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 TORRES, VICTOR M, JR | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $92,347.09 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINNIS, ROSANNE T | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $92,346.48 | Date 03/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVENS, PETER A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $92,346.27 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,346.22 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDITO, TODD E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,344.94 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASTON, GORDON | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,344.53 | Date 04/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDELEAU, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $92,343.79 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, DANIEL C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,342.93 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $92,342.18 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $92,341.51 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING PURDUE, MARSHA | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $92,341.20 | Date 04/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CHARLEN H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $92,341.07 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIKEN, TODD B | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,341.05 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGIUDICE, REGINA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,340.58 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAGER, SANDRA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $92,340.58 | Date 05/21/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, BENJAMIN P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,340.39 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROJAN, KEITH E | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $92,340.32 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUAIL, DANIEL E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,340.00 | Date 11/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $92,339.25 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, LINDA L | Employer name Essex County | Amount $92,338.55 | Date 08/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEVARA, FRANK A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $92,338.43 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACOBI, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,337.91 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANCE, DONALD M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,337.84 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOW, TINA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,337.43 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBAYUWANA, SYLVIA E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $92,336.88 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINHEIRO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,336.39 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERAGOLA, JAMES V | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $92,336.29 | Date 04/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, VICTOR R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,335.30 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,335.19 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDVOSS, WILLIAM D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,334.83 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MARR, MARK V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,334.61 | Date 03/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANANTHULA, SWAPNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,332.92 | Date 02/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, RYAN M | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $92,332.68 | Date 03/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE, HENDERSON O, II | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,332.37 | Date 01/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JA TARRA K | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,332.37 | Date 02/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONGRO, FRANK | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $92,332.32 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, ANDREW M | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $92,332.18 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHISON, SARAH E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,332.03 | Date 02/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGBY, PAUL C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,331.92 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, ANITA R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,331.30 | Date 05/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDLE, THOMAS A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $92,331.18 | Date 02/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAW, DEBORAH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,330.05 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERO, NANETTE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,330.03 | Date 05/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDIBE, ABIKE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,329.04 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSPACH, BYRAN P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $92,327.99 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KABIR, HUMAYUN | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $92,327.45 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSZUTA, CEILIA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $92,327.37 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMODY, DAVID T | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,327.27 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHONEWALD, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,327.14 | Date 07/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAUB, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,326.84 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUNIS, SIMONE K | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $92,325.40 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSAMANO, FRANK A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,325.09 | Date 03/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEVALIER, ANGELA | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $92,324.87 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, CARMELO W | Employer name Nassau County Bridge Authority | Amount $92,324.21 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPASSO, LISA | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $92,323.44 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, RYAN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $92,323.20 | Date 10/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, EARL W, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $92,323.04 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, WILLIAM | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $92,321.54 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBY, APRIL R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,321.24 | Date 04/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JACOB W | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $92,320.89 | Date 01/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, RANDOLPH H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,320.74 | Date 12/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKEN, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,320.59 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,320.44 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANIA, LAURA M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,320.37 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, KEVIN R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $92,320.11 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BRIAN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,319.95 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $92,319.77 | Date 02/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANNELL, FREDERICK R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,319.37 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSEI-BONSU, STEPHEN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $92,319.30 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROS, ESTEBAN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,319.15 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHR, WILLIAM P | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $92,317.13 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESSEL, RACHEL C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $92,316.80 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, SUSAN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,316.31 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $92,315.14 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, JOEL J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $92,314.17 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TADDEO, JOEL | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,313.35 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRABAL, SERGIO | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $92,312.78 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUFORD, JAMES C, JR | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $92,312.50 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, ANDREW T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,312.00 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,311.45 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILKA, NIVEDITHA | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $92,311.19 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRE, BRIAN J | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $92,311.19 | Date 06/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ROBIN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,310.99 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASSO, SONIA J | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $92,310.90 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, JACOB K | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $92,310.33 | Date 03/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANICK, MICHELLE M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,309.33 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANCHIOLI, VIRGINIA T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,308.63 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, MICHELLE C | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $92,308.05 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOHS, HANS, JR | Employer name Village of Island Park | Amount $92,306.33 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $92,306.06 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, DANNY L | Employer name Barnard Fire District | Amount $92,304.18 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRISTERA, CHERYLANN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,304.00 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PETER A | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $92,303.90 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMADANIS, ALEX | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $92,302.02 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, TERRY L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $92,301.00 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NESTOR, SANDRA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $92,300.91 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, GREGORY R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $92,300.64 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALADINO, LAUREN J | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $92,300.07 | Date 01/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, YANG W | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $92,299.75 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEEMER, ALAN T | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $92,299.52 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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