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 VARY, SUZANNE W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $94,641.49 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, MATTHEW L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,641.43 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADOLATO, FRANK S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,641.33 | Date 02/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, SANDRA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,641.04 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERESTES, ALIX | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $94,640.00 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,639.96 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRZANOWSKI, KELLY A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,639.96 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALY, GERALD L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,639.96 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOFFELS, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,639.96 | Date 06/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEN EYCK, PETER V A, JR | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,639.96 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, MARK R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,639.84 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BRENDA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $94,639.65 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $94,638.90 | Date 05/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, JENNIFER D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,638.17 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,638.05 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMM, DAWN M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $94,637.50 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGAUD, PATRICK | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $94,635.70 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, CATALINA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,635.67 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN CISE, STEVEN J | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $94,635.51 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $94,635.49 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLIGAN, MEAGAN K | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $94,635.35 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, ERIC D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,634.82 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BONNIE P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,634.51 | Date 01/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, JIMMIE JOE | Employer name Chemung Soil,Wtr Cons District | Amount $94,634.40 | Date 06/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, OTIS E | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $94,634.34 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNIAK, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $94,634.03 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, COREY A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $94,633.56 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICAIRANO, VINCENT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,633.53 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, JEAN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,633.50 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIMENI, JOHN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,632.52 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, JACLYN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,632.05 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGEE, TODD R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,631.12 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $94,630.62 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSIE, JEAN PIERRE W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,630.01 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKISSOM, STEVE P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,629.58 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUDIER, DALE W, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,629.31 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATRI, ERIN L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $94,629.26 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTEN, HENRY S | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $94,629.20 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, ROY J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $94,628.81 | Date 05/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OFOSU, SETH S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,628.30 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALEER, KELLY J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,627.96 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISCO, JOHN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,627.55 | Date 04/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, JAY | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $94,627.15 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARD, MICHAEL F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,627.02 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGERT, DANIEL M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $94,626.85 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MONACO, JASON J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $94,626.79 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELMER, JOSEPH B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,626.45 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, SEAN H | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $94,626.37 | Date 03/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,626.14 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOMINIQUE, JANILIA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $94,625.30 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL RE, ROSE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,625.30 | Date 08/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESHAW, HANNAH | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,625.30 | Date 12/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, RANTIDEVA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,625.30 | Date 08/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSTELLER, THOMAS N | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $94,624.97 | Date 11/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, SUJA R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $94,624.24 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORKE, RALF J | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $94,624.01 | Date 02/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIMALA, SEENA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,623.74 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, GREGORY C | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $94,622.28 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LISA A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $94,621.89 | Date 08/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASHBAUM, BONNIE | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $94,621.75 | Date 10/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERALD, ANDREA M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $94,621.38 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOW, MARGARET M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,621.29 | Date 09/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RICHARD H | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,620.01 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, LUIS R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $94,617.88 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMELLA, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,617.80 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERE, MGBEDINIHUN | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $94,617.36 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESI, CHAD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,617.31 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SACKEY, ALLYSON | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $94,617.28 | Date 10/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSAJKO, RICHARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,617.09 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, STACEY S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,616.71 | Date 11/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Essex County | Amount $94,616.23 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, PAUL | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $94,615.94 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, JYYFEN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $94,615.44 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALFI, JUDY | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $94,615.28 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHILBY, CHRISTINE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $94,615.28 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHFIELD, BRIAN T | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $94,613.30 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, DONALD M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $94,613.10 | Date 07/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUSO, MARIE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,613.10 | Date 07/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, BRYAN G | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $94,612.66 | Date 05/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMME, JO ANN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $94,611.55 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARA, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $94,610.01 | Date 11/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRON, CECELIA A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $94,609.92 | Date 09/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCARI, ANTHONY L | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $94,609.74 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $94,609.45 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEVALIER, KAREN B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,609.16 | Date 12/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONEHOUSE, MARTIN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,608.92 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGEL, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,608.44 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASACCO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $94,607.25 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAN, WEI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.42 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSMAN, SCOTT A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $94,606.38 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, BRYON D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,606.36 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, ROSEMARY | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,606.20 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN CARINO, EDWIN R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $94,606.07 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHR, JEANNE C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVELL, KAREN C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLY, KAREN J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAGANTI, VENKATA KRISHNA R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, JONATHAN W | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CESARE, DAVID K | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MURA, JOSEPH S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,606.02 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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