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 DUDLEY, MEGHAN E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $94,035.57 | Date 10/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADILLO, PATRICK H | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,035.52 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, WILLIAM D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,034.45 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEBER, STANTON K | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,034.39 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAFLIN, JEFFREY W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,034.31 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ANTHONY L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,033.77 | Date 10/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, BETHSAIDA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,033.77 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACKARD, MARK D | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $94,033.44 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKETT, PAUL A | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $94,033.26 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEUZ, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,033.23 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMBORSKI, GERARD L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $94,032.49 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, RUSSELL | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $94,031.93 | Date 11/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,031.74 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, MATTHEW B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,031.54 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, IMRAN S | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $94,031.54 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETILLI, RONALD P | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $94,030.94 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, DIANNA | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $94,030.47 | Date 10/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROUDJERDI, MOHAMMAD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,030.18 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PEGGY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,030.18 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICH, MICHAEL B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,030.18 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHNEFELD, EDWARD P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,030.18 | Date 09/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLIK, ANDREA L | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $94,029.98 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCLURE, RANDY | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $94,028.94 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBURN, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $94,028.70 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, SCOTT E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $94,027.47 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTELLO, ANGELA C | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $94,027.38 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEINLEIN, JAN M | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $94,027.16 | Date 10/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAB, SHERYL L | Employer name W NY Library Resources Council | Amount $94,026.82 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, FLORENCE R | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $94,026.44 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, SANDRA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,025.11 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, BENJAMIN S | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $94,024.80 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,024.20 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUZBY, SCOTT C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,023.22 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, GEORGE T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $94,022.38 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURA, ALISON A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $94,022.26 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, SONAL M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,022.09 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITSKY, LAURA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,021.16 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUER, RANDY A | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $94,021.03 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANKIE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $94,020.26 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADOMSKI, PHILLIP C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,020.06 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIX, JOHN H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,019.82 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORMICHELLI, ROBERT P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,019.25 | Date 01/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUNG, DAVID | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,018.89 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHN, GLENN A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,018.81 | Date 04/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAN, GEORGE S, JR | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $94,017.97 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSACK, ROBERT D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $94,017.58 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHIN, FREDERICK L, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,017.05 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINTER, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,017.05 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANIERO, FRANK | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $94,017.05 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIERZNIEWSKI, DARLENE J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,017.00 | Date 08/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, JOHN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,016.34 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCARELLI, TERRI L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,015.96 | Date 06/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, PARKER C | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $94,015.66 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWICK, GARY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,015.51 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRIGO, JOHN W | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $94,015.09 | Date 04/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTALTO, DANIEL E | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $94,014.76 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, LUIS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,014.45 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPENA, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $94,012.57 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,012.50 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUERBIER, KEVIN A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $94,012.18 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLONE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,011.24 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGES, J MICHAEL | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $94,011.14 | Date 12/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAVIS, GLENICE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,010.93 | Date 05/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,010.53 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLICHKO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,010.53 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, JEANNE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,010.53 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STADLER, CHERYL J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,010.53 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, AMY B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $94,010.53 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, JENNIFER | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $94,010.52 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, DONALD P | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $94,009.90 | Date 03/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, TRICIA L | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $94,009.79 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOODY, ELIZABETH T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,009.23 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,009.12 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, STEVEN J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,009.01 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARK A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $94,008.12 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLMANSKI, RENATA J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,008.09 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABALLERO, ERNELIA B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,008.09 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESTER, LISA M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $94,008.04 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATY, SARA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,007.55 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANDOLFO, THOMAS | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $94,007.27 | Date 04/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGEE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,007.10 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, CESAR A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,007.10 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, DARRYL LEE | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $94,006.24 | Date 05/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, JAMES P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $94,006.07 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSELLO, JAMES A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,005.95 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIANAS, SOPHIE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,005.50 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, PAUL A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $94,004.36 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH, HOANG M C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,004.35 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDASSANO, LAURA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,003.99 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLON, PATRICK H | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $94,003.75 | Date 06/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, KIM E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $94,003.35 | Date 05/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $94,002.63 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PAUL G | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $94,002.32 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, ROXANNE L | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $94,002.16 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADY, THOMAS J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,001.73 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSNER, TERRY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,000.67 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, BARBARA M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $94,000.03 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, LACHONDA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,999.03 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, BRIANA R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,997.85 | Date 03/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARK E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,997.61 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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