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 AKBARI, MOHAMMAD Y | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,694.74 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNERS, WILLIAM B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,693.66 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTEAD, KRISTIN P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,693.35 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $90,693.10 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, BRIAN | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $90,692.46 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, JENNIFER M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $90,692.46 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, THEODORE J, SR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $90,692.25 | Date 06/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,692.04 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $90,691.69 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIERHORST, GISELE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $90,691.20 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VYE, ROSEANN A | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $90,690.85 | Date 05/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, MARTIN E | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $90,690.54 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAKIEWICZ, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,690.48 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, DESMOND G | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $90,690.17 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAN, SYAMALA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,690.05 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIOGUE, ARMIONE GRACE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,688.28 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $90,688.28 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAY, DENISE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,688.25 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANILYAN, SERAN | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $90,688.21 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOSA, VIVIANA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,688.01 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBERT, CLIFTON G | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $90,686.79 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, RICHARD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $90,686.51 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, MARIA R | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $90,686.17 | Date 05/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTONE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Monticello Joint Fire District | Amount $90,684.49 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FADIS, JESSE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,684.41 | Date 02/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDON, THURLUS A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $90,684.12 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTER, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $90,683.51 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANCISQUINI, DAWN B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,682.43 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, BERNADETTE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,681.80 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, BRAD T | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $90,681.44 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, PAUL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $90,681.24 | Date 07/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMAN, KEDAAR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,679.34 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRELL, ROBERTA M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $90,678.94 | Date 05/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN J, III | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $90,678.58 | Date 01/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBLES, LUIS R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,678.14 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRULLON, DAHYANA O | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $90,677.86 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, RONALD K | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $90,677.32 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENENBAUM, KATHERINE F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,677.14 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTI, PETER V | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $90,677.07 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, ADAM H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,676.86 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOEGLER, ZACHARY | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $90,676.07 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOBERG, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,675.95 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, ULISES, III | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $90,675.36 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, HELEN S | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $90,675.00 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $90,674.19 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, GEORGE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $90,673.73 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASIER, JASON N | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $90,673.15 | Date 12/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENYON, SAMUEL P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $90,671.87 | Date 09/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, WARREN D | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $90,671.84 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $90,671.50 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,670.85 | Date 07/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENOLA-CRUCERO, HELEN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,670.05 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, CATHY C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,669.79 | Date 10/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLINGTON, JASON J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $90,668.87 | Date 04/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTA, FRANK R, JR | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $90,668.79 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,668.71 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPERSAUD, KAMPTA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,667.94 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREBEL, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,667.91 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, SHAIN | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $90,667.90 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAKUBU, RACHIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,667.89 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, FRANK A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $90,667.49 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLOE, THOMAS E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,666.84 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERR, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $90,666.64 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINSMEYER, BRIAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,666.48 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALGAM, ARVIND K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,666.08 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, BRANDAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,664.84 | Date 07/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAKENY, EDWARD L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,664.51 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHEW, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $90,664.44 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GREGORY A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $90,664.30 | Date 10/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLAMIN, AVELINO E, JR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,661.97 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAZAFAVE, NICHOLAS A, JR | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $90,661.69 | Date 03/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGBONNA, STANISLAUS M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $90,661.20 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, DOREEN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,660.97 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PIETRO, RITA M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $90,659.93 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIALESKI, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,659.19 | Date 07/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SO, KENG LEE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,659.10 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORRECA, ALLAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $90,658.71 | Date 08/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATOUI, ALIMA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $90,658.05 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, KENNETH J | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $90,656.89 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVERSA, JOHN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,656.12 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEINHAUER, DIANE | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $90,656.08 | Date 11/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARX, CYNTHIA F | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $90,654.76 | Date 05/01/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUMBERG, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Village of Russell Gardens | Amount $90,654.02 | Date 09/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, OLGA D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $90,653.47 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, ROBERT P | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $90,653.07 | Date 04/02/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUSSER, DEREK | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $90,652.83 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC WHITE, KENNY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,652.34 | Date 11/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, JEFFREY D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $90,651.19 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, KEITH C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,651.03 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, BRIAN L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,650.91 | Date 06/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSER, JOSEPH J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,650.71 | Date 12/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DARLENE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $90,650.64 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILD, AMY M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $90,650.64 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, KEDESHA S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,650.32 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $90,649.95 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RITAYIK, MARY E | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $90,649.46 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS-OWENS, KELLI N | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,649.20 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, STEVEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,649.15 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARFAGNO, GARY J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,648.79 | Date 11/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOCHINO, NATALIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,648.47 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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