIAM J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,778.30 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, GILLIAN M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $90,777.69 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUJAWSKI, JAMES R | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $90,777.25 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARRABEE, SHAWN J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $90,777.16 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGINOTTI, DAVID | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,776.42 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETZ, PETER A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $90,775.92 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,775.54 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREAGOR, RICHARD A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $90,775.32 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARABIE, SHERRY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $90,773.92 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, ELENA | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $90,773.88 | Date 12/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, AMY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,773.67 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BABALOLA, YEJIDE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,773.35 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, LESHA L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $90,772.86 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ROBERT L | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $90,771.83 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURCZYNSKI, ROBERT F | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $90,771.79 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRADLEY K | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $90,771.67 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,771.60 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRZYMALA, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,771.37 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARNOWSKI, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $90,771.13 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLINGHAM, ANTHONY | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $90,769.97 | Date 11/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,769.15 | Date 09/16/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, ROBERT K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,768.31 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADLU, HENRY | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $90,767.98 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIMBLEY, DIEDRA G | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $90,767.98 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMORE, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $90,767.33 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, ROBERT S | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $90,767.29 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARBORN, LINDA M | Employer name Haldane CSD - Philipstown | Amount $90,767.11 | Date 02/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JENNIFER | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,767.04 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, GAVIN T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,766.74 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, SCOTT A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $90,766.24 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, PETER L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,765.99 | Date 01/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARATHODATHIL, NISHA T | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $90,765.92 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, PHILIP L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,765.89 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLES, KYLE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,765.76 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIRMENT, STEPHEN | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $90,765.55 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, EDWARD F, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,764.83 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $90,764.35 | Date 12/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUERTA, JOHN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,764.32 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, DANIEL T | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $90,764.11 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MICAELA F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,764.01 | Date 01/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, SANDY R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,763.66 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINELLI, DOUG C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,763.47 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ERIN M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $90,763.00 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVICH, NATALIA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $90,761.94 | Date 08/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKNER, CHARLES R | Employer name Elmira Housing Authority | Amount $90,760.95 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, JACQUELINE S | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $90,760.91 | Date 02/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VIDO, DEAN M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $90,760.83 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH, DIANE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $90,760.28 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCEBO, LAURA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,760.09 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SOPHIAMMA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $90,759.45 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $90,759.13 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, LIONEL F | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $90,758.80 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWOLA, MATTHEW D | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $90,758.72 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, JAMES G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,758.72 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESEAU, JOHN J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $90,758.50 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, RENEE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,757.88 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVANZATO, MARGARET C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,757.32 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UGWOJI, MATTHEW | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $90,756.77 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANARESE, CLARE A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $90,755.73 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET