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 SCHWIER, NANCY L | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $93,515.66 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAGHER, PETER | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $93,515.59 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,515.05 | Date 08/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDUS, THOMAS H | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $93,514.76 | Date 01/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUDALE, ALPHONSE E, JR | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $93,514.37 | Date 01/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESAR, MARIE LILIANNE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,513.43 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, JOSEPH H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,513.40 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASE, DONALD C, JR | Employer name Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom | Amount $93,513.40 | Date 02/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,513.15 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANIA, JOHN S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,512.59 | Date 11/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, HERMA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $93,511.59 | Date 02/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIEZZA, LEE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $93,511.08 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, RAMON A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,510.45 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSANG, TERENCE | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $93,509.16 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIORKOWSKI, ROBERT | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $93,509.09 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDERS, PAUL G | Employer name Nassau Co Voc Edu & Ext Bd | Amount $93,508.07 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINDLAY, HEIDI J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,507.99 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,507.90 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSEILLE, JOSEPH A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $93,506.77 | Date 05/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEAT, DAVID S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $93,504.97 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPORE, EILEEN | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $93,504.88 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES-ARMAND, CONNIE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,504.34 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPOWCZAK, JAROSLAW D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $93,504.27 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIHOF, WALTER E | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $93,503.99 | Date 09/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIERNIK, JOHN W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,503.57 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,503.06 | Date 04/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIVELLI, FRANK | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,501.74 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, NATHANIEL E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,500.88 | Date 12/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIO, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $93,500.00 | Date 04/02/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, MICHELE | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $93,500.00 | Date 11/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, MEI-SUN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,498.92 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCEBO, LAURA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,498.03 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,497.70 | Date 11/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORRESTER, BARBARA A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,497.18 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMEND, ANDREW W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,497.07 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWINGS, RONDA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,496.97 | Date 06/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREWES, JOHN F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,496.95 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYLEK, STEPHEN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,496.52 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, CORMAC J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,495.84 | Date 04/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVAS, ROLANDO | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,494.30 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBY, SCOTT E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,494.29 | Date 11/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPPA, THERESE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,492.78 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, KRISTA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,491.53 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, SUSAN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,490.85 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIGAN, CHARLES J | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $93,490.18 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HOESEN, NICOLE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,490.03 | Date 03/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIESA, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,488.91 | Date 07/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, KYRON J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,488.17 | Date 06/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BILL, CHARMAINE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,488.03 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PAUL R, JR | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $93,488.00 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HADLOCK, DANA R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $93,487.78 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONG, KYEONG-SIK | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,487.76 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARCANGELO, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $93,486.22 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLCOTT, JULIE M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $93,485.48 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRERA, MARIO M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,485.38 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COULSON, THOMAS P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $93,484.86 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, NIKIA G | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,484.54 | Date 08/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, ANNA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,484.53 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDT, CORY C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,484.51 | Date 04/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, JEFFREY T | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $93,483.70 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KATE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,483.14 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYN, MICHAEL | Employer name North Merrick UFSD | Amount $93,483.10 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, VANESSA D | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $93,482.98 | Date 07/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIODO, PATRICIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,479.70 | Date 11/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZANO, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,478.12 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $93,477.78 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREVILE, ANGE F | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,476.10 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODYEAR, KAREN | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $93,475.74 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERSON, DAVID M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,475.63 | Date 10/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, RANDALL L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $93,475.15 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASELLAS, ANTHONY C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,474.60 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALANTIC, SEAN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,474.32 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANZESE, SCOTT C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $93,474.26 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DARRELL G | Employer name Albany County | Amount $93,473.17 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIMAW, THOMAS J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $93,472.85 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OROURKE, SUSAN K | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $93,472.42 | Date 02/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPALEYE, MARYANNE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,472.24 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTINTO, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $93,471.61 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTLER, HELENE P | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $93,470.12 | Date 10/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEMONE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,470.03 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC WILLIAMS, RICHARD | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $93,469.51 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASILVA, JASON V | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $93,469.43 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RAMON E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,469.11 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTITO, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $93,468.27 | Date 09/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CLAY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,467.35 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIALE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,466.40 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYLANDER, BONNIE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $93,465.73 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZELLA, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,465.29 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, SABRINA R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,465.07 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINERO, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,464.96 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,464.08 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZDIK, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $93,463.64 | Date 03/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, PATRICA | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $93,463.62 | Date 01/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLAK, STEVEN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,462.78 | Date 11/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, ALEX R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $93,462.62 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORIDDI, FRANK C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,462.46 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, TRACEY B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $93,462.20 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, LINDA J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,461.92 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATZEK, ROSEMARIE C | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $93,461.58 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTIAN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $93,461.54 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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