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 RHOADES, FREDERICK, JR | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,916.88 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ANDREW, ROBERT C | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $94,916.68 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGRISANO, MICHAEL C, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,915.66 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE COSTE, SHARON S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $94,915.23 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OEST, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $94,912.48 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMAN, KRISTINE P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,911.80 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAISEY, MARIE E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $94,910.77 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, KEITH P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,910.23 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, VICTORIA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,910.03 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHLMAN, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $94,909.99 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMULSKI, JACOB G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $94,909.29 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARDIBUONO, ELENA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,908.78 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUG, RAYMOND J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,908.03 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHADE, ARTHUR L, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,907.24 | Date 08/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIMPINELLA, PATRICK P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $94,907.06 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MAYRA I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,905.23 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, EUGENE, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,904.56 | Date 11/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERDLE, KEVIN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $94,904.22 | Date 01/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANO, PAUL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,903.87 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASCOM, TRINA B | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $94,903.31 | Date 06/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, GINA R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,902.98 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, THOMAS O, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,902.62 | Date 08/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONNENBERG, TARA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $94,902.55 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, RACHEL G | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $94,902.23 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABOUREL, ERROL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,901.39 | Date 12/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONI, GIRISH M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,901.39 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MAURA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,900.00 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRE, JAMES A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $94,898.97 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRANO, HOLLY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,898.73 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, STEPHEN W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,898.57 | Date 12/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CAROL L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $94,898.17 | Date 05/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $94,898.11 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANIER, TIA L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $94,897.86 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGHORN, ROBERT G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,897.56 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, DOMINIC K | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,897.50 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, MARY L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,897.26 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREA, ERWIN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,896.98 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGAYAN, OSCAR JOHN J JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,896.18 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKLE, DANA | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $94,895.99 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, WILLIAM P | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,895.21 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, ERIC J | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $94,895.04 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABREAU, EUGENE LAWRENCE, JR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $94,894.41 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMMELSTEIN, JACOB N | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $94,894.34 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLERY, JAMES W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,894.25 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTUCCI, GINO | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $94,893.69 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, RUTH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,893.13 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYS, RICHARD S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,892.92 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POHLID, DOROTHY V | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $94,892.41 | Date 02/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORRISI, THOMAS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $94,890.92 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ISRAEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,890.10 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ROY A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $94,889.55 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDFELD, CHARLENE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,889.55 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOERGER, THOMAS M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $94,889.18 | Date 03/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASICKI, JAMES F | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $94,889.17 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROSINA, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $94,889.16 | Date 05/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMBOLO, MICHAEL F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,889.08 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRITSOPOULOS, CHRISTOS D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,888.06 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, BRANDON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,887.50 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEUNG, GLADYS C | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $94,886.15 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONWUJEKWE, ELO N | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,884.22 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, THOMAS G | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $94,884.09 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LINDA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,883.30 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADARO, GINA M | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $94,879.81 | Date 03/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYMAN, BRIAN S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,879.71 | Date 03/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHONG, ELLIE X | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,878.40 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE OLDE, RYAN V | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,878.30 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATCHER-ARMSTRONG, ZELMA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,877.92 | Date 01/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $94,876.73 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $94,876.64 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KULTZOW, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,875.92 | Date 04/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, MOLLY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,875.83 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, MERDECK B | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $94,875.75 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRILL, BARBARA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,875.45 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIA, ANDREW P | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,875.05 | Date 09/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULLUM, JOHN E | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $94,874.31 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, JASON M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,874.15 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNICK, DYLAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,873.91 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, DELSERY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,873.90 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMANN, KATHY G | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $94,873.87 | Date 01/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILE, ALLISON L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $94,873.87 | Date 08/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, GERALD | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,873.69 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, RONALD D | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $94,873.06 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, MARK T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $94,872.89 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEBER, IRENE E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,872.46 | Date 11/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, JOANNE | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $94,871.84 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCAGLINI, JAMES F | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,871.58 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGTARAP, AILENE V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,871.03 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DENNISON W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,868.63 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCIENIEWSKI, JAMES T | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $94,868.32 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUND, THOMAS B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,868.26 | Date 08/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUERTIN, FRANK M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,868.15 | Date 03/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACKEREN, CRAIG E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $94,867.78 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKAY, DEREK J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,867.67 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKSIMOWICZ, MARZENA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,867.38 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BROCKLIN, CHAD R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,865.94 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, ERICKA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,864.66 | Date 01/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, MARC G | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $94,864.54 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, JUSTIN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,864.46 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMONT, SCOTT S | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $94,864.09 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MICHAEL B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,863.60 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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