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 DANDROW, GREGORY A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $94,381.75 | Date 01/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, ALEXANDER F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,381.22 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTANGELO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,381.08 | Date 12/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKOWSKI, THOMAS M | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $94,380.68 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, ARRONNIOUS T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,380.43 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, EDWARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.19 | Date 02/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFANO, JOHN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPALARDO, GERARD A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROFFMAN, STEVEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASSI, PATRICIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 12/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTA, ILIR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEDDU, PRAVEEN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,380.18 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, REGINALD | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,379.97 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLEWHITE, REGINA D | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $94,379.26 | Date 03/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLASS, JAKE W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,378.43 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THEKKEKUNNEL, HORMIS M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,375.45 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $94,374.92 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARELLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,373.19 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MICHELE L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,372.62 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTO, PAUL M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $94,371.64 | Date 12/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEDY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $94,371.38 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODIERNO, ALFRED J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,371.24 | Date 11/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, JESSICA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,371.07 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEFFER, JOSEPH K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,370.95 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KEITH | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,370.06 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEPFERT, ROBERT | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $94,369.81 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODDY, ALISON L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $94,369.66 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFFE, JASON R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,367.63 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, MEREDITH D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $94,367.63 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISH, JENNIFER M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,367.25 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEIN, THOMAS J | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $94,366.66 | Date 09/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $94,366.16 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE PAOLO, ANTHONY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,366.06 | Date 03/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, CYNTHIA J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,365.87 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, AUGUSTUS, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $94,365.06 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, MARK R | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $94,365.01 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEROME P | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $94,364.46 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDOTI, MARYANN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $94,363.92 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, FRANCES | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $94,363.92 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODELL, JOHN F, III | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $94,363.59 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDOUARD, SHAWN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,363.14 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWOK, MONITA | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $94,362.99 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUSKA, JOHN M | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $94,362.74 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, AZIZI | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,362.28 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, NOVELLA S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $94,361.54 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE-CRUZ, EUNICE A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $94,360.48 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,359.84 | Date 07/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, DOMINICK | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $94,358.54 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASIAK, BENJAMIN J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $94,358.19 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HABEEB, CHARLYN MAE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,357.63 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARA E | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $94,357.56 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZATO, SHARON D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,356.71 | Date 02/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMEI, GREGORY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,356.39 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIAMPILLAI, PASKARAN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,355.97 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, PATRICK | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,355.23 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JANICE B | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,354.90 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, SANDRA L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,354.37 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, NANCY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,354.26 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONS, SIGRID L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,354.09 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVOCRUZ, ANNA ELENA | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $94,351.73 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINGS, JAMES E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,351.51 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALMAGE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,351.13 | Date 01/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILD, SETH L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,350.65 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULP, MARGARET G | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $94,350.46 | Date 10/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JASMINE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,350.44 | Date 11/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,349.66 | Date 06/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, PATSY A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $94,349.59 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIMMER, JOSHUA G | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $94,348.96 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIDD, JAMES A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $94,348.67 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,348.59 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAPIER, WHITNEY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,348.48 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ELAINE C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,348.43 | Date 08/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, JENNIFER C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $94,348.12 | Date 02/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELMANDINE, JEFFREY R | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $94,347.65 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PAUL D | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $94,345.97 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, MICHELE A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $94,345.95 | Date 12/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,345.58 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIETMANN, DEBRA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,345.56 | Date 11/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, PEDRO, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,345.30 | Date 03/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, ZHENWEI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,344.22 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLES, KYLE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,343.76 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RENEE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $94,342.90 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, INES C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,341.92 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NONNO, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $94,341.60 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUKAS, CHRYSO | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,341.49 | Date 07/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TRAVIS E | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $94,340.84 | Date 07/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDMEAD, MAGLELIN | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $94,340.66 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSCABLO, DENNIS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,340.58 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALAMARI, PATRICK D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,340.46 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETHEA, IRA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTRIGHT, JOHN A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIELLO, TERRY E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHANNON E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 12/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ARTHUR C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPPETA, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,339.96 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZECH, ANDREW W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,339.03 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDELL, ROBERT H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,338.10 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLYNN, SIR W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,336.69 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRANATUR, ALLA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,336.64 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, ARIF | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,336.18 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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