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 KAPLAN, MARK H | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $91,607.73 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, BRITTANY J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,605.53 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTHIER, ROBERT W | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $91,604.70 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODERKA, WILLIAM J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $91,604.63 | Date 03/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUNZI, JOHN | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $91,603.91 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APRILANTE, FAITH A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,603.72 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN P | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $91,603.63 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RICHARD | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,603.46 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRYLINSKYY, KAZYMYR | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $91,603.42 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, SHEILA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,602.20 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, ALLAN P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,601.68 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REVERE, KEVIN | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $91,601.18 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRITER, ERICH M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $91,600.74 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONTARP, MICHELLE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,600.58 | Date 01/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMARO, DAVID J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $91,600.21 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, ANTOINETTE | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $91,600.13 | Date 02/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUMM, MICHAEL R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,600.06 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, KEVIN O | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,599.66 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, TODD J, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,599.64 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $91,599.59 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUGLER, BRIAN C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,599.31 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABINOWITZ, SARAH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,598.24 | Date 11/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLE, SEDLEY C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $91,597.71 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REECE-TILLACK, HEATHER R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $91,596.78 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLO, PETER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,596.44 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,595.90 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JOHN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,595.77 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARTON, MATTHEW T | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $91,594.97 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANI, ANTOINETTE T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,594.97 | Date 03/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAURIA, PETER T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $91,594.81 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLARI, CARL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,594.63 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,594.62 | Date 09/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULSON, JOSHUA R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,594.59 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, RALPH J | Employer name Warren County | Amount $91,594.42 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ANIAMMA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $91,593.62 | Date 03/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORK, JAMIE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,593.53 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIXON, NIKKISHA D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,593.42 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, STEVEN E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $91,593.08 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, ANDREW C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,592.98 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, TRAVIS J | Employer name Greene County | Amount $91,592.84 | Date 09/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLIKOWSKI, BENJAMIN F | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $91,592.73 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKERSON, RENEE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,592.55 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGALHAES, LUIS H | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $91,592.53 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZANSKI, FRANK J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $91,591.59 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABI RAHNI, FARIBA | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $91,590.77 | Date 01/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEILS, EILEEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,590.61 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, BENJAMIN D | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $91,589.98 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRICK, SAVIYA T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,589.89 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDELARIO, LISA A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $91,589.35 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSAO, CHI WING R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,589.10 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSNO, BRANDON K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,589.00 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JEFFREY P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,588.94 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVANO, STEPHEN | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $91,588.19 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, JAMAL A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $91,587.92 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, JEFFREY N | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $91,587.66 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISO, MARK J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $91,587.54 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEIGHT, DAVID C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,587.49 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONG, DOROTHY W | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $91,587.08 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, GEORGE R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $91,586.89 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWES, JUSTIN Z | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,586.43 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,585.93 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, ROBERT D | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $91,585.58 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JOHN W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,585.38 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL F | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $91,585.27 | Date 10/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, LISA S | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $91,584.92 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, KEVIN R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $91,584.85 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, STEVEN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,584.76 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICA, MATTHEW J, II | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $91,584.44 | Date 06/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IRONS-RINDFLEISCH, AMANDA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,584.41 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFRANCO, TERRY | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 08/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MARK D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 07/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBBAN, LOREN D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPROCKI, ELLEN O | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SAMUEL G | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 06/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREASON, MICHAEL T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,584.36 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AREGBEYEN, AIGBOJE O | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $91,584.15 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKEL, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $91,583.85 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JAMES | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $91,583.69 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $91,583.61 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SHAWN D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $91,583.55 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, VIRGINIA E | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $91,583.54 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MABRY, KRUMIE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,582.93 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORSON, DAVID A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,582.32 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALAKRISHNAPILLAI, SANTHOSH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,582.20 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $91,581.67 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATT, ANDREW T, JR | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $91,581.24 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, SEAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,580.89 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $91,579.49 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROME-IRONS, GRACELINE L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $91,579.23 | Date 06/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALL, JOHN H, JR | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $91,578.05 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, BARRY E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,577.98 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, MELISSA M | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $91,577.61 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, CHERYL D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,577.10 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, WILLIAM J | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $91,576.89 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBERT, ALEXANDER M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $91,575.62 | Date 01/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUKACS, SHARON M | Employer name Deferred Comp Board | Amount $91,575.34 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZER, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $91,575.27 | Date 03/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNNE, DANIELLE N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,574.83 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTER, AMANDA E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,574.15 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDROVSKAYA, GELENA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,573.33 | Date 05/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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