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 NUNEZ, EVELYN | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $88,013.87 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANGBURN, MATTHEW | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,013.52 | Date 06/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKEY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $88,012.91 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGARD, KAREN D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $88,012.53 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, MARGUERITE D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $88,011.72 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, ARTHUR C, JR | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $88,011.19 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNATO, FRANCIS P | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $88,010.48 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHMAD, ABDELELA E | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $88,010.32 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ADREINA T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,010.30 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,010.00 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIFF, DANIEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,010.00 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, JENNIFER A | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $88,009.96 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,009.22 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETANI, ANNE P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $88,008.83 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOY, STEVEN V | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $88,008.51 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAAS, CHARLES F | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $88,007.87 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPAR, EDMOND P | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $88,007.09 | Date 12/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIESKE, SHELLEY A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $88,006.81 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORGAN, CHARLES JAMES | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,006.64 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, CRAIG M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,006.35 | Date 03/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWENDER, DAVID W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $88,006.16 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKS, JEFFREY L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $88,006.05 | Date 12/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, STEVEN J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $88,006.00 | Date 06/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SAMMY L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $88,005.77 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $88,004.21 | Date 03/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCHATKO, GARY M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $88,004.21 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RANK, JOSEPH R, II | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $88,004.00 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEAN, WING S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,003.87 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHITA, ELENA C | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $88,003.41 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ERROL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,003.35 | Date 07/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFF, RYAN W | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $88,003.01 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEHN, HERBERT P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $88,002.93 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, JAMES L | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $88,001.83 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUGG, ROBERT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $88,001.64 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, CECELIA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $88,001.63 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILCHREST, SHANE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $88,001.00 | Date 01/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBROSIO, GAIL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,000.90 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CARLO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $88,000.74 | Date 06/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUARA, OMOLAYO T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $88,000.62 | Date 12/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, CHARLES, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,000.49 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, LOUIS J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,000.43 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, ADAM J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,000.43 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEVANTE, ARLENE | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $88,000.40 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNBACH, ANNE R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $88,000.28 | Date 12/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MBELE-DOLCE, FARAHDIA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,000.09 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFINI, PHILIP M, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,999.62 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACETE, ALBERTO L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $87,999.34 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNARELLI, MARK J | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $87,998.05 | Date 02/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAROIAN, JOHN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,998.00 | Date 01/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROLISH, PETER J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $87,997.83 | Date 03/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PURTA, BETH L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,996.39 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, JOSEPH A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $87,996.15 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVERS, AMY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,996.04 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEITZER, WILLIAM D | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $87,995.86 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, CHRISTY L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $87,995.85 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOCKSTADER, TODD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $87,995.67 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $87,995.67 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, GUY R | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $87,994.53 | Date 12/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SUSAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,994.39 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERO, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,994.15 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURELIO, JULIET C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,993.80 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,992.82 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIRICHELLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $87,992.54 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORWOOD, KENNETH D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,992.07 | Date 09/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, HAE SOOK | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,991.79 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAKULSKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,991.47 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEBEDA, MATTHEW K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,991.07 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, ELISHA H | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,990.76 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, CASIMIR T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,990.55 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZEPASNIAK, JEFFREY W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,990.25 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINK, JOSEPH D | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $87,990.07 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ANDREW K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,989.67 | Date 11/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHUGE, JIAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,989.48 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLMAN, LISA J | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $87,988.76 | Date 09/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOHN H | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $87,988.31 | Date 12/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, ANDREW M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $87,987.51 | Date 07/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,987.02 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, AMY A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $87,986.26 | Date 06/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, JAMES A, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,986.12 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, STEVEN E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,986.08 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $87,985.88 | Date 12/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LORENZO, MELANIE G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,984.69 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLOWAY, JAMES J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,984.60 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, GREGORY D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,984.31 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDELLA, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $87,982.89 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIX, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,982.44 | Date 06/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAFFNER, ROBIN | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $87,982.09 | Date 12/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, EVAN S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,982.05 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARR, RICHARD L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $87,981.65 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWRYS, KORI M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,981.51 | Date 05/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEO, ERIC J | Employer name Warren County | Amount $87,980.92 | Date 07/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCABES, KELLY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,980.90 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, VICTORIA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $87,979.93 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSH, RICHARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,978.89 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPLIN, DAVID E | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $87,978.77 | Date 10/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, LAURIE A | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $87,978.53 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, RICHARD D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $87,977.59 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKOWITZ, ERIC S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,976.20 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDIHY, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,976.20 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, JOHN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,976.20 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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