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 STUDLEY, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $87,866.48 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIG, RAHEELA | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $87,865.77 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RHONDA R | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $87,865.34 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANN, JENNIFER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,864.85 | Date 05/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, EDGAR J, JR | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $87,864.13 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THODEN, LAUREN E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,863.89 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVEIRA, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $87,862.92 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRULELLO, MICHAEL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,862.76 | Date 04/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAMEE, MATTHEW S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,862.62 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWARKO, JOANNE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,861.61 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIANT, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,861.52 | Date 04/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, THOMAS M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,859.60 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NOSTRAND, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $87,859.46 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHAMBEAULT, PETER | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,859.05 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, RONALD T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,858.20 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLOY, JANAIRE M | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $87,857.06 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, STACEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,856.54 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, RUSSELL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,856.41 | Date 06/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROELLE, JASON P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,855.48 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHKEL, RALPH W | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $87,854.52 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCACCIA, JULIUS J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $87,854.38 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLS, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $87,854.25 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOATS, THOMAS W | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $87,852.78 | Date 05/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ANNIE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,852.60 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULL, KELLY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,852.28 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIS, STEPHANIE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $87,852.22 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, ALISON M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $87,852.22 | Date 03/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, OLIVIA P | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $87,852.22 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALT, CHARLIE A | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $87,851.82 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATOM, JAMES L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,851.58 | Date 11/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMA, ORIETTA L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $87,851.27 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, NATHANIEL G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,851.27 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIRANZO, NELLY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,851.27 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, PIETRO | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $87,850.91 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTINI, ROBERT D | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $87,850.27 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALONE, THOMAS L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,850.20 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMI, JUSTIN S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,849.74 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARELLA, MELISSA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,849.69 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,849.59 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRURY, ARTHUR S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,848.65 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHIOGROSSO, JILLIAN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,847.75 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRINER, ANDREW S | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $87,847.62 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAIN, DENNIS W | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $87,847.48 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTUONDO-SMITH, ELAINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,846.25 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDELLA, STEPHEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $87,846.03 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEROSTEK, MARY FRANCES | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,845.89 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, KEVIN J | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $87,845.23 | Date 08/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELTRE, SABRINA L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $87,845.21 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, MONIQUE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $87,844.72 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGUSA, LOUIS M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $87,844.49 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZONI, JANINE | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $87,844.48 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANMER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $87,843.72 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOMER-SALMON, BRENDA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,843.40 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, DAVID C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,843.29 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMMED, MUNAWAR ALI QURESHI | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,842.70 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, REGINA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,842.65 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DEBORAH A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,842.47 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, EVAN T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $87,842.37 | Date 02/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADDELL, MAUREEN A | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $87,841.42 | Date 02/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANOCCHIO, GIUSEPPE | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,840.41 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, CLAUDINE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,840.38 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, MATTHEW | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $87,840.29 | Date 12/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, DIANE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,839.20 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $87,838.85 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLSEA, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $87,838.68 | Date 05/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSETTI, MARY | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $87,837.78 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,837.52 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,837.04 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ANITA | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,836.95 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENSTEIN-COHEN, JUDITH S | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $87,836.78 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,835.80 | Date 03/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTIDOR, MAGALIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,835.33 | Date 05/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZELINO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,834.66 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, MICHELE D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,834.66 | Date 05/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, ROSEMARY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,834.66 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, SANDY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,834.66 | Date 10/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFONTE, MARTHA M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,834.66 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNTUNEN, NATE L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,834.05 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIERTO, CAROL J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,833.84 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PAUL R | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $87,833.50 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, LISA Y | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,832.77 | Date 11/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLER, USHER Z | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,832.53 | Date 09/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Barnard Fire District | Amount $87,832.16 | Date 09/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, CHARLES L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $87,831.01 | Date 01/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIAZZO, FRANK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,830.20 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESA, DEYSSI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,830.10 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATA, PETER F | Employer name Village of Haverstraw | Amount $87,830.00 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANEELEY, GREGORY S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,829.88 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHRISTINE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,828.94 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, JOHN W | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $87,828.26 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, CAREY A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,827.72 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGASON, SCOTT D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $87,827.72 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, DARLENE N | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $87,826.55 | Date 03/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, MICHELLE V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,826.39 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ERIC J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,825.79 | Date 10/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCINA, EILEEN | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,825.66 | Date 08/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSELL, CHARLES, JR | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $87,825.63 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, MARION M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,825.21 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DONALD V | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $87,825.18 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, GREGORY R | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $87,825.15 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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