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 LONGO, JOHN G | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $93,224.96 | Date 08/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ALICIA | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDER, KIM A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWS, RAYMOND M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDMAN, JONATHAN G | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYMCZYSZYN, ANNA H | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $93,224.29 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMINGDALE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $93,224.25 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUNSON, SHAYVONNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,223.88 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASANAS, WILLIAM | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,223.79 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIEIRA-CAVALCANTI, RAQUEL | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $93,222.78 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, AMY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,222.08 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAY, PETER W | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $93,221.80 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITARELLA, WINSOME A | Employer name Village of Brookville | Amount $93,221.00 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBERGH, BETH R | Employer name Bellmore UFSD | Amount $93,220.19 | Date 06/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, SETH R | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $93,219.32 | Date 03/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $93,217.13 | Date 01/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRON, GARY G | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $93,216.75 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CAROL | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $93,216.18 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUDER, ERIC J | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $93,215.56 | Date 06/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, VINCENTE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,215.55 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUBB, GLENDA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,214.74 | Date 06/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIGH, GARY A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,214.29 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY, RICHARD S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $93,213.83 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, KILEEN C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $93,212.08 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINKEN, ROBERT B | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $93,210.75 | Date 08/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANDREA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,210.54 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIGNO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,210.50 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, MELINDA M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $93,209.61 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINA, FRANK G | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $93,208.58 | Date 05/31/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUFARI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $93,206.77 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERSTED, JODY D | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $93,205.99 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAONA, YERSSON | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $93,205.89 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLANOWSKI, THOMAS A, II | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $93,205.87 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRZCINSKI, JUSTIN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,205.78 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, LILLIAN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $93,205.03 | Date 12/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINELLO, ANNMARIE | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $93,204.57 | Date 12/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIDE, TODD D F | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $93,202.98 | Date 05/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRY, IAN L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,202.90 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VON BIEBERSTEIN, GEOFFREY A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $93,202.77 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, DANIEL R | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $93,202.58 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EISENBERG, LESLIE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,201.86 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEMMER, MARK R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $93,201.35 | Date 04/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLECAL, STEPHEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,201.29 | Date 05/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, BRADLEY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,200.45 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPER, ANN-MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,200.25 | Date 02/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, SHAWN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,199.53 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAW, MARC J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $93,198.44 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JAMES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,197.99 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, JAMIE C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $93,197.82 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRALEY, CHARLES A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,197.00 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECHNER, DORIS J | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $93,196.70 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, SHERRY Y | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $93,195.19 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, EILEEN E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,194.89 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUCCI, TIFFANY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,194.76 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMITSIS, PEROS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,194.13 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWASEY, KELLY B | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $93,194.11 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELMERDINE, RONALD J | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $93,193.00 | Date 10/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISTMAN, KENNETH | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $93,192.83 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DELLIA A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $93,192.72 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEAL, JAMES D | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $93,192.26 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, BRIAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,190.86 | Date 07/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, SYLVESTER, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,190.30 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAINGER, JO ANNA B | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $93,189.69 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $93,189.69 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, EDWIN | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,189.36 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITOWITZ, MICHAEL D | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $93,188.04 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALINGASAN, RAINIER N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,187.70 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNAH, BARBARA A | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $93,187.20 | Date 05/22/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, RYAN T | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $93,186.78 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, PAUL | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $93,186.77 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, COLETTE M | Employer name Palisades Int St Pk Comm Nonst | Amount $93,186.23 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLINSKI, KENNETH L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $93,185.17 | Date 01/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHRS, JOHN D | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $93,184.86 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABELES, MICHELE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,184.26 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, LINDA K | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $93,182.91 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELLENBERG, PETER | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,182.79 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $93,182.65 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATHY A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,182.24 | Date 10/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, KATHY ANN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,180.27 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELFORTE, JOSEPH L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $93,179.96 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $93,179.00 | Date 07/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTINE M | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $93,177.89 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNERAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $93,177.88 | Date 01/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, DARIN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $93,177.69 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZZANCELLO, JONATHAN J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $93,177.34 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUTZER, THOMAS H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,177.08 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORT, MARGARET E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,175.66 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASKLAR, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,175.14 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, JOHN D | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $93,174.52 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURDIK, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,174.07 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISHKEL, MICHELE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,173.73 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSNER, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $93,172.36 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTIAN, MAUREEN Z | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $93,172.34 | Date 11/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, CINDY S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,171.29 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, GOLDY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,170.63 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSSMAN, HENRY B | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,170.60 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEKRUL, ANGELA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,170.27 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIMONAS, JOHN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,170.10 | Date 03/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMEL, NANCY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $93,169.80 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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