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 ZIELINSKI, ROBERT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,476.20 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISS, STEPHEN B | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $88,475.65 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTRON, DANIEL | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $88,474.74 | Date 01/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THOMAS L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,473.49 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNICKERBOCKER, WILLIAM F | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $88,473.26 | Date 02/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, MARGARET M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $88,472.91 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRIZARRY, HILTON H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,472.56 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BACKER, DAVID L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,472.37 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACEY, JAMES L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $88,471.79 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAWORSKY, STEVEN M | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $88,471.68 | Date 12/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THENGAMPALLIL, ABRAHAM | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $88,471.58 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILARINO, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $88,471.27 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAO, XUAN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $88,470.00 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, BRYON J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,468.09 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, MATTHEW L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $88,467.87 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBIS, COLEEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,467.14 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAST, ROBERT H | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $88,466.83 | Date 04/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUVE, PATRICIA H | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $88,466.10 | Date 06/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALSONBERG, BRIAN E | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $88,465.94 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, JEFFERY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,465.71 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADOPOULOS, ADAM P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $88,465.69 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTE, THOMAS D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $88,465.67 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIETONIOWSKI, JOSEPH W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $88,465.67 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, NILS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $88,465.62 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, LISA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $88,465.56 | Date 08/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERAZZO, JOHN S, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $88,465.18 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIA, LIPING | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,464.87 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENFIELD-DOCTOR, MEGAN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,464.23 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRECCO, SALVATORE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,463.95 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LISA, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,463.16 | Date 10/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORGONE, EMMELINE S | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $88,463.13 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARISOL E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,463.10 | Date 07/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, THOMAS M | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $88,462.72 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, XIANLONG | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,462.50 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLUHA, LINDA G | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $88,462.49 | Date 09/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANELLO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $88,462.20 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCALANTE, DAISY | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $88,461.60 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, TERESA A | Employer name West Islip Public Library | Amount $88,461.57 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBEY, GERALD G, JR | Employer name Union-Endicott CSD | Amount $88,461.53 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAK, PAMELA J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,461.36 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSKO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,461.31 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPRIOTTI, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $88,461.10 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIELLO, DAVID A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $88,460.12 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERSON, MARGIE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,460.06 | Date 08/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $88,460.05 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, M APRIL | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $88,459.97 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZ, JAMES C | Employer name Fire Island UFSD | Amount $88,458.43 | Date 01/23/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BEATRICE C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $88,458.41 | Date 10/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, ADAM R | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $88,457.99 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONARO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $88,457.99 | Date 11/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNODT, LESLIE C | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $88,457.73 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSOGNA, RICHARD G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,456.80 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCUZZA, NICOLE R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $88,456.68 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, MARTIN V | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $88,456.63 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPEL, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $88,455.81 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DEBORAH L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $88,455.74 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, NANCY S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,455.56 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRALEY, EDWARD S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $88,453.78 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORKOWSKI, DONNA J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,453.52 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMBERT, ALLYSON | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,453.19 | Date 10/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASON, CARL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,452.56 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $88,452.50 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $88,451.99 | Date 03/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRIMBLE, BRIAN F | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $88,451.56 | Date 11/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LIZYAMMA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $88,451.25 | Date 07/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLANCZ, LAUREN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,451.13 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAKOFF, TED J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,450.88 | Date 04/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETZ, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,450.71 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, FREDERICK P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $88,450.62 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUK, ELLEN N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $88,450.08 | Date 12/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, JASON L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $88,449.59 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZAK, JOHN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $88,449.56 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, DONALD J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $88,449.50 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, JOHN A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $88,449.43 | Date 02/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACKIE, STEVEN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $88,448.94 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONKA, LINDA J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $88,447.73 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAPINTO, DANIEL R | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,447.43 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUERQUES, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $88,447.14 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, SAMUEL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,446.82 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANISCALCO, JOHN D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $88,444.30 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENGYEL, MICHAEL P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $88,443.44 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, ASM S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $88,443.39 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, BYRON K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,443.34 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLON, OSCAR R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,442.83 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASCA, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $88,442.60 | Date 11/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEISER-LOGAN, LYNNE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,441.93 | Date 07/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSMANN, STEVEN J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $88,441.81 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALLS, DANIELLE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $88,441.57 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMER, APRIL H | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $88,441.49 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODFELLOW, KIMBERLY K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,441.36 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE HAMEL, ROXANNE E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $88,440.71 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADKHAN, NAAZ R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,439.45 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, ROBERT J, II | Employer name Alden CSD | Amount $88,438.52 | Date 12/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVONA, CAROLYN S | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $88,438.34 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASLONSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $88,437.95 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLAHAR, NATALIE G | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $88,437.36 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JANET C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,437.05 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYLAS, DANIEL O | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $88,436.53 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, LYNN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $88,436.35 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $88,436.18 | Date 02/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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