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 CIELESKI, RENEE | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $87,335.66 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIELBASA, ANDREA J | Employer name East Islip Public Library | Amount $87,335.32 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, ERIC P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,334.15 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKALAJUNAS, THOMAS A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $87,333.96 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNALL, YEHUDIS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,333.70 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYLE, LESTER N | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $87,333.09 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GARY E | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $87,332.74 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KEVIN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,331.83 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, BARRY F | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $87,331.51 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAZICK, BRIAN A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $87,331.12 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MICHAEL | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $87,330.96 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, XUEMEI | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,330.93 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLEON, BRIAN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,330.34 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, JONATHAN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,330.00 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIBB, STUART D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,329.48 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAZZAIO, MASSIMO | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $87,328.74 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASHMAN, CURT M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,328.38 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,327.93 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRETZ, DONALD G | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $87,327.53 | Date 05/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMBIASE, ILENE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $87,327.36 | Date 10/11/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, TENIL V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,327.14 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERRA, GIACOMA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,326.70 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, TARA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,325.64 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, LOIS A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $87,325.56 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSSEAU, JOSHUA N | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $87,325.23 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDY, RICHARD C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $87,325.10 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, PAUL M | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $87,324.36 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $87,324.14 | Date 01/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAY, LAWRENCE W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,323.58 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMPER, JOSHUA M | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $87,323.30 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARIN, SALVADOR D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,323.27 | Date 10/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICAISE, THOMAS P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $87,323.23 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,323.03 | Date 09/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, JONI M | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $87,322.77 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROURKE, SABRINA R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,322.45 | Date 01/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGLEY, MARY P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $87,322.18 | Date 11/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFFI, VINCENT | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $87,322.02 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARITEAU, FRANCIS J, JR | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $87,321.61 | Date 04/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MAGGIO, JAY A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $87,321.25 | Date 01/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIACCO, JARED P | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $87,320.82 | Date 05/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPLEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,320.61 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, SHAWN C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,320.31 | Date 05/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOANNE M | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $87,319.85 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BEAN-CAMPBELL, MANDY L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $87,319.21 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANAR, ADAM R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,318.27 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTS, MILDRED | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,316.87 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMPERATO, ROSEANN F | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $87,316.82 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAUER, DONALD T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,316.51 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRYE, HANNAH | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,316.21 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLIAN, JOANNA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,315.95 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, EDWARD E, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,315.86 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAND, STEPHEN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $87,315.56 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZOLA, JOHN R | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $87,315.45 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHESNA, ROBERT T | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $87,315.34 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLANTO, JULIE Y | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,315.33 | Date 10/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, PATRICIA A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,315.04 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILDOR, ROSELINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $87,315.04 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONKA, RONALD S | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $87,313.16 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, CAROLYN C | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $87,312.59 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $87,312.34 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARC A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,312.23 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDANDELO, THOMAS V | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $87,310.27 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIT, JIANHUI | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,310.11 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARIN, BRYON A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $87,309.56 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,309.50 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, RICK S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $87,309.45 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDIHY, DEBRA J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,308.69 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPORTMAN, SHANE C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,308.01 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, SHAQUANA D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $87,307.91 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERWINSKI, NANCY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,307.90 | Date 12/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHERYL V | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $87,307.88 | Date 08/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLKIEWICZ, CANDICE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,307.48 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, ARTHUR S | Employer name Village of Cornwall | Amount $87,306.44 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANTERELLA, CHRIS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,305.93 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, EDWARD P | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $87,305.90 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFNER, NATHAN C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,305.14 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $87,305.00 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAINACK, DUSTIN S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,304.91 | Date 05/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIESNER, JANET M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,304.64 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SVENSON, DEREK G | Employer name Chautauqua Lake CSD | Amount $87,304.59 | Date 07/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABREU, ANDRES | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $87,304.37 | Date 02/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARGIA, ANTHONY B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,304.12 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $87,304.07 | Date 06/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KALET, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $87,303.84 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANE, AMANDA E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,303.82 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $87,303.46 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LICINIO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $87,303.06 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, JEANNIE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,302.69 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERMILYEA, MICHAEL T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $87,301.05 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SUZANNE A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $87,301.02 | Date 11/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULIDO, LUIS H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,300.90 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEESLER, SARAH B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,299.56 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OFFEN, ALEXIS B | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $87,299.31 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, JOHN P | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $87,298.98 | Date 07/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,298.69 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEESLER, ELIZABETH N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,298.28 | Date 06/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JANET E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,298.28 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERRAM, TSHIKA F | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,297.89 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELHENY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $87,297.69 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZAN, MONICA V | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,297.24 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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