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 BARRY, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,296.34 | Date 02/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, WALTER W | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $94,295.61 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $94,295.06 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, LEE J, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,294.60 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERMER, SCOTT T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,294.43 | Date 02/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Lockport | Amount $94,293.40 | Date 06/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHGEBER, PANDORA P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,293.15 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGWOOD, ERIC L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,292.08 | Date 01/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, JILL M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $94,291.22 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WANDA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $94,289.58 | Date 12/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,289.30 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MONICA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,289.10 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, NEIL A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $94,288.89 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEALS, LETRICE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,288.78 | Date 01/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,288.71 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, TOLULOPE A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $94,288.63 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZUPIL, ERIC W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,287.57 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER-ANDERSON, DORELL D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $94,287.52 | Date 11/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, CAROL J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,286.96 | Date 11/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, JAMES B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,286.67 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $94,286.23 | Date 01/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILCZYNSKI, JOSEPH R | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,285.35 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YENDRAPALLI, SAYI J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $94,285.30 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, KATHLEEN | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,284.82 | Date 12/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, GREGORY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,284.66 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, LESLIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,284.23 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,283.52 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHOWSKI, ROBERT D, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $94,283.12 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMORELLI, MARIAN E | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $94,283.04 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REHAC, RICHARD J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,283.03 | Date 03/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, DANIELLE P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,282.89 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DAVID P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,282.83 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNDA, MARY M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $94,282.56 | Date 07/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, KEVIN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,281.11 | Date 10/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRWAN, CONOR G | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $94,280.94 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHER, ARTHUR M | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $94,280.37 | Date 01/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNT, PATRICK R | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $94,280.21 | Date 08/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAPLINSKI, ADAM | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,279.84 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZEA, THOMAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,279.20 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASMUSSEN, BRYAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,278.90 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORD, THERESA A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,278.53 | Date 05/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MELISSA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,278.45 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEEN, KENNETH P | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $94,277.33 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCNEILL, ANDREW | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,276.38 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, KENNETH J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,275.97 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, KEVIN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,275.24 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL G | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $94,275.13 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, RICARDO N | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,274.86 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHERYLL M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,273.82 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEBOLD, JOHN N | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $94,273.55 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGET, ERIC J | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $94,272.13 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZARETE, CLAUDIO | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $94,271.94 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCYAN, JOHN L | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $94,270.47 | Date 07/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, DENISE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,270.25 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,269.49 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $94,269.32 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMACHER, AUDRA R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,267.74 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHARLES A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,266.58 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOBENKO, YULIYA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,266.52 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIAM, ALBERT | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,266.33 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISON, ERIC F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $94,265.18 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDER, MICHELLE R | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $94,265.11 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAETTA, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,264.90 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, THOMAS B | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $94,264.31 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,263.78 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEJEDA, CASSANDRA L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,263.31 | Date 10/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, JASON R | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $94,262.11 | Date 09/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEIGH, JANET L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $94,262.09 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, RONALD A | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $94,261.40 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAIMANG, NOKNOY | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $94,261.36 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAME, MANSON A | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $94,260.34 | Date 01/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDZIALEK, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $94,259.98 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINERVA, WILLIAM V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,259.86 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REISMAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,259.64 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEOSARRAN, NARESH | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,258.58 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWLE, SHERRY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,258.34 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMKUTTY, MARIAMMA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,258.30 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONS, SHARON M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $94,258.01 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SROKA, RANDY | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $94,257.97 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINACORE, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,256.65 | Date 12/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEBRA L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $94,256.58 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAGRANDE, COLLEEN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,255.52 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, THERESA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,255.25 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURROUGHS, MARK D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,253.47 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,253.08 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, WILLIAM W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,252.94 | Date 09/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, DIANE C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,252.34 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINE, MARK C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,251.83 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, THERESA K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,251.44 | Date 07/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLWELL, PHILIP A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,251.29 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, GUNVANTIBEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,251.24 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPPONE, JOHN | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $94,250.63 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPIONE, RALPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,250.60 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIERECK, GEOFFREY J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METRO, STACEY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JORGE A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, WILLIAM A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 08/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORE, MELISSA H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHENG, JIMMY X | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $94,250.29 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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