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 FLYNN, CRAIG W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,489.02 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIL, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $91,488.48 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JASON W | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $91,488.46 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MEGAN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,488.04 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, JANET M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,488.04 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COSTANZO, BART A | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $91,487.99 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANSAL, SHALINI | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,487.52 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROZIC, CAITLYN M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $91,487.08 | Date 06/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULSON, MAUREEN L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $91,487.06 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,486.67 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, STEVEN M | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $91,486.31 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, LYNN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $91,485.06 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, NAUM | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $91,484.72 | Date 05/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DWIGHT A | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHING, HARRY | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNO, JASON CURTIS | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEUEL, TERRANCE A | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 01/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKOWSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, KATHRYN | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, HARRY B | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES C | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 05/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, PAUL C | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $91,483.98 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DYK, JANICE M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $91,483.94 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHRENS, RUSSELL W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $91,482.69 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSS, SCOTT G | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,481.84 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TUYLE, CHERYL B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,481.12 | Date 06/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANTE, NICHOLAS W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $91,480.72 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, RONALD | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,479.43 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIONTI, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,479.09 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, THOMAS L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $91,479.01 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLIST, JEREMY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $91,478.13 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,478.02 | Date 09/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORABITO, NICHOLAS, III | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $91,475.22 | Date 02/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JENNIFER A | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $91,475.22 | Date 11/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, KATHY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $91,474.39 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RAY F | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $91,473.39 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARMINGTON, MIRANDA N | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $91,472.94 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DENNIS | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $91,472.92 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREY, JOSEPH F | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $91,472.12 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, KEVIN J | Employer name Nassau Co Voc Edu & Ext Bd | Amount $91,470.89 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAKACS, MARY PAT O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,470.57 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ROSEMARY T | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $91,470.30 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $91,469.82 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEVIN C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $91,469.62 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,468.37 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, RODNEY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $91,468.18 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, CAROLYN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,467.86 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDD, DARREL D | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $91,467.81 | Date 09/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, ALISON A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $91,467.11 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZARRO, ALFRED | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,466.19 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PAUW, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,465.81 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Richmond Memorial Library | Amount $91,465.44 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, DONALD M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $91,465.18 | Date 07/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, DINA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,464.50 | Date 03/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINEDA, NERISSA MAE S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,463.96 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JOEL C | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $91,462.76 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCHER, CRAIG | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $91,462.61 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAHAH, DAVID M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $91,462.29 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ARNOLD E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,462.25 | Date 01/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, MARTIN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,462.02 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASH, ALBERT W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,461.99 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEW, CHARLIE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $91,461.64 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERKSEN, ROBERT J | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $91,461.55 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENMAN, MIMI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,461.18 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALT, ROBERT A | Employer name Adirondack CSD | Amount $91,460.91 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELENTANO, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $91,460.63 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINA, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,459.91 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, MARIA DEL C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,459.77 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,459.63 | Date 11/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $91,459.56 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINE, TIFFANY N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $91,458.23 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIANG, BO | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,457.20 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESCAULT, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $91,456.88 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, RONALD J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $91,456.05 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLINO, JOHN T | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $91,455.27 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,455.27 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAEFE, WERNER S | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $91,454.87 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, INGRID M | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $91,454.30 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABADI, NOUF D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $91,453.48 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, ROSEMARY | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $91,453.16 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTUROS, GEORGE P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $91,452.58 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUILE, JORDAN X | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,452.46 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, MARK J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,452.40 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAY, RANDALL C | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $91,451.94 | Date 09/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAH, ROBERT M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $91,450.56 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WILLIAM R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $91,449.64 | Date 07/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, LA TOYA S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $91,449.02 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDINGER, RACHEL L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,448.72 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUBKA, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,448.40 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULP, JENNIFER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,448.40 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, JAMES D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $91,448.40 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,448.18 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUZZI, SANDRA L | Employer name Amagansett UFSD | Amount $91,447.79 | Date 06/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, TRESA J | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $91,447.52 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASKLOFF-DIVEN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $91,447.52 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DAVID E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $91,447.52 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, DEBBIE A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $91,447.20 | Date 12/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRYAN, STEPHAN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $91,446.35 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOIVIN, DAVID F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,445.85 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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