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 ATHAVALE, ULHAS B | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,680.99 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, GOVIND C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,680.58 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, VICKI L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,677.90 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, LARRY D | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $95,677.62 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, RAYMOND J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,677.58 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORN, ANTHONY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,676.53 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACKCHIEF, JUSTIN M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,676.16 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRENDAN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,675.77 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTS, MARK D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,675.47 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULIT, CATHERINE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,674.27 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHONFELD, DIANE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $95,674.08 | Date 02/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAJIEB, NISAA A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,672.83 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCKER, JEREMY J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $95,671.98 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELFANCE, BARRY W | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $95,671.77 | Date 03/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, JASON S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,668.64 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, ERIK C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $95,667.69 | Date 07/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRESN, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $95,667.15 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANON, CAROLINA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,666.89 | Date 10/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $95,666.87 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, ACHELEY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,666.47 | Date 08/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,663.16 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATARAZA, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $95,663.05 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORINO, DONNA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $95,662.81 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, HEATHER S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,662.15 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPREEN, FREDERICK M | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $95,661.94 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPOLI, JASON D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,661.79 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, ALICE J | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $95,661.70 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE-LOUIS, MARIE C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,661.47 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANGARIE, MARIAMA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,661.47 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARIQ, KHURRAM | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,661.33 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESAVALU, DHAYALAN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,659.73 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAENLEIN, DANIEL M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,659.26 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, ANNETTE M | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $95,657.46 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKETT, DAVID F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,656.62 | Date 05/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGNALL, KAREN G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,655.83 | Date 11/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $95,655.50 | Date 07/05/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACQUAVIVA, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,655.31 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JEAN L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $95,654.68 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINACCI, DONNA D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $95,651.90 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $95,650.97 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, TODD L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,650.33 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, RICHARD D | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $95,648.21 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLUPS, SCHANEL D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,648.06 | Date 06/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAISST, ERIC W | Employer name Madison County | Amount $95,646.49 | Date 11/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMMON, CRAIG R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $95,646.44 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IGLESIAS, JULIO S | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,645.98 | Date 09/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUNDS, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,645.54 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, MARY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,645.51 | Date 01/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, WILLIAM G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,645.07 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST LOUIS, JEFFERY L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $95,644.67 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $95,643.58 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMULLEN, PETER | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $95,642.93 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,642.54 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, BRUCE A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $95,642.43 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPNOWSKI, LORRAINE R | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $95,641.65 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, STEVEN E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $95,640.96 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, JAMES D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $95,640.32 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTAPKA, GABRIELA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,640.23 | Date 02/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TIMOTHY W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,639.66 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIEPIELA, JOSEPH A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,639.06 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALOTICO, CARL G | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $95,638.61 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, BRYAN C | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $95,638.06 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORDBERG, LYNNEA NICOLE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,637.56 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BISH, RONALD P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,637.50 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMERLE, JEANETTE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,637.27 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALVATORE, BARBARA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,637.26 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIER, LISA J | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $95,636.89 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEOU, ANTONIA | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $95,636.11 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, CARL, III | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $95,635.90 | Date 09/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, LAUREN M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $95,635.69 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARGA, CAROLE T | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $95,635.66 | Date 08/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMMES, JASON W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,634.80 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARETELA, PHILIP J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,634.31 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, JOHN F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,633.55 | Date 04/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO-SVERDLIN, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,633.45 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRRONE, DANIEL C | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $95,633.30 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESTLER, LOUISE V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,632.44 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, FRANCIS V | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $95,632.02 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYER, ASHANTI K | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $95,630.50 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, PHILIP P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,630.14 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEIREZ, SUSAN E | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $95,629.51 | Date 12/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD-RAUTENSTRAUCH, ROSEANNE M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,628.74 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL G | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $95,628.68 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, MARIO F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,628.10 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDER VEER, PETER S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,628.03 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, KEVIN G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,626.76 | Date 08/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUER, DONALD V, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,626.73 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, MEEGAN O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,625.27 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINIS, DEREK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,624.92 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $95,622.95 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, PETER | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,622.78 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,622.37 | Date 04/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFLER, JOSEPH C | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $95,622.26 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ROGER L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $95,622.12 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLEY, ROEBERYL | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,622.06 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARANTO, CHANTANA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,621.79 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, PETER C | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $95,621.32 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, DANA L | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $95,621.29 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, DAVID M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $95,621.24 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTON, MOLLIE K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,620.68 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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