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 SCHAEFER, DAVID S | Employer name Leg Adv Task Force Reapp Co C | Amount $93,622.58 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERHOFF, DANIEL C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $93,622.46 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZOTTE, DAVID N | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $93,622.39 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, JACOB P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $93,622.33 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,621.10 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, CHRISTINE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,620.82 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, ANNE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,620.28 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, ELIZABETH K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,619.48 | Date 03/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JOHNEY L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $93,618.87 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELANGER, JOHN A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $93,617.98 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCARI, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,617.27 | Date 07/08/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBIN-RAJU, SHINY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,617.17 | Date 02/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAY, WILLIAM | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,617.11 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, ERIC A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,615.69 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMOND, HUGO A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,615.41 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOS, CONNIE M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $93,615.18 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEJADA, BALMORE | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $93,615.16 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, ANDREW C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,615.02 | Date 04/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOESCH, CHARLES A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $93,613.72 | Date 05/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAVEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $93,613.32 | Date 05/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, RYAN M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $93,612.47 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAVAGO, GERARDO | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $93,612.20 | Date 07/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,611.68 | Date 07/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDAROLA, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $93,610.54 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCERINO, GERALYN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,609.87 | Date 03/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNON, RICKY P | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $93,609.61 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIDGET A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,608.83 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOPEN, SUSAN P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,608.79 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTA, THOMAS D | Employer name No Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $93,608.56 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, DEVASSYKUTTY M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,608.33 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, LAURIE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,608.14 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, CHARLES M, III | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,607.61 | Date 09/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKOWSKI, MICHELE E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $93,607.41 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELL, ALAN W | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $93,606.01 | Date 07/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, PAMELA G | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $93,605.76 | Date 02/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNE, MATTHEW P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $93,605.44 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVENBURGH, DIANA L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,604.46 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELEO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $93,604.40 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, MARY C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,604.40 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SUSAN M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,604.40 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,604.40 | Date 08/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEGAN, WILLIAM | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $93,603.38 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPAGLIA, SALVATORE, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,603.37 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, JORGE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,603.08 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROFSKY, NANCY D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,603.03 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABANO, ROBERT J | Employer name Holtsville Fire District | Amount $93,602.80 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEKHIT, IRINI N | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $93,602.25 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $93,601.45 | Date 11/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLVERTON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $93,601.10 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, DAVID K | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,600.42 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JOHN R | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $93,600.00 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICASTRO, CHRISTINE | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $93,600.00 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAKAGAKI, ETSUKO | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,599.92 | Date 12/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, ROBERT M | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $93,598.39 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSIR, DEBORAH A | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $93,597.66 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIEBEL, PETER A, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,597.28 | Date 05/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABBAGE, DANIEL K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,597.13 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEDENO, ELIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,597.10 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE TURO, DOMINICK J | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $93,596.70 | Date 06/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, JAMES H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,595.24 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, JAMES J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,594.89 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYDOR, ALEXANDRA | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $93,594.62 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CRISTIN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,594.25 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,594.17 | Date 05/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALLILO, PETER | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,593.68 | Date 03/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARDEN, JOHN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,593.17 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECHT, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $93,592.99 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, YAEL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,592.67 | Date 10/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOTA, ALEXANDER T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,592.32 | Date 02/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, SUSAN L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $93,592.32 | Date 01/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELI, MICHELLE T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,591.62 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOZZI, ELAINE M | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $93,591.60 | Date 09/12/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORN, LISA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,591.09 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBURN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $93,590.52 | Date 11/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVENZIANO, MARK D | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $93,590.12 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERENDINO, MARGARET T | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $93,589.92 | Date 09/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,589.41 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, FENTON M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $93,588.82 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASBECK, KIMBERLY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,587.73 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LJILJANICH, DAVID B | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $93,587.55 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI MARTINO, JOHN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,586.83 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFELLI, VALERIE | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $93,586.48 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASANOVA, JACQUELINE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,586.19 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITKIN, JASON S | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $93,585.75 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BARBARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,585.67 | Date 05/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROEHLICH, JULIE A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $93,585.39 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUGRUE, PAUL W | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $93,584.86 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORECCHIO, JOSEPH | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $93,584.77 | Date 04/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, DERRICK J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $93,584.30 | Date 09/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, ANN E | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $93,583.60 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, MILAGROS | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,583.42 | Date 05/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, DAVID J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $93,583.23 | Date 02/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDIDUS, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $93,581.95 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSING, URSULA H | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $93,580.88 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, DESIREE A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $93,580.68 | Date 07/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS CALDERO, RAMON | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,580.36 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILL, THOMAS W | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $93,577.69 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMERI, PAM | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,576.88 | Date 03/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JOSEPH V | Employer name Deer Park Fire District #14 | Amount $93,575.61 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSSICHUCK, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $93,574.52 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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