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 BOEHL, JAYSON R | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $89,267.18 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHANNER, JODY P | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $89,266.88 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINENNO, VITO F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,266.87 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, PAMELA G | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $89,266.81 | Date 09/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, DAVID R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $89,266.45 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUER, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $89,266.30 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CLAUDE E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $89,265.76 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANETTA, BARBARA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,265.60 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,265.48 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVENT, AARON | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $89,265.23 | Date 04/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWER, RODERICK S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $89,264.51 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTARULI, DENNIS J | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $89,262.46 | Date 06/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CLARK C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,261.99 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $89,261.94 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARDNER, CHRIS H | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $89,261.64 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, BRUCE G | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $89,261.60 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAGLIANO, LUCA CP | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $89,261.34 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRIX, PATRICK T | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $89,261.29 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUZBURG, GLENN A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,260.86 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNG, MARIA Y | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $89,260.12 | Date 01/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEFF, ANTHONY L | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $89,259.54 | Date 12/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECANDIA, LARRY, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,259.27 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MAUREEN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,259.20 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCHKIW, WILLIAM J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $89,258.90 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROH, ROBERT F | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $89,258.73 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLINI, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $89,258.66 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALVAN, TRACY M | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $89,258.14 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, MATTHEW F | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $89,257.78 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLTZ, SHERRY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $89,257.44 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MICHAEL | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $89,257.23 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERGNER, EARL J, IV | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $89,256.73 | Date 02/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOEKELOO, THOMAS H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,253.60 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETREAULT, ANTHONY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $89,253.33 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, GREGORY | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $89,253.33 | Date 07/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFELUMO, MERCY K | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $89,253.22 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOCHIA, MICHELLE L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $89,252.65 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYE, MARIA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,252.29 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELKER, RONALD G | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $89,252.26 | Date 05/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, DARRELL | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $89,252.16 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSPAUGH, MARK A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $89,251.30 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, PATRICK | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $89,251.18 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POHZEHL, GARY R, II | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $89,250.83 | Date 08/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, LINDEN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $89,250.67 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZIRUSSO, BRUCE A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $89,250.63 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, LISSY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $89,250.24 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAVITZ-BOYLE, RACHEL G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $89,250.20 | Date 08/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHATOON, AISHA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,250.10 | Date 04/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, PARAG | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,250.10 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, STEVEN F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $89,249.94 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLERANI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $89,249.80 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWIATKOWSKI, ANDREW J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,249.33 | Date 01/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEDALIS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $89,248.68 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, LESLIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $89,247.75 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECARLO, HARRY A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $89,247.24 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHARLES S | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $89,246.86 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEHLOW, RICHARD E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $89,245.88 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAARBAFAN, NICK | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $89,245.88 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITT, MICHAEL D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $89,245.88 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, DONALD E | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $89,245.88 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, VIKTORIYA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $89,245.59 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACKMAN, JUDITH W | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $89,245.47 | Date 10/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, KELLY A | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $89,245.34 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRMBACH, CHARLES R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,245.08 | Date 11/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, SHAWN D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $89,244.28 | Date 07/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,243.85 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOYD, TRENETTE | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $89,243.69 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, LISA Y | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,243.11 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGANO, JAMES F | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $89,240.55 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, LITTY | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $89,240.48 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, KELLIE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $89,239.64 | Date 01/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINWUNMI, CONNIE A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $89,238.28 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKHEERAM, VISHWADATT D | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $89,237.84 | Date 05/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIJU, BLASY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,237.09 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONNAKUTI, EMMANUEL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,236.77 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, PETER | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $89,236.13 | Date 01/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYLANCE, WAYNE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $89,235.28 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERZNER, RENEE C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,235.05 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $89,234.85 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTRIGHT, JOSEPH M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $89,233.78 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JAMES, JR | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $89,233.49 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DAVID S | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $89,232.99 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARIGLIA, VERONICA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,232.87 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, JAMIE K | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $89,232.57 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNEWALD, CHARLES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,232.17 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JASON R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $89,231.88 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUCAULT, FINOTTE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $89,231.32 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, TAB T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $89,230.89 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAGELE, MARK A | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $89,230.67 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMATTIO, KATHERINE | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $89,230.26 | Date 10/05/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, MICHAEL V | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $89,230.15 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, ATTRACTA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $89,229.31 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENZALE, MARYANNE | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $89,229.18 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNER, GREGORY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $89,228.56 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAGNA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $89,228.23 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, KATHY F | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $89,228.22 | Date 08/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, KURUVILLA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $89,227.45 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZARA-RALPH, DEBORA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,227.30 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORTHINGTON, JENNIFER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,227.24 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ADDARIO, MARGARET A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,226.45 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTE, SAMANTHA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,226.25 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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