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 BOLT, KENNETH S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $86,840.05 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $86,839.25 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, DAVID E | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $86,839.03 | Date 12/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTINE, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $86,838.43 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIECO, MATTHEW W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $86,838.28 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIDERSKI, CAROL L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $86,838.18 | Date 09/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALAK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,837.76 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERSTEDT, CYNTHIA | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,837.66 | Date 04/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENINCASA, REGINA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,837.41 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATIG, DAVID A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,836.75 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEACHAM, THEODORE H | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $86,836.25 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHANI, SCOTT P | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,836.21 | Date 05/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, WALDELL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,835.41 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, WILLIAM J, III | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $86,835.37 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, PREETHY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,835.35 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALAKRISHNAPILLAI, SANTHOSH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,835.29 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,835.11 | Date 12/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UGOCCIONI, MAURO | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $86,835.06 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ANDREW E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,834.99 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANARY, KYLE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $86,834.79 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZDIK, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $86,834.66 | Date 03/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIZARRO, ALFRED | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,834.41 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, DAVID L | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $86,833.87 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $86,833.82 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, JOANNE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $86,833.66 | Date 01/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEAL, AMANDA R | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $86,833.44 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORWATH, HOLLY | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $86,833.05 | Date 02/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMENE, GEORGE T | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $86,833.05 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSEN, KAREN H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,832.72 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMSKE, HELEN M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $86,832.30 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, DAMIEN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,831.51 | Date 12/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, TESSY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,830.68 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, CHARLES T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $86,830.43 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSCHADL, LAURA A | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $86,830.11 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CICCO, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,829.60 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, GEORGE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,829.35 | Date 05/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATZ, ERIK L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $86,828.40 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOSZEWSKI, ZBIGNIEW | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,828.12 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, ALAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,828.03 | Date 02/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $86,827.68 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALFPENNY, CAROLE F | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,827.34 | Date 11/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBACH, THOMAS E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,827.14 | Date 12/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIRBEL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,826.62 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMALING, TRACEY K | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $86,826.01 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPWOOD, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,826.00 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSBY, KYETTE S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,825.85 | Date 08/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, SANDY R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,825.44 | Date 06/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINTON, KEITH M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $86,825.39 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, MICHAEL J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,825.18 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELLE, MARY B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,825.01 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHENG, YUN Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,824.15 | Date 08/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, YAZMIN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,824.12 | Date 12/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, THEODORE | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $86,823.77 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGOYNE, RANDOLPH B | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $86,823.50 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAIMCHAYEV, ZINAIDA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,823.35 | Date 12/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, BRAD M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,823.26 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASANO, PAUL V | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,822.84 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, DAVID E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,822.84 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANASTAHAS, ANASTASSIOS A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $86,822.84 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMERE, BRENDA M | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $86,822.32 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLE, RODERICK D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,822.30 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,822.06 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACKIE, BRIAN D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,821.63 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDONDOLO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $86,821.54 | Date 06/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNESSY, SHAUN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,820.81 | Date 01/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRELLS, FAY | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $86,820.75 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRMINGHAM, MARGARET A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $86,819.80 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPP, COURTNEY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,819.56 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, BRIAN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,819.16 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, SUSAN M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $86,819.16 | Date 03/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, FRANCISCO A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVEILLARD, YANICK | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIED, DREW E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LINDA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROIG, AXEL F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, DENNIS G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, THEODORE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMMASIELLO, ROMINA J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,819.12 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANCIO, JOHN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,818.60 | Date 05/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GRAW, MICHELE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,818.60 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLONIAK, PAULA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $86,818.37 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULSHEIMER, JENNIFER A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $86,817.26 | Date 01/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARY L | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $86,817.12 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEDDES, JONATHAN D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $86,817.05 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RICHARD K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,816.74 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASUCCI, VINCENT J | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $86,816.63 | Date 12/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, RICHARD F | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $86,816.31 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGO, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $86,816.31 | Date 07/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNOTTA, VINCENT B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,815.95 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, BRYAN E | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $86,815.49 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,815.30 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,814.61 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINGS, MAURICE R | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $86,814.36 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,814.00 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANOVSKY, DIMITRY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,814.00 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, PETER D | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $86,813.76 | Date 05/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, BRIAN J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $86,813.65 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ULBRIGHT, JEAN E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,813.63 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $86,813.18 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, COLLEEN A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,811.43 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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