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 RIGG, BUDD W | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $88,835.66 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, ANDREW S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $88,835.54 | Date 04/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,834.08 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMMERSON, ALEXANDER C | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $88,833.39 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, TYLER S | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $88,833.24 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,832.41 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWALLO, WILLIAM M | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $88,832.33 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, BRIAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,832.18 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, OMAYRA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,832.18 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,832.17 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWLES, ROBERT R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $88,832.16 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, KEVIN J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $88,831.16 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOK, CHRISTA M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $88,831.04 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, IAN H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $88,831.04 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, BRIAN B | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $88,830.74 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DONALD A, JR | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $88,829.97 | Date 01/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROIENI, ELIZABETH | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $88,829.79 | Date 11/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLER, EVE S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,829.17 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBENZON, FRANCES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,828.80 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, KEITH F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $88,828.04 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, LEVI | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $88,827.65 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHLENHOFF, JOHNATHAN L | Employer name Huntington Fire District | Amount $88,826.85 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNIES, DAVID C | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $88,826.33 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALBERY, GREGORY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $88,826.07 | Date 07/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASO, CYNTHIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,825.72 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUZZI, CHERRON | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $88,824.90 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATEJKA, ANTON | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $88,824.88 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOBELLO, MARIA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,824.42 | Date 07/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BOURNE, DONNA S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,824.30 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RICHARD W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $88,823.20 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, ANTHONY A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $88,822.35 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUPERSHMIT, HOLLY | Employer name Education Department | Amount $88,821.39 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,821.10 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEAN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,821.10 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, WENDY S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $88,820.51 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIARA, JEFFREY B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,820.50 | Date 02/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRKENSTOCK, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $88,820.45 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, LISA M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $88,819.79 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISELVATO, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $88,819.79 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAL, MICHAEL H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $88,819.24 | Date 01/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, ANTHONY H | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $88,819.15 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREAVES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,818.98 | Date 03/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAIL, JESSICA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $88,818.64 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSETO, GIOVANNI I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,818.37 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEDONIO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $88,818.24 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIDY, LYDIA M C | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $88,818.06 | Date 01/30/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISHOLM, RONALD | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $88,818.03 | Date 12/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, LISA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,817.88 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, CASIE LYN | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $88,817.48 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRICKSEN-GEORGHIOU, HEATHER | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $88,817.45 | Date 11/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JASON F | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $88,817.32 | Date 07/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MARIO A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,816.73 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NATHANIEL, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,816.22 | Date 01/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, KEVIN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $88,815.73 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, DAVID W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $88,815.25 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, DANIEL J | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $88,814.51 | Date 06/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $88,814.48 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHORNSTEIN, IRVING A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,814.36 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBIN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,814.32 | Date 08/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, ANDRES A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,813.94 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAIKH, ASFAK B | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,813.94 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, A.B.M. S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $88,813.94 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORWAY, OSCAR P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $88,813.94 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, GLENN E | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $88,813.91 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SAGE, BRANDON D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,813.59 | Date 12/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSIGNANT, JOSEPH W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,813.43 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLADDEN, DUANE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $88,813.11 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, TEDDY L | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $88,812.03 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIETMANN, RICHARD J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $88,810.23 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,810.16 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $88,810.13 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COXUM, JOHNNY G | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $88,809.25 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TONEY, HENRY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,809.24 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAISONET, VICTOR M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $88,808.62 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, ANDREA | Employer name Deer Park Public Library | Amount $88,808.44 | Date 05/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $88,807.37 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, GABRIEL | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $88,806.99 | Date 12/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGNORILE, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $88,806.07 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNDEL, LEE S | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $88,804.82 | Date 01/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, RICHARD J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $88,804.45 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDULLA, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $88,804.06 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANSDALE, JESSICA M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $88,803.60 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DAVID B | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $88,803.05 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYBA, LAUREN E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $88,802.87 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, EDWARD J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $88,802.74 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADBURY, AMY M | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $88,802.25 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NICOLA, ANTHONY P | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $88,800.79 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, CHANCHAL | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $88,800.02 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGNO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $88,799.59 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESLIE, CATHERINE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $88,799.42 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHBANKS, ANNETTE C | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $88,799.18 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUCKOW, KYLE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,798.89 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHSAN, KAMRUL | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,797.93 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENG, ALVIN | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,797.93 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOPAL, LEKHA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,797.93 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUKLA, SNEHA K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $88,797.93 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JOSEPH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $88,797.35 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOVOTNEY, FRANK T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,797.19 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BORNE, CAROL A | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $88,796.38 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, KELLY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,796.28 | Date 07/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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