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 YARUSSO, MATTHEW T | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $93,169.78 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, DAVID M | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $93,169.63 | Date 10/07/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, SCOTT R | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $93,169.51 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIXON-OWOO, NEE K | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $93,169.00 | Date 02/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVITABILE, DOMINICK | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 01/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRANDINO, KATHERINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INDILLA, CAROL J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 11/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMERI, ROBERT | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHHOLD, DONNA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFONTE, STEVEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, EILEEN M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 01/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELNER, STEVEN H | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, DEMARY | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 11/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELBAUM, CRISTINA | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $93,168.67 | Date 04/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IFILL, DOLLETTE P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,168.38 | Date 03/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MARK W | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $93,167.87 | Date 04/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOBLEY, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,167.11 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, JAMIE P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,166.84 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDMEAD, EDWARD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,166.12 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGG, JUDITH A | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $93,166.04 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, DEBORAH M | Employer name Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Amount $93,165.81 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINVIL, CARLINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,165.44 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKLES, ROBERT A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $93,165.33 | Date 10/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,164.60 | Date 06/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENSLEY, THOMAS E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,164.51 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCRIVEN, NATHAN B | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $93,163.41 | Date 06/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASCI, ANNETTE | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $93,162.96 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMKO, ANDRIY | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $93,162.71 | Date 01/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZUBAK, VINCENT J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,162.47 | Date 02/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBSON, DONNA | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DELLA T | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTANILLA, ROBBIN | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUE, MELANIE Z | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, MARCIAN M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNUP, KAREN M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 06/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, GREGORY N | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, THERESA L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,161.84 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BURNIE, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,161.70 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDICE, GIDEON C | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $93,160.52 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCENANY, CAROL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,159.90 | Date 11/19/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, BRIAN L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $93,159.48 | Date 12/02/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, SETH A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,159.07 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUILINA, AMY L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,158.94 | Date 12/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALSTON, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,158.88 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABATE, ANTHONY W | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $93,158.78 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $93,158.37 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTLE, LUANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $93,158.28 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCALE, CHARLES G | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $93,158.00 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, PATRICK M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $93,156.69 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBEDIN, CHERYL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,155.87 | Date 11/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, MARVIN O | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $93,155.83 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALI-VASQUEZ, ANDREW M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $93,155.58 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, SEAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,155.56 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEPPNER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $93,155.51 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESSIG, RICK R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,155.44 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLARDO, DANIEL A | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $93,154.53 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEEVAN, BARBARA L | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $93,153.79 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMPP, ERIC E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $93,153.27 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,153.02 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LAUREEN M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,152.68 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $93,151.30 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, JAMES T, III | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $93,150.93 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIXON, DUANE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,150.61 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWIN, MATHEW S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,150.28 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTTACOLI, ANGELO J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,149.69 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINTLE, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,149.27 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUER, SUZANA G | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $93,149.02 | Date 11/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, CHRISTIE L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $93,148.37 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI SOMMA, CORINNE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,148.34 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, CAROL | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $93,148.34 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CHARLES B, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,147.64 | Date 09/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIRBEL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $93,146.62 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGIENTO, LINDA P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,146.36 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,146.21 | Date 06/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINO, NICOLE P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,146.13 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGAYAN, MARIE EDZEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,145.98 | Date 10/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, SHELLON N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,145.37 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DEN BERGH, VIRGINIA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,144.95 | Date 03/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTRICK, HENDRIKA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,144.22 | Date 12/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLER-FREER, SUSAN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,144.15 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITTORINI, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $93,143.19 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCIRILLO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $93,142.98 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, SUSAN E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,142.53 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPMAN, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $93,142.11 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PAULETTE D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $93,141.92 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALSTON, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $93,141.68 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERSPOON, MARY | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,140.33 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGMAN, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,139.71 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, STANLEY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,138.49 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, KAREN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,138.05 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, MARK E | Employer name Elmsford UFSD | Amount $93,137.62 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, HERBERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,136.15 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, AILEEN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $93,135.42 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARAS, MARIBETH T | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,135.22 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PATRICK | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $93,134.39 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GODLEWSKI, DOROTA I | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $93,133.98 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTER, CHRISTIAN R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $93,133.49 | Date 02/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFREY-WILLIAMS, DANA C M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $93,133.18 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, DOUG J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $93,132.88 | Date 08/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, COURTNEY N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,132.56 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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