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 SWENSON, CHRISTINE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,166.31 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, KEVIN W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,165.41 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASTENCHIK, JOHN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,165.40 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MARION J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,165.02 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINDAK, KRISTINE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,164.85 | Date 09/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGER, BRET T | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $86,164.74 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, TODD J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $86,163.56 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWLE, SHERRY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,163.22 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKER, WILLIAM E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,163.08 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINEMAN, DANIEL L | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $86,162.88 | Date 09/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIOLI, LAURIE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,162.70 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHARON M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $86,161.56 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNKEN, DAVID C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,161.15 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MARY E | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $86,161.02 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URSILLO, PHILLIP J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,160.63 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPOROWSKI, DAVID P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,160.58 | Date 03/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $86,160.22 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTE, DAVID P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,160.08 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $86,159.84 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, ROBERT M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $86,159.82 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, GARY M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,159.69 | Date 12/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, ALAN H | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,159.37 | Date 08/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGOWSKI, MARCUS A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,159.18 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,158.52 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, ANTHONY A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $86,158.26 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DENNIS | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,158.26 | Date 04/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEERY, MARY E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $86,157.26 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKEFELLER, BRETT G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,157.02 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, MARGARITA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $86,156.30 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNNANGI, SWAPNA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,156.04 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, ANNE R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,155.16 | Date 11/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISY, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $86,154.30 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLCE, MARIE ANDRISE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,153.99 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, BART S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,153.80 | Date 01/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, AMY R | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,153.58 | Date 02/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGGREY, JOANA H | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,153.21 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,152.56 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIETO, JUAN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,151.54 | Date 03/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LLOYD C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,151.46 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGGINS, CASEY R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $86,151.39 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AWAN, MUNSOOR T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,150.79 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, FRANCISCO | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $86,150.66 | Date 12/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINSE, SCOT C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $86,150.24 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MELANIA Z | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,149.92 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONKELBAN, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,149.85 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MARIO E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,149.09 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA RUSSO, VINCENT | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $86,149.08 | Date 02/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JAMES C | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $86,149.04 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESOPA, CELESTE C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,148.94 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BELLE, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $86,148.92 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIANESE, GRACE B | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $86,147.88 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARGARET M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,147.42 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDELLA, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $86,147.26 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIHEL, ROBERT J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $86,147.10 | Date 01/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLADELE, LATIFAT O | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,146.77 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWERS, ALBERT A, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,146.56 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, JUAN | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,146.56 | Date 05/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANGELLOW, PAULETTE F | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $86,146.50 | Date 03/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWKERK, JEAN M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $86,146.44 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBUTTI, JOHN K, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,146.19 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEKINS, KEVIN L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $86,144.30 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, BRANDON T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,143.70 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACHIN, ARTHUR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,143.46 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, KEVIN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $86,143.07 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, VERONICA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,142.91 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, KATHY A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $86,141.76 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, PHILIP | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,141.64 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ARTHUR A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $86,141.11 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMSON, DARYL M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,140.75 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, HEATHER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,140.20 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, STEPHEN A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $86,140.19 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEO, ERIC J | Employer name Warren County | Amount $86,140.19 | Date 07/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DAVID R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $86,140.10 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LOUIS C, JR | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $86,140.03 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, RONALD B | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,139.85 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, MEEGAN O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,139.82 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND-GREGORY, DANIELLE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,139.43 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIDER, JANYCE R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $86,139.01 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYMAN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,138.43 | Date 07/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, TERRY L | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $86,137.89 | Date 06/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISELE, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $86,137.78 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZELTON, JAMIE R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $86,136.86 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, PUI Y | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,136.80 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,135.80 | Date 07/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, WILLIAM, III | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $86,135.51 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVIN, MARSHALL T | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,135.29 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERINA, SUZANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,135.16 | Date 06/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, RYAN J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $86,134.87 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAND, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $86,134.02 | Date 08/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MARY E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $86,133.77 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILLMANN, MICHAEL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $86,133.45 | Date 09/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMANSKI, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $86,132.91 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, LYNN M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,132.60 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPANAS, JOHN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,131.76 | Date 03/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, SHAUN M | Employer name Lake Shore Fire District | Amount $86,130.92 | Date 06/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TARBAY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $86,129.81 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRONESTI, LESLEY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,129.47 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUE, MELANIE Z | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $86,128.46 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTOLA, JOHN R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,128.29 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPERNA, DIANE M | Employer name Elmsford UFSD | Amount $86,128.08 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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