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 HARRIS, RICHARD T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,460.01 | Date 05/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIAN GULLO, MING | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,459.84 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $95,459.79 | Date 01/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, GERMAN | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,459.78 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $95,459.33 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBITO, CHARLES N | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $95,459.20 | Date 06/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWINSKI, JONATHAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,459.18 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, DANIELLE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,459.15 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FABIO, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $95,456.93 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LISCHAK, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,456.54 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLESKY, SUSAN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,456.35 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAKSEN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,455.49 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PRIMA, JOSEPH | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $95,454.71 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMBAS, CHERYL A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,453.58 | Date 09/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWAL, SONIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,453.35 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JAMES A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $95,452.83 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, JOSEPH B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,452.68 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, CYNTHIA G | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $95,451.04 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, FRANCINE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,450.69 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MATTEO, DAVID M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $95,450.39 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, TIMOTHY | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $95,450.37 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINLEY, RICHARD H | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,450.02 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGIEWICZ, STEPHEN J, JR | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $95,449.83 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, BRIAN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $95,449.44 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,448.00 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MARIA D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,447.72 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLES, NICOLE D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEMBERT-BRISSON, MONICA F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT-GRAHAM, TANIA J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJPAL, DENISE C A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENHAUS, ROBERT L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGONJA, ANA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, MARIA A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IENOPOLI, JENNIFER A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYZOWSKI, DOROTHEA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 07/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, YESENIA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKES, BARBARA A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVINGER, VALERIE D | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, ERNEST A, JR | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $95,446.94 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLEAN, EVANNE | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $95,446.44 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, CLAUDETTE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,446.26 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Oceanside Fire District | Amount $95,445.84 | Date 05/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, LEIGH A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $95,445.04 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCES, ANTOINETTE N | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,444.98 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITON, RODOLFO E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,444.35 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMPRESA, MICHAEL | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $95,444.21 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNOTTI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $95,443.96 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RONALD B | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,443.20 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DONNA M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $95,442.96 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, CAROLINE M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $95,442.95 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPE, DANIELLE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $95,442.51 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILKEY, BRUCE P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,441.34 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUER, DONNA M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $95,441.07 | Date 09/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHARLES J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,440.68 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, WILFREDO, II | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,440.02 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTSON, LONNIE L, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,439.85 | Date 01/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEMEN, PHILIP C | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $95,439.41 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCONTI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,439.24 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, JEANNETTE S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $95,438.09 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOEL, JEAN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,437.88 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENNETT, JENNIFER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,437.62 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEATH, LISA C | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $95,436.64 | Date 08/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOWELL, EDWIN L | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $95,435.14 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, JOSEPH S, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,433.53 | Date 06/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANARIELLO, JEFFREY | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $95,432.68 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, GREGORY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,432.39 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, WILLIAM G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,432.39 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKLE, ANDREW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,432.01 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAJEUNESSE, DAWN ANN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,430.88 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDONI, GUY , JR | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $95,430.20 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARCANGELIS, LAURA D | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $95,429.34 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, SHAWN M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,429.33 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADINO, LOUIS J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,428.27 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELET-TORRES, VANESSA B | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,427.62 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLARE, OPHELIA Q | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,427.55 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONCE, JOHN N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,426.16 | Date 02/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONE, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $95,425.74 | Date 10/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, TIRON J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $95,425.71 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCAY, JOHN E | Employer name Village of Bellport | Amount $95,425.38 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCENTE, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $95,425.18 | Date 03/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, RICHARD P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $95,424.68 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LAUREL | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $95,424.58 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUMBERG, DONALD G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,424.39 | Date 07/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRERETON, MARINA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,423.89 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, JAYSON H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,422.89 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMANN, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,422.60 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRILL, LOUISE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,421.88 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, JASON A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $95,421.35 | Date 08/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, DANIEL W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,420.89 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, DANIEL L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $95,420.47 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGAN, TINA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,420.47 | Date 07/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSELIS, GEORGE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,420.15 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTYN, ERIC A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,418.68 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIPER, RYAN K | Employer name Town of Wilton | Amount $95,418.57 | Date 09/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, PAUL E | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $95,417.61 | Date 05/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JOHN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,417.37 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASBROUCK, BRETT | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $95,417.14 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $95,416.89 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMRICH, STEPHAN F | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $95,416.80 | Date 08/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLLINGER, AMY S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,416.42 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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