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 BENGIS, JOSHUA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,735.30 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDEA, ROBERT L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,734.74 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIEDFELD, CHARLENE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,734.67 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Department of State | Amount $90,734.54 | Date 03/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAISSON, TREVOR J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $90,734.54 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, RYAN J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,734.54 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MARGARET | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,734.12 | Date 03/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, DAVID J | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $90,733.75 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, ALAN G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,733.74 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABEL, ALINE L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,732.62 | Date 01/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLINGER, RICHARD J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,732.34 | Date 06/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $90,732.22 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MARGARET M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,732.08 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, LEROY, JR | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $90,731.53 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, BRIAN C | Employer name New City Library | Amount $90,730.90 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HARKEN, CHERYL J | Employer name Newark CSD | Amount $90,730.33 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, SHENNOY M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $90,730.28 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREL, JOEL | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $90,730.04 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, DONNA M | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $90,729.51 | Date 08/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JON P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $90,729.20 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUETSCH, SUE ELLEN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,728.18 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAINOR, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $90,728.07 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, DANIEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,726.38 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, DENISE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,726.37 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, THERESA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,725.92 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRZASKOS, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $90,724.80 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGHORN, ROBERT G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,724.60 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $90,724.57 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,724.28 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY-FABI, SHERYL L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,724.09 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRICELLI, ROBERT L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,723.61 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, VICTOR M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,723.51 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRESS, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,723.32 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, PAMELA J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,723.06 | Date 02/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYERS, KRISTEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,722.64 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, BONNIE A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $90,722.64 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLORIOSO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,722.32 | Date 12/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFARB, GAIL R | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $90,721.44 | Date 11/29/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LEO, PATSY A | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $90,721.22 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, COREY R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,720.73 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, WILLIAM F | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $90,719.81 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANSON, ADRIAN C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,719.58 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCERINO, TRINA Z | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,718.65 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLOWNIA, ELAINE M | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $90,718.17 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONERA, JAY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,717.77 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORZYLOWSKI, BOGDAN Z | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $90,717.74 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARIELLO, JOHN J, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $90,716.87 | Date 03/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLO, ANDREW S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,716.12 | Date 04/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACK, GEORGE C, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,714.74 | Date 06/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $90,714.41 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, SCOTT E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,714.07 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICE, KARL W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,713.10 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, RICHARD M | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $90,712.74 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $90,712.32 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, LYNN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $90,712.32 | Date 04/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEPRIN, DAVID I | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $90,711.62 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, ALEXANDER G | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $90,711.60 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALONE, THOMAS L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,710.26 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, EDWARD W, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $90,710.24 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASUBONTENG, JULIUS | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,710.02 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JOHN | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $90,709.79 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFIELD, JILL E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,709.72 | Date 03/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, W BRUCE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,709.46 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DEVITT, RICHARD N | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,709.46 | Date 04/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, WALTER M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,709.40 | Date 05/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,708.36 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, GORDON L | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $90,708.13 | Date 02/07/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWELLS, LERON J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,707.54 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATLIN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,707.35 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSEE, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,706.48 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, RICHARD C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,706.32 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, ROBERT J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,706.10 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, TOMAS V | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $90,705.88 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, JAMES P | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $90,705.38 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIGNA, PHILIP J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $90,705.37 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUON, SUZANNE E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $90,704.00 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEK, KIM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,703.81 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JOHN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,703.61 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBAYUWANA, SYLVIA E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $90,703.13 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, DAVID M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,701.97 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, DEBORAH D | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $90,701.87 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERIKSEN, ENDERLI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,701.15 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGONIS, JOHN W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,700.74 | Date 01/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHL, ADAM P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $90,700.07 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TYRION | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $90,700.00 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, AMANDA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 12/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS-SMITH, HOLLY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 03/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, JOSEPH W, III | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, MICHAEL G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTNER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 09/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, REBECCA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, EDWARD W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITLINGUM, PHILIP N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,699.44 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARK P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $90,699.27 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SEAN D | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $90,698.66 | Date 02/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROGIORGIO, NICHOLAS | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $90,698.08 | Date 08/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LA CRUZ-MARTINEZ, CLARET | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,697.42 | Date 01/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSON, MARK D | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $90,696.67 | Date 08/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMSHAW, RANDY P | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $90,696.36 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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