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 GRAJALES, ANANIAS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $90,180.23 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DEBORAH L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,179.87 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULFIELD, JOSEPH P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $90,179.21 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MERLINE Y | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $90,179.01 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, CHERYL A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $90,178.12 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITOLO, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $90,176.88 | Date 07/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREIBERGER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,176.63 | Date 04/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERARDINELLI, CARMINE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,176.33 | Date 12/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, THOMAS W | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $90,176.29 | Date 07/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLAP, DAVID A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,175.39 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAUGEMAN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $90,174.59 | Date 01/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEA, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $90,174.52 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RUDOLPH P | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $90,174.40 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, DENNIS M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $90,174.27 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TONI A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,173.28 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIENTO, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $90,173.22 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISCHKE, BRIAN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,173.20 | Date 04/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,172.58 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNENBERG, LAVERNE D | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $90,172.09 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERS, TANYA B | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $90,171.90 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, JUDY | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $90,171.31 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, EVAN R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $90,170.50 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODERHOLM, KEVIN V | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,170.13 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARTER, MATTHEW F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,169.88 | Date 04/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERIC, NADINE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $90,169.70 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSERVAK, KEITH C | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $90,168.59 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, IDRIS D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,168.48 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MINI T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $90,168.42 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZMAN, LAWRENCE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,167.31 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAS, AARON I | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,167.17 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, STEVEN A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $90,166.87 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANKEY, LAURA J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,166.43 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGUILLA, CHARLES P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $90,165.92 | Date 11/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINESTROZA, XIOMARA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,165.85 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MELISSA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,165.60 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURO GARCIA, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,165.41 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUFARELLA, JOHN C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $90,165.38 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JEAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,165.38 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABARE, RANDY M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $90,165.37 | Date 11/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, GARY J | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $90,165.16 | Date 11/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, BOBBY G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,164.81 | Date 03/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISITI, RALPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,164.72 | Date 12/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, CAMILLE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,164.56 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUMBACO, KIMBERLY B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,163.88 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINE, PATRICK D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $90,163.08 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALERMITI, DOMINICK | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $90,161.86 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYSH, EILEEN | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $90,160.48 | Date 07/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAIMSON, ERIC H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,160.01 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, DIANE F | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $90,159.98 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLDUS, JOHN B | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $90,158.79 | Date 01/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,158.69 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, STEVEN J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $90,158.10 | Date 04/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOLI, LISA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,158.08 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZITIELLO, JEANMARIE | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $90,157.84 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARAKULAM, ROSAMMA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,157.38 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOLEY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $90,157.32 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAVA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $90,157.28 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, DENNIS M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,157.08 | Date 12/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRY, JAMES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,156.78 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODD, ARTHUR G | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $90,155.97 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLDER, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,155.64 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROVELLI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,155.17 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MARGARET M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,154.29 | Date 12/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,153.89 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADGETT, DAVID E | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $90,153.86 | Date 12/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DOLORES M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $90,153.81 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERDE, JOSE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,153.66 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENELL, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,153.08 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTAGUE, HEATHER A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $90,152.84 | Date 09/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTE, SHERRON | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $90,152.62 | Date 11/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONELLICHILES, SHIRLEY A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $90,152.60 | Date 12/18/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, PAULA MALLORY | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,152.16 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,151.05 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKIN, BRIDGET H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,150.54 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, VINCENT D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $90,150.43 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHEMITZ, RENEE A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $90,149.53 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPMAN, WILLIAM H | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,149.48 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, JAMES F | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $90,149.41 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, THOMAS A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $90,148.59 | Date 02/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERY, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $90,148.25 | Date 07/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JEFFREY J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $90,148.20 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RONDA L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $90,147.93 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENYEA, TODD A | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $90,147.39 | Date 01/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, HEATHER R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,147.18 | Date 12/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, MARK E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,147.09 | Date 12/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRITT, LUCAS C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,147.08 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIUCCIO, EMILY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,146.70 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONGER, TRUDY L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,146.37 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONSANTO, GERARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,146.11 | Date 02/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAYNGERSH, VITALIY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,146.09 | Date 12/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNCEL, YELIZ Z | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,145.69 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMCHAK, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $90,145.45 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, RANULFO V | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $90,145.34 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, ANDREW T | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $90,145.16 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, CHRISCELLE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,144.95 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDALL, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $90,144.75 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $90,144.54 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVEY, MEGAN E | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $90,143.77 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UIHLEIN, ANDREA I | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $90,143.77 | Date 01/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $90,143.60 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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