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 MASSY, MELVYN M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $88,752.25 | Date 12/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DAVID L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,751.70 | Date 05/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DAVID A | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $88,751.60 | Date 06/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORILLO, THOMAS A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $88,750.22 | Date 12/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASOFSKY, HENRY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,749.43 | Date 06/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON-GERKEN, EMILY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $88,749.03 | Date 08/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERUBE, JESSE J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $88,748.80 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, JILL M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $88,748.46 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DAVID G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,747.02 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIAFA, PETER K | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $88,746.86 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCOLILLO, ANGELA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,746.70 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EL-SAWAF, ASHRAF I | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $88,746.38 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, DENISHA A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $88,746.21 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGGINS, EDWARD L | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $88,746.06 | Date 02/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLEDERA, FRANCESCO | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $88,745.80 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOJCAJ, TOM | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,745.37 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNICELLI, MICHELLE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,745.35 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, ALISON M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,745.14 | Date 05/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERR, BARBARA A | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $88,745.12 | Date 11/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFFUNGER, BRUCE W | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $88,743.93 | Date 09/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDER, JACQUELINE A W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $88,743.92 | Date 08/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, RAVEN F | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $88,743.59 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, ETHAN K | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $88,743.10 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGBOTUL, PRINCE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,742.93 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUREY, JAMES A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $88,742.80 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRINCKERHOFF, LISA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,742.62 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, HOWARD C, SR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $88,742.43 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPALA, LINDA A | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $88,741.52 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILOW, DAVID M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $88,740.31 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, STEVEN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $88,740.21 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ESPOSITO, CARMEN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,740.20 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $88,738.94 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ELAINE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $88,738.92 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, JAMES P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,738.87 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, LAMONT A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,738.32 | Date 01/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, KEITH J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $88,738.24 | Date 02/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $88,737.58 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULTRARA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $88,736.63 | Date 09/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSAFORTE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $88,736.48 | Date 07/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTINE, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,736.11 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGUCKI, KATHLEEN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,736.05 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERKS, FRANK T | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $88,735.91 | Date 01/27/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $88,735.66 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOON, KYOUNG J | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $88,735.25 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, ROLLINGTON B | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $88,735.00 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULOTTA, BRIAN A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $88,734.26 | Date 12/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KERNAN, MICHELE H | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $88,732.89 | Date 05/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, SELINA H | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $88,732.80 | Date 10/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $88,732.65 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, KENNETH K | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $88,731.24 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPY, ROSAMMA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $88,730.70 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, AVOLINE P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $88,729.96 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, ANDREW P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $88,729.95 | Date 03/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, KERRI | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,729.55 | Date 09/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANA, KATHRYN R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,728.83 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, NELSON R | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $88,728.61 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROBERTA L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $88,728.46 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, LOUSIE M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $88,728.38 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, TIMOTHY P | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $88,728.07 | Date 02/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTRY, GREGORY A | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $88,727.45 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, LEO K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $88,727.43 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEREDITH, CRYSTAL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,727.36 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDAHL, CHERYL M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $88,726.92 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUK, JOSEPH K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,725.90 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $88,725.48 | Date 05/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAUDT, EVAN G | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $88,723.52 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, ALAN L, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $88,723.08 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, THOMAS N, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $88,722.68 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOERSCHUG, STEPHEN S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $88,722.42 | Date 10/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINGARO, STEPHEN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,722.09 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ANTHONY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $88,722.06 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, ROBERT I, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $88,720.87 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, ERNEST | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $88,719.47 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERGER, JAMES G | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $88,719.32 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUOCCO, MARK A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $88,719.00 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRON, DANIEL F | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $88,718.69 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKE, DEBRA J | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $88,718.63 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEN, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,718.56 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIVO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,718.26 | Date 03/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, EDWIN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,718.01 | Date 12/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, PIETRA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $88,717.96 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $88,717.66 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETZ, SHARON A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $88,717.12 | Date 08/18/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERINS, EDWARD G | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $88,716.65 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWHARD, THEODORE F | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $88,715.96 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGARTY, WILLIAM F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $88,715.92 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKA, EWA M | Employer name Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library | Amount $88,715.64 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, EMMANUEL JOB | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $88,715.33 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, WILLIAM M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $88,714.89 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYSER, STEPHEN J, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $88,714.49 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, FRANCKEL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $88,714.35 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $88,713.83 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, JONATHAN J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $88,713.23 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENK, JANET | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $88,713.02 | Date 05/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRIGAN, MATTHEW E | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $88,712.92 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMERINI, ANGELO | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $88,712.92 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, BRUCE F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $88,712.53 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $88,712.49 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, SAMUEL, JR | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,712.38 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPERNA, DIANE M | Employer name Elmsford UFSD | Amount $88,711.96 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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