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 DONOVAN, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,799.83 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIGAN, ELAINE F | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $94,799.69 | Date 07/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, AMANDA ROSE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,799.52 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOPIETRO, CARRIE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,799.49 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VIDO, DEAN M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $94,798.20 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BUCK, PETER P, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,798.19 | Date 01/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERSBAK, MICHELLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,797.87 | Date 11/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, ROSE-ANNE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $94,796.85 | Date 06/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKMAN, BRUCE J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,796.00 | Date 06/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTOLAZA, KIMBERLY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $94,795.03 | Date 08/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $94,794.92 | Date 12/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FACTEAU, BOBBI JO | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $94,794.70 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNIER, TONI A | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $94,791.93 | Date 08/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHENG, XINDE | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $94,791.11 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUST, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $94,790.47 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALDINGER, JACQUELINE J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,790.27 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINESEY, MEGAN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,790.14 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERITAGE, ALAINE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $94,789.61 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHE, CARNIE S | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $94,788.89 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIRPE, ALBERT A, JR | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $94,788.38 | Date 06/25/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARVILLE, ANDREW J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $94,788.24 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALTERS, DIANE V | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,787.96 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEY, SHYH-JYE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,785.40 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, TRACY J | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $94,785.27 | Date 12/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEVLIN, STEVEN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,784.70 | Date 10/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUALE, ALYXANDER E | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $94,784.36 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADONIA, KATHLEEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,783.85 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYELL, JOHN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $94,783.59 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, KRISTIN J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $94,783.59 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, MARIA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,783.19 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAROSE, RANDY L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,782.80 | Date 05/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JEFFERY S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $94,782.35 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSANG, FRANKY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,780.52 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANNON, THOMAS C, SR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $94,779.95 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, STEVEN E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,778.92 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYK, HENRY J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $94,777.69 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POULIN, GINA MARIA | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $94,777.51 | Date 10/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,777.24 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, MARIANN | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $94,777.14 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYTLOVANY, PATRICIA E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $94,777.14 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANIOTAKIS, PETER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,775.59 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAZBACK, MICHAEL G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,775.46 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KATHLEEN D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,775.17 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRONE, GREGORY S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,774.70 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,773.38 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORATO, LYNNETTE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $94,773.38 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROVATO, JASMIN | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $94,773.38 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, LORRI V | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $94,771.58 | Date 03/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JUANITA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,771.52 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, DESMOND D, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,769.92 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLES, JARED R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,769.10 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITT, PHILIP M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,768.35 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DADA, GRACE F | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $94,767.25 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, STEPHAN L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,766.94 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENKITIS, JOHN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,766.24 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALVO, DAVID T | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,765.63 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, ANDREW D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $94,765.59 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, LESLIE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,765.43 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEILSON, GEORGE | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $94,765.30 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORGERSEN, KIRSTEN | Employer name North Babylon Public Library | Amount $94,765.00 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MICHAEL L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,764.64 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, MICHELLE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,763.46 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PYTLIK, JEFFREY P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $94,762.93 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENBERG, FREDA | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $94,761.82 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, LAWRENCE L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $94,761.69 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTO, ANTHONY | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,760.73 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNAIRE, MAUREEN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $94,759.67 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGG, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $94,758.81 | Date 11/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, EDWARD E | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $94,758.43 | Date 09/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENORA, WILLIAM P | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $94,758.18 | Date 04/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAVEY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $94,757.25 | Date 07/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, JOHN F, IV | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,757.23 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, PATRICIA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,756.85 | Date 12/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMRO, KATHLEEN S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,756.62 | Date 10/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKSON, LAWRENCE | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $94,756.30 | Date 12/06/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLOW, MADELINE M | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $94,756.00 | Date 10/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIPE, MAURICE R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $94,755.92 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINES, RICHARD J | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $94,754.81 | Date 09/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, DEREK T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,753.78 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASHAW, ANTHONY C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,753.24 | Date 05/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDDY, JONATHAN R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,753.24 | Date 11/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHROBET, ELEANOR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,752.72 | Date 02/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCAGLIA, STEVEN M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $94,752.38 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRINK, JEFFREY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,752.35 | Date 01/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOADLEY, VINCENT J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $94,752.19 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, NEIL L | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $94,752.10 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, DANIEL | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $94,752.06 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MATTHEW E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,752.01 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,750.79 | Date 06/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARYROSE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,749.54 | Date 08/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, TRACEY C | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $94,749.51 | Date 07/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, ROGER J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,748.86 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARETZKY, MARSHA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,748.65 | Date 01/09/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTUSCELLO, CATHERINE L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $94,748.50 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGGER, DWAYNE R | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $94,748.12 | Date 03/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, THERESA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,748.04 | Date 07/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARWELL, GARY H, JR | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $94,747.05 | Date 03/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRO, KAREN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,745.40 | Date 01/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOY, BRIAN R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,745.02 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOY, JACK | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,745.02 | Date 06/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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