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 SHANAHAN, PATRICK B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,447.70 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTEL, GARY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,447.69 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, LAUREN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,447.69 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTRIDGE, EUGENE T, III | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,447.69 | Date 03/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MATTHEW B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,447.69 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTANEDA, CARLOS A | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $92,447.61 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, MARY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $92,447.53 | Date 03/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGUDIN, ROBERTO | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $92,446.70 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANTONIO | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $92,445.87 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, GEORGE E | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $92,445.75 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, JAMES A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $92,445.18 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADINOLFI, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,444.57 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBETTA, DIANAMARIE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,443.96 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, DEIDRA D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,443.51 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, BRETT W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $92,443.35 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUCHURCH, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,441.02 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALANTE, PAUL R | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $92,440.32 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANTONI, ROSARIO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,439.68 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHUTKA, THERESA A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,439.68 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GANN, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,439.68 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, KEVIN P, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,439.68 | Date 10/06/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,439.68 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $92,439.19 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, PATRICIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,438.72 | Date 09/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMMER, ANNA K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,438.59 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, PREETHI | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,438.16 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATOLA, PETER S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $92,437.58 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, STEPHAN R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,437.50 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPORING, ROBERT D, JR | Employer name Bethpage Public Library | Amount $92,436.13 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFEY, ANDREW D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $92,436.07 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHE, JAMES M | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $92,435.10 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORETH, CHRISTINE P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,434.83 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPAOLI, MAUREEN | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $92,434.66 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIBBLE, ANEESHA S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,434.34 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZAM-GOMEZ, SHADY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,434.03 | Date 10/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MARY | Employer name New City Library | Amount $92,433.51 | Date 06/20/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, ANNAMMA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,433.37 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, JAMES T | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $92,432.43 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICAIRANO, DOUGLAS | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $92,431.52 | Date 07/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, JAMES R | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $92,431.19 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, CHRISTIAN M | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $92,431.14 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENT, LORA R | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $92,430.76 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECTOR, KENDRA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,430.43 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, DOMINICA L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $92,430.37 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFISTERER, MATTHEW P | Employer name Thrall Public Library | Amount $92,430.26 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUREK, ALAN T | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $92,428.66 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, LEA A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,428.13 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TATAR, TIBERIU C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,426.83 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, THOMAS J, III | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $92,426.71 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTI, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,425.67 | Date 09/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARCI J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,425.16 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCESE, MARIE L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,425.07 | Date 03/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFF, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,424.31 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENTKOWICZ, JAMES J, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,424.04 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, DAISY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $92,422.95 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, DUANE R | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $92,421.88 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINCI, ROSE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,421.36 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, ELENA C | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $92,421.17 | Date 05/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, SEAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,421.12 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGGINS, JASON T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $92,420.38 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESANTIS, NICHOLAS G | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $92,420.08 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, ANIKA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $92,419.71 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDALL, KARA N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,419.64 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $92,419.64 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,419.37 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTE, VITO F | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,419.29 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDSMAN, DANIEL L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $92,419.12 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, SANDRA L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,418.68 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSUDA, KENICHI | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $92,418.68 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMORE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,418.65 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, SHAUNE L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $92,418.10 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, ARNOLD R | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $92,417.68 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOX, WILLIAM J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $92,416.93 | Date 11/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAND, KEVIN L | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,416.41 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNSTON, SALIH | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $92,416.11 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BUREN, JAMES C, JR | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $92,416.07 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFIORE, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,415.95 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSE, FRED E, III | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $92,415.74 | Date 02/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMBLICKI, ROBERT A | Employer name Greenlawn Water District | Amount $92,415.40 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIEJEWSKI, DENNIS C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,414.96 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GARRY, RYAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,414.40 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, ROBERT S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $92,413.60 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODIO, DAVID V | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $92,413.37 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTON, JASON P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,413.21 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOMA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,412.10 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN GORDER, KEITH D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $92,411.98 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, MARK W | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $92,411.06 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, CHARLOTTE E | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $92,410.89 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $92,410.23 | Date 07/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $92,410.22 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORBUTT, WILLIAM W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $92,409.39 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,407.88 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, AMADO | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,407.81 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCALVES, MARIA A | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $92,407.53 | Date 08/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITTEL, BRYAN G | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $92,407.50 | Date 02/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JOHNMICHAEL | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $92,407.30 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAVUSO, ALYSSA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,407.27 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMASEL, CORINNE M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $92,406.52 | Date 12/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,405.51 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMINGWAY, JAVON C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,405.01 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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