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 CUMMINGS, CARLTON M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,742.00 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLBE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,741.46 | Date 09/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOVAN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $91,740.99 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASIH, NIRMAL | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $91,740.93 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNOX, ROBERT J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,739.98 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, AMY L | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $91,739.79 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, WENDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,739.40 | Date 10/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSKINS, LLOYD E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $91,739.38 | Date 05/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALOMONE, JAMES | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $91,739.14 | Date 04/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $91,737.95 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORTH, JAMES C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,737.87 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, RONALD, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,737.66 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, ELTON | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,737.43 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUGHMAN, LORRY A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $91,736.46 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANCE, TRACEY J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $91,736.43 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, PETER V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,734.75 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, SEAN B | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $91,733.84 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, HONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,733.41 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, RONALD W | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $91,733.33 | Date 07/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RYAN D | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $91,733.10 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STURTZ, JANICE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,732.79 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THREATS, ADRIENNE N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,732.37 | Date 08/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $91,731.92 | Date 01/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CIOCCIO, VINCENT J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $91,731.02 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CHARLES F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,730.84 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHSTEN, EDWIN A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $91,730.70 | Date 02/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFENBURGH, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,729.10 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, MATTHEW O | Employer name Albany County | Amount $91,728.84 | Date 02/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAN, DAVID M | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $91,727.90 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO-GRUNKE, BETTINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,726.28 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCCIA, DAVID M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $91,725.96 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN-HAYNER, TERESA R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,725.60 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINGO, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,725.58 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CODD, MARGARET A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,724.83 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODDECKER, BRYAN R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,724.24 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCTOR, BONNIE L | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $91,723.98 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMESE, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,723.32 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYS, DANIEL S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,721.46 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JINDRA, DAWN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $91,721.09 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GORY, BRIAN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,720.77 | Date 07/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDEWAND, CHERIE B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $91,720.01 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $91,719.64 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, CHLOE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,719.55 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASKO, JAMES G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,718.88 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PITTMAN, YOLANDA R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,718.85 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUD, STEPHEN G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,718.69 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QIU, XINYE | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $91,718.60 | Date 03/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITA, ANGELO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,718.39 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $91,717.57 | Date 02/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, BERNADETTE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $91,716.82 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $91,716.45 | Date 11/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSEY, SEAN M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,715.99 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASILCO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,715.91 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, JULIE M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $91,715.91 | Date 10/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SARNO, ANTHONY R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,715.91 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, IAN M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $91,715.69 | Date 03/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAHL, GEORGIA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,715.58 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLETTIERI, JASON N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,715.48 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIEJEWSKE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $91,713.94 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OAKES, BRIAN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,713.90 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUTH, LISA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,713.86 | Date 08/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAINE, TRAVIS L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $91,713.76 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEAR, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $91,713.54 | Date 07/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALGOBIN, MOHANLAL M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $91,713.36 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISALES, CYNTHIA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,712.98 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASHJIAN, SEAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,712.91 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, PAUL E | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $91,712.91 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, ROBERT W | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $91,712.73 | Date 12/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREHM, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $91,712.03 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICK, DAVID G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,711.94 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONCAVALLO, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $91,711.30 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARNICOLA, PENNY A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $91,709.83 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPADHYAY, ROBERTA C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,709.27 | Date 06/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, DANIEL M | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $91,709.07 | Date 02/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VOORHIS, GARY R | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $91,708.93 | Date 01/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, LINDA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $91,708.69 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, OWEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,708.35 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSBY, FRANK J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $91,708.26 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, KAELA D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,707.86 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRER, BRIAN J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,707.49 | Date 09/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALTA, MANUEL E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $91,707.28 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ANTHONY M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $91,707.25 | Date 06/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, GLADYS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,707.04 | Date 09/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, LAWRENCE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,706.91 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MELVIN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,706.77 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIETZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,705.65 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,705.21 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEELY, DERRICK A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,704.97 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVA, CAROLE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $91,704.72 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,704.46 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURLAK, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,704.14 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPUT, JEFFREY M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $91,703.80 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCA, KIMBERLY | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $91,703.74 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,702.71 | Date 02/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, ROSA L | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $91,700.63 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, KAREN OBRIEN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $91,700.61 | Date 12/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LINDA-FAYE L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $91,700.48 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATH, HARRY E, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $91,700.23 | Date 08/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, SARAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,698.92 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONGIELLO, MARIA N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,698.69 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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