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 NINESTINE, EDWARD J | Employer name Romulus CSD | Amount $93,874.94 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUM, EMILE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,874.35 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENACCHIO, GREGORY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,873.40 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LAER, SCOTT L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,871.18 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, REBECCA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,871.06 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAYA, KATHERINE D | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $93,870.36 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALI, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $93,867.95 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEENBURGH, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $93,867.53 | Date 06/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,866.00 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODEN, PATRICK B | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $93,865.73 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLETTI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,865.44 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,865.42 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUBACH, JUSTIN E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,865.32 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELL, THERESA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,865.08 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGRAFF, JEFFREY A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $93,862.88 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROSS-CLARK, PAULA L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $93,862.86 | Date 01/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, BRIAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,862.47 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADOLOWSKI, MARK | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $93,862.31 | Date 10/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREMO, GARY C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,861.96 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBB, RALPH K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,861.96 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSMAN, JACK M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $93,861.83 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPERT, JANET D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,861.63 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCES, ENEIDO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,859.66 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBOWITZ, ANDREW Z | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,858.71 | Date 03/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, JORDAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,858.37 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAMATIADI, HALEH B | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $93,856.91 | Date 01/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRMENT, STEPHEN | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $93,856.70 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDELLO, PAUL S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,856.10 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COVENY, RAYMOND J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $93,855.80 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, MICHELLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,855.62 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINKIEWICZ, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,854.74 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, BRIAN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,852.81 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, SHERRI S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $93,852.47 | Date 09/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULCO, VINCENT R | Employer name Department of State | Amount $93,851.24 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAGONA, PAUL | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $93,850.61 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JULI | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $93,850.24 | Date 04/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULIKEEL, ELIZABETH T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,849.37 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, RAYMOND J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,849.28 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,849.28 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODE, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,846.49 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INNISS-COX, JANICE C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $93,843.72 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, WARREN E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $93,843.33 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGIERI, DOMINICK S | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $93,843.11 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEARN, GREGORY M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $93,842.61 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBL, JOHN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $93,842.59 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC VEE, PATRICIA C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $93,841.33 | Date 11/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, STEVEN D | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $93,841.01 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORESHAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,840.59 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGG, JENNIFER A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,840.18 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, LETICIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,839.76 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, DAILEYNE | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $93,839.55 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, DONNA A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $93,839.16 | Date 09/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDEBACK, THOMAS A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,838.43 | Date 06/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIEAR-CARTER, SHARENA D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $93,837.68 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, RICARDO L | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,836.75 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUVELT, MICHELE A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $93,836.57 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, WILLIAM J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,835.59 | Date 05/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATUSO, JOHN S | Employer name Huntington Fire District | Amount $93,835.43 | Date 11/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGLIORE, AARON J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $93,835.26 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINELLI, NOREAN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $93,835.04 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODLASKI, STEVEN P, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,834.74 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, KAREN | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $93,834.06 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, MICHAEL | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $93,833.97 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, KIT FEI | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,833.92 | Date 03/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETTSTEIN, KELLY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,833.60 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, SUSAN | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,833.51 | Date 03/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $93,833.05 | Date 12/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, JACOB M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,832.26 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, THOMAS R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,831.53 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASON, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $93,831.26 | Date 05/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENETOS, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,831.08 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JAGER, HENRY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $93,830.57 | Date 07/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, MARJORIE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $93,830.40 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXADAKTILOS, MIHAIL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,830.23 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, TREVOR I | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $93,829.51 | Date 01/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAGUE, MARY ANN | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $93,827.64 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $93,827.48 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, TROY B | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $93,826.59 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, IAN O | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $93,826.58 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'IMPERIO, ANTHONY T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,826.20 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EAGAN, JOSHUA E | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $93,825.90 | Date 07/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LASSITER, RICHARD B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,825.07 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $93,824.49 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DA SILVA, LINDA P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,824.26 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, KEVIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $93,823.71 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVOLA, JENNIFER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,823.30 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILT, JONATHAN L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $93,822.86 | Date 02/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOHNATHAN R | Employer name Madison County | Amount $93,822.33 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, ROBERT W, II | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $93,821.75 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, JAMES G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,821.66 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVET, JANET M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $93,821.62 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTRZEBA, DAVID M | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $93,820.71 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTRELL, DIANE L | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $93,820.70 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAHN-SISSOKO, ROBERTA M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,820.34 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, SHERLY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,820.23 | Date 11/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYWULSKI, ROBIN C | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $93,819.47 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZZI, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,819.31 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, REGINA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,819.14 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, PAUL K | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $93,819.01 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALZON, NANCY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,818.77 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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