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 LA RUSCH, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,907.09 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRUPSKI, KENNETH | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $87,906.70 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALKIN, ROBERT M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $87,906.32 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, MATTHEW R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $87,906.32 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JANEL L | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $87,906.06 | Date 06/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEAN BAPTISTE, NIXON | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $87,905.83 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, COREY H | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,905.63 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTIGUY, COLLEEN A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $87,905.58 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERA-MORRISON, SHAWLA S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $87,905.18 | Date 04/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, WALTER R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,904.98 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDAL, JAKO J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,904.83 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAJESKI, DIANE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,904.40 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNINGHAM, JASON M | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $87,904.05 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, LAURA S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $87,903.73 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,903.20 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DELROY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,903.20 | Date 06/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBEL, EILEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,902.94 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWICK, LAURA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,902.87 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODA, DEBORAH LAURA | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $87,902.59 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, LISA | Employer name Half Hollow Hills Comm Library | Amount $87,901.63 | Date 08/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROWSKI, THOMAS E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $87,901.04 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKMAN, JOHN D | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $87,900.89 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DION, STEVEN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,900.73 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JAMES, VINCENT D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,900.66 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ROBERT E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $87,900.64 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBASTIAN, CHINNAMMA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $87,899.20 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, JANE M | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $87,898.91 | Date 02/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRETANI, JOANN F | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $87,898.90 | Date 06/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUER, RUSSELL W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $87,897.86 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JOHN C, II | Employer name Albany County | Amount $87,897.08 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, LUCINDA A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $87,896.90 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASTELLO, GREGORY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,896.02 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA TONA, STEPHEN A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $87,896.01 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, FREDERICK J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $87,895.93 | Date 08/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON-O'GARA, KAREN | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $87,895.77 | Date 05/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, JAMIE K | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,895.54 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CLEVELAND S, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,894.70 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,893.67 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, THOMAS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,893.49 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $87,892.52 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOZZI, CHARLES V, JR | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $87,892.36 | Date 04/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREHEAD, ARNELL K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $87,892.08 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST AUBURN, RAYMOND M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,891.87 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRYLOWICZ, DAVID E | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $87,891.75 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUENCAMINO, PAUL | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $87,891.73 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, LAURA L M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $87,891.67 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMEE, ARTHUR R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,891.30 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CATHY M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $87,890.77 | Date 04/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLINI, MICHAEL B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,890.31 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMBERG, MITCHELL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,889.20 | Date 10/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZGUL, JUSTIN A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $87,888.09 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUDZ, ANDREW T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $87,887.89 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEHAN, JOHN D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $87,887.28 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELSTOWSKI, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $87,887.02 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, DAVID G | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $87,886.82 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HON-TULCHINSKY, KIUFONG M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,885.97 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEATES, ALLYSON C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,885.54 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPLESTON, JEREMY L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $87,884.48 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, RIAN A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $87,884.35 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, LORI A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $87,883.63 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRILLO, MICHAEL T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $87,883.56 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'OTTAVIO, RALPH A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $87,882.20 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MELISSA S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,882.18 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CORRY S | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $87,881.91 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PONTRELLO, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,881.59 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, CARL J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $87,881.57 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,881.05 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPAN, RICHARD P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,880.94 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DONALD L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,880.25 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGLISS, KIM | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $87,879.25 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENT, STACEYANN T | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,879.19 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKLES, DERRICK T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $87,878.54 | Date 12/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, JENNIFER E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,878.19 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVEN-STOKES, CARLENE J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,878.10 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SEAN P | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $87,877.99 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIM, JUDITH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,877.60 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBARDELLA, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,877.17 | Date 04/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDEIROS, ANTHONY V | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $87,876.90 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JEFFREY W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $87,876.81 | Date 05/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGUEIRA, VICTOR | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $87,876.21 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RASHEEM M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $87,876.13 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCAPPATORE, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $87,875.87 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLIERI, SALVATORE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,875.86 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURA, MARK T | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $87,875.07 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, ABNER | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $87,875.00 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, GLORIA J | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $87,874.95 | Date 10/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, DONALD J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $87,874.94 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, GEORGE E, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,874.52 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,874.30 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, MICHAEL S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,874.03 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMISKY, AMY B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,872.38 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, SHARON M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,872.27 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLA, ANTHONY P, JR | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $87,871.31 | Date 01/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, KELLY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,870.60 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, KEVIN M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $87,870.24 | Date 01/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABATELLO, MATTHEW G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,870.17 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTASH, LAURIE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,870.01 | Date 12/20/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $87,867.87 | Date 07/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, MARY V | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,867.11 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KAREN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,866.58 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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