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 DONNELLY, RAYMOND C | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $90,696.14 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHIA, DANIEL K | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $90,695.72 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERRA, GIACOMA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,695.67 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARASZ, MARIS | Employer name West Hempstead Water District | Amount $90,695.39 | Date 07/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAIL, DANIEL T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $90,694.44 | Date 07/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOANNE K | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,694.34 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCHERA, PETER R | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $90,694.15 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMES, MARIA I | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $90,694.00 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELIX, GREGORY V | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $90,693.89 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELIA, EILEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,693.72 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEBRA J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,693.60 | Date 04/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORENZO, BIANCA R | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $90,693.60 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIBLEY, ANGELA G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,693.60 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIERRE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $90,693.60 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, GARY R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $90,693.26 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, VICTOR R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,693.20 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ALFREDA V | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $90,691.90 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFOLINO, ANTHONY | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $90,691.88 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILDNER, FREDERICK | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,691.45 | Date 04/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHRENS, RUSSELL W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $90,689.84 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBIT, JENNIFER L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,688.70 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $90,688.63 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KISH, WILLIAM B | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,688.47 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANI, JOEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,688.21 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, THOMAS P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,687.98 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $90,687.41 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, ROSA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,686.90 | Date 04/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, JOSEPH T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,686.48 | Date 08/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREMOUW, SCOTT A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $90,685.31 | Date 10/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,685.05 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, DAVID J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,684.95 | Date 12/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVES, MICHAEL P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $90,684.38 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAL, SUSAN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $90,683.72 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOELLER, HEATHER A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $90,683.44 | Date 07/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, VINCENT E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,683.17 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $90,683.04 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMAN, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,682.74 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEARY, BRIAN A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $90,682.47 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMAKALA, SANTHAMMA P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $90,682.40 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, DEAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $90,682.15 | Date 05/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUSS, MARK C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,681.90 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $90,681.90 | Date 09/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBALD, MARK | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,681.37 | Date 07/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRERI, BRYON J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,680.97 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JEFFERY S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $90,679.67 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MARGARET M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,678.69 | Date 12/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGENFELD, BRIAN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.64 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MATTHEW B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.64 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, LAUREN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.63 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTRIDGE, EUGENE T, III | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.63 | Date 03/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTEL, GARY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.62 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLEK, BETHANY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.60 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEXIDO, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,678.60 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONGIORNI, FRANK R | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,678.30 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BELLO, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,678.30 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNHA, SCOTT J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $90,678.30 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,677.95 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPULVEDA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $90,676.59 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAUDE, MARJORIE B | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $90,676.57 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDIONTE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $90,676.02 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEANY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $90,675.49 | Date 12/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZO, JOVANY | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $90,674.58 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, NICHOLAS W | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $90,674.36 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JESUS M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,674.03 | Date 04/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHI, HUA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $90,673.69 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADDOO, SUSAN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,673.48 | Date 06/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BRETT J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,673.32 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XANTHIS, ELIZABETH H | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $90,673.19 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHIER, SCOT S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,673.06 | Date 12/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELDER, ROBERT W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,672.75 | Date 02/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, ELLEN D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,672.60 | Date 11/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLERBE, ANNA K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,671.91 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAN, SCOTT D | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $90,671.88 | Date 04/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Warren County | Amount $90,671.80 | Date 07/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDBROOK, MICHELLE | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $90,671.62 | Date 06/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIMKUS, MARK S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,671.24 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POYAU, FRANTZ | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,669.38 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,669.35 | Date 06/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARUCK, DOMINICK | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,667.68 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DANIEL C | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $90,667.65 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, EDMOND D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $90,667.59 | Date 09/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRATO, ANTHONY | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $90,666.59 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ENANEY, JAMES T, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,666.56 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBDEAU, LYNNE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,666.56 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, IAN D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $90,665.91 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENT, DONNA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,665.82 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFF, JOANNE C | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $90,665.50 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINN, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,665.19 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, RICKY T | Employer name Marlboro CSD | Amount $90,665.09 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEW, GERALD A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $90,664.86 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, LYNDSEY N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,664.48 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINEMANN, FRANK | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $90,664.30 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRLIN, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $90,664.13 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, SONAL M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,664.01 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANATO, SALVATORE F, JR | Employer name Town of Whitestown | Amount $90,663.66 | Date 02/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHSTEIN, LINDA C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,663.36 | Date 07/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESANTIS, NICHOLAS G | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $90,663.10 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VETACK, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,662.16 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, STEPHEN L | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $90,662.02 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANKS, DAVID M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $90,661.54 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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