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 O'NEILL, DANIEL J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $87,832.36 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, SCOTT E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,831.36 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, GARY P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $87,831.26 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILKOWSKI, DAVID M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $87,831.23 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMAN, EDWARD P | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $87,830.90 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, YVONNE S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,830.73 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, RICHARD S | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $87,830.48 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTER, WENDI B | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $87,830.48 | Date 01/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, WILLIAM R | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $87,830.36 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, GERARD | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $87,830.35 | Date 04/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, DENNIS V | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $87,829.49 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAZMIERCZAK, DAVID F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,828.90 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICKETT, ANTOINETTE E | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $87,828.59 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, GLENN P | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $87,828.12 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, ADAM E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,827.46 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, THOMAS B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,827.17 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, SANDRA M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $87,826.71 | Date 11/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLAR, PATRICIA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,826.31 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLING, KENNETH M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $87,826.29 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,825.75 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGGANE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,825.69 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITMAN, ANGELA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,825.50 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNKEWICZ, JASON P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,825.46 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLECAL, KAREN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,825.30 | Date 06/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIFSUD, PATRICIA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,824.94 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, RUSSELL L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,824.92 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN-BELL, MICHELE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,824.10 | Date 10/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $87,823.99 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, THELMA D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $87,823.69 | Date 12/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFRIYIE, ADJOA S | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $87,823.43 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONCE, JOHN N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,823.07 | Date 02/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGANIELLO, LOUIS J, JR | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $87,822.94 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBE, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $87,822.50 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUONINCONTRI, ANTHONY M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $87,821.05 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, VICTOR M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,819.63 | Date 05/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLUFIDIPE, BOLA K | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,819.19 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, HOLLI N | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $87,819.06 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDESA, CAROL A | Employer name Merrick UFSD | Amount $87,819.01 | Date 04/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELAN, JACQUELINE S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,817.49 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGTAI, EDLIN R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,817.44 | Date 03/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, FAITH V | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,816.64 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JOHNEY L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $87,816.40 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,815.98 | Date 02/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAO, CHRISTINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,815.95 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIARD, WILLIAM L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,815.39 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLERC, RICHARD R | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $87,815.04 | Date 08/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAL, ANDREW W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,814.70 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JOANN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,814.52 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDE, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $87,814.39 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JUSTIN R | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $87,813.74 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEDIN, NURUL | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $87,813.57 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, CARLA T | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $87,813.51 | Date 11/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, CATHY A | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $87,813.27 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILOMENA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $87,813.23 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMMERT, THOMAS M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $87,813.14 | Date 06/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITZER, LYNDA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,812.81 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANFORD, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,812.75 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCAVO, AMANDA | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $87,811.20 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITAWI, AHMID A | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $87,811.06 | Date 02/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KSIAZEK, NICOLE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,810.20 | Date 03/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLING, JOHN C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $87,809.82 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, LISA M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $87,808.69 | Date 12/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISS, STEPHEN B | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $87,808.24 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, VERNON D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $87,808.06 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $87,807.95 | Date 11/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRELLA, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,806.94 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRO, CARMELO | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $87,806.51 | Date 05/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, DANIEL W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $87,806.14 | Date 09/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSINI, CHRISTIAN A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,805.29 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, AMY L | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $87,805.11 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGRAFF, COLLEEN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,803.97 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERTT, MARK E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,802.98 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULIGOWSKA, GRAZYNA H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,802.00 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MENEMY, JAMES E | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $87,798.97 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $87,798.62 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERDLEY, THOMAS C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,798.38 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, JERRY A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $87,798.36 | Date 12/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS-HARRISON, LOIS E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,798.00 | Date 12/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, MARIA F | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $87,796.81 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVRICH, CRAIG S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $87,796.54 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, YUE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,795.76 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DANIEL | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,795.63 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTAKAS, ASHLEY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,795.06 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ANITA | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $87,794.60 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,793.83 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,792.45 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, IAN O | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $87,791.82 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, RICHARD K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $87,791.67 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLMAN, CHRISTINE J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $87,790.97 | Date 05/24/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COLLIN, GAYLE S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,789.91 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIKAS, CATERINA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $87,789.91 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, ARIF | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,788.87 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALEITA, KEVIN P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $87,787.99 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCI, APRIL M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $87,787.90 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, MONICA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $87,787.70 | Date 05/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JOSEPH M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $87,786.25 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ANTHONY T | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $87,786.13 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFFE, LISA M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,785.92 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, HASIBUR R | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $87,785.39 | Date 06/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATES, STEVEN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $87,785.07 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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