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 WATTS, BRIAN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,565.50 | Date 03/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLESSING, ALISON M | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $94,564.41 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANI, GARY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,564.04 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENKATACHALAM, SHANTHI | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $94,564.04 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $94,563.89 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, RYAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,563.60 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,563.29 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATHAM, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,562.57 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEK, KIM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,562.39 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAST, JONATHAN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,562.35 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVERHOFF, LEONARD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,559.96 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANTI, BETH A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,559.96 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,559.93 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, VALERIE C | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $94,559.73 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEVAL, MATTHEW E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,559.67 | Date 06/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWSOME, CHARLENA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $94,559.53 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLANCA, CRAIG M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,558.98 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLODAK, CHARLES J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,558.84 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, CYNTHIA K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,558.75 | Date 12/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, DANIEL V | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,558.72 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, JOHN J, III | Employer name Oceanside Fire District | Amount $94,557.93 | Date 01/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $94,557.69 | Date 07/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, GORDON G, JR | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $94,557.27 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,556.60 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOKELMAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $94,555.52 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURNIAK, MARK D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,554.08 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBERSTONE, JUDITH A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,553.72 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTWEIN, ERIC G | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $94,553.45 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVEROLO, KEVIN L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,549.06 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAYAS, JOHN W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,548.87 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, LENNY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,548.06 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,547.80 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEID, PETER E | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $94,547.78 | Date 12/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, JASON J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,547.73 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCIOLI, DANIEL P | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $94,547.67 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, GERALDINE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,547.14 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTIER, RALPH J, III | Employer name Albany County | Amount $94,547.03 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODDS, JEREMY M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $94,546.86 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI, DOMINICK J | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $94,546.86 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, LUKAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,546.80 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JERMAIN, PHILIP J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $94,546.05 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELMACH, COURTNEY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,545.87 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRISPI, REBECCA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,545.45 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORELLO, JASON E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,545.00 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LA CHONNE D | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $94,543.95 | Date 05/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PATRICK S | Employer name No Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $94,542.60 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MARK J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,540.42 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, JOHN F | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $94,540.12 | Date 10/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, WILLIAM A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,539.46 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, LUIS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $94,539.40 | Date 07/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETO, JOHN | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $94,539.30 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLERC, ALBERT L, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,539.24 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ALSACE, ROY C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,537.56 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERCHIELLI, JOHN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,537.53 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, JEFFREY A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $94,536.73 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MARK E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,536.48 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPEK, DENNIS T | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $94,536.19 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,535.60 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARKIS, BRANDON D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $94,535.58 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, FREDERICK J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,535.43 | Date 09/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTIGLIONE, KIMBERLY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,535.15 | Date 10/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $94,534.46 | Date 07/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, PATRICK R | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $94,533.05 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,533.03 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAZAK, JOSEPH A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $94,532.49 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTH, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,531.49 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUERR, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,531.25 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $94,531.22 | Date 07/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORLEW, CINDY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,530.94 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, EDWARD P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,530.94 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDORENKO, DAVID V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,530.79 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, ERICA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,530.57 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, PETER M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,529.99 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, MAXINE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $94,529.85 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, JOHN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,529.22 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUZULO, NICHOLAS G | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $94,528.84 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPACE, ROBERT M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,528.35 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOUGHT, JEFFREY B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,528.08 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $94,527.16 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,527.07 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, FRANCIS B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,525.69 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, ANNE F | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $94,524.68 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,524.50 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACI, MARK | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,524.35 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORPAHL, SUSAN M | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $94,524.02 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPANE, ROBERT C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,523.82 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, LETITIA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $94,522.48 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, PAMELA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,522.35 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VULCANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,522.25 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSPON, MEGAN D | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,521.99 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIRNS, NICOLE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,521.87 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREAJAH, FIRAS Y | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $94,521.72 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISLER, JOHN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,521.04 | Date 06/29/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIS-NIX, OLIVIA T | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,520.60 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATER, STEVEN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,520.58 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUCELLA, SILVIO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,520.43 | Date 02/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSON, NORA E | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,518.59 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OREN, AMANDA L | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,518.59 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, LISA J | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,518.59 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEER, DEBORAH S | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,518.59 | Date 06/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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