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 VAN SLUYTMAN, ALLISON A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,046.40 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $89,045.40 | Date 04/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, JOSE M | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $89,045.24 | Date 12/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFAN, LESLEY R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $89,044.99 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABERNATHY-BONGIORNO, CAROLYN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $89,044.75 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSE, KEVIN Y | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $89,044.56 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, LOURDES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $89,044.51 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,044.39 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, RONNIE | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $89,044.09 | Date 06/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINION, LAVELL | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $89,043.92 | Date 11/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BOIS, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $89,043.32 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASZAK, SCOTT J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,042.15 | Date 08/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GONNIGLE, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $89,041.49 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DUSEN, DAVID G | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $89,041.05 | Date 11/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONG, CHRISTINE W | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $89,040.44 | Date 01/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZZA, CHRISTINA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,040.43 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUGHN-KALL, VALERIE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $89,039.57 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSPEED, MARY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,039.34 | Date 12/08/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTENHOUSE, DANIEL C | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $89,038.63 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, SUSAN P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $89,038.62 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABST, BRIAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,038.22 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGLEWEDE, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $89,038.11 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAN, ERLENE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,037.20 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, DAVID E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $89,037.19 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN-ALLEN, TARYN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,037.04 | Date 12/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JAMES E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $89,036.53 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADERHOLD, JOHN W | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $89,036.19 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRMBACH, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $89,035.22 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRLANDO, ARTHUR M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $89,034.74 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, PAULETTE C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $89,033.96 | Date 11/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBERS, SHERYL | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $89,033.63 | Date 02/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, WILLIAM L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $89,033.58 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALIKE, BRADLEY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $89,032.61 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERNICE, BENNY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $89,032.60 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJU, RANJI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,032.44 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, KIM E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,031.66 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAN, GUY K | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $89,030.68 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, STEPHEN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $89,029.55 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGER, JAMES R | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $89,029.16 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, ANTHONY | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $89,028.56 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANAVAN, JEANNE M | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $89,027.96 | Date 12/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANS, STEPHEN B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $89,027.32 | Date 12/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENOHR, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $89,026.99 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHRAN, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,026.58 | Date 06/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGDOM, STEPHAN A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $89,026.53 | Date 04/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING DEJESUS, CHARSLEISSA E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,026.43 | Date 01/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZZI, ROBERT J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $89,026.16 | Date 08/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JORDAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,026.06 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ANTONIO, JOHN J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $89,025.04 | Date 10/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARGENT, SARAH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,024.88 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPP, JOHN W | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $89,024.43 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $89,023.52 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTE, LISA M | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $89,023.52 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARDEN, DOUGLAS | Employer name Depew UFSD | Amount $89,022.54 | Date 12/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTER, DARRELL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $89,021.96 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, MAJER | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,021.82 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $89,021.61 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, BEVERLY R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,021.56 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, TODD W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $89,020.99 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALTSMAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $89,020.84 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLURA, JONATHAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,020.38 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARNER, JAMES S | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $89,018.68 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINOJOSA, JUAN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,018.31 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARNISCHFEGER, JOHN L | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $89,018.18 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURIAKOSE, SUSAMMA B | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,017.68 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESKODY, MARYANN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,015.57 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAFOE, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $89,014.91 | Date 05/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIKO, RAJMOND | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $89,014.03 | Date 10/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARVIS, MARIANNE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $89,013.96 | Date 05/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, JOHN P | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $89,013.79 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JAMISON M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,013.12 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DORUSZEWSKI, KATHRYN A | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $89,012.64 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, DEANNA R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $89,011.84 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMER, WILLIAM L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $89,011.33 | Date 05/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BAPTISTE, GERMAINE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $89,011.20 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRASCHUNUS, PAUL S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $89,010.73 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $89,010.31 | Date 05/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, BIBI S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,010.28 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABINOWITZ, KEITH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,010.11 | Date 02/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSTER, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $89,009.76 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,009.57 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRIANNI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $89,009.55 | Date 03/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WOLF, DANIEL M | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $89,009.50 | Date 05/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIRONE, NICHOLAS G | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $89,009.16 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUMA, ROBERT B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $89,009.15 | Date 03/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANTZEN, JUSTINE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,008.61 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCKELL, ALISON D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,008.61 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALKER, SCOTT J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $89,008.61 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, VIVIAN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,007.37 | Date 03/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,007.22 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HONER, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $89,007.10 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, KENT E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $89,006.86 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $89,006.21 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSELIN, REGINA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $89,006.15 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEY, KEVIN K | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $89,006.08 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEVALIER, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $89,005.71 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORTES, JENNIFER P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,005.64 | Date 10/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, KEVIN J | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $89,005.13 | Date 04/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEDORKA, JAMES B | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $89,005.05 | Date 02/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, DONNA M | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $89,004.97 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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