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 ORFINI, JOHN S | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $87,217.86 | Date 08/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCIONE, JOSEPH F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,217.49 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOZDZIAK, KEVIN E | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $87,216.27 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JAMEL | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,216.26 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI STEFANO, FREDERICK L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,215.95 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, MICHAEL D, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,215.66 | Date 05/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KISTOO, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,215.36 | Date 08/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBELL, CARL C | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $87,215.32 | Date 05/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICANI, LOUIS A, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,214.95 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCCHI, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,214.87 | Date 12/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAINE, JAMES R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $87,213.90 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARONIA, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,213.62 | Date 08/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, SAMUEL G | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $87,213.43 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIQUEZ, JOHN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,212.62 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATJE, RANDALL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,211.60 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, CATHERINE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,211.60 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONVERSANO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $87,211.27 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VREELAND, MAUREEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,211.05 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBERLEIN, MARK C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $87,210.60 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, EDWIN | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,210.18 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOVEY, BENJAMIN H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,209.97 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARINGTON, MARK E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $87,209.32 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOAN M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $87,208.59 | Date 08/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICOTTE, CHAD T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,208.19 | Date 04/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAUZZI, MARCO G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,208.18 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIERTON, JILL C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,207.45 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIGAN, CONOR E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $87,207.04 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, LA TONIA C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $87,206.78 | Date 12/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUCHARME, EDMUND J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,206.07 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY-HOLLMAN, KELLEE S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $87,205.59 | Date 11/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GABRIEL A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $87,205.52 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH, TERRANCE N | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $87,205.02 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATURINE, JEANETTE D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,204.29 | Date 07/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWE, PATRICK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,204.24 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,203.12 | Date 05/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVRE, JUSTINE C | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $87,203.12 | Date 06/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAVARO, MARIA T | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $87,202.00 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELBURG, VALERIE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,201.69 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANAGIOTAKOPOULOU, KATERINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,201.67 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TADROUS, NABIL A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,201.48 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ALLISON M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $87,201.47 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDELLA, DANIEL G | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,201.22 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, PATRICK F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $87,201.05 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBOWICZ, ERIC A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $87,201.01 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $87,200.95 | Date 03/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, MORRIS W, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,200.52 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIPE, MARIE E | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $87,199.69 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, AMY D | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $87,199.32 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, KENNETH | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,199.29 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLENHORST, BRYAN D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,199.16 | Date 05/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GAHAN, KEVIN C | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $87,198.74 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHAROPOULOS, IDA | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $87,198.27 | Date 05/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHBY, DAVID G | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $87,197.77 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, PETER C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $87,197.33 | Date 07/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALAM, ABDUS | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,197.12 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, KAREN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,197.06 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOSTAK KUCHARCZYK, BOZENA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $87,196.15 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,195.75 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,195.70 | Date 07/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUCH, CHARLES M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,194.38 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, ROBERT | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $87,194.36 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOSE, WILLIAM F | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $87,194.06 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, THYRA D E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,193.98 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, FRANTZ | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $87,193.26 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMANN, MARK G | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $87,192.95 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, LESLIE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $87,192.88 | Date 03/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, JIANLIANG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $87,192.34 | Date 04/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSMANN, JEANETTE R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,191.37 | Date 05/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, KIM E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,190.72 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTELL, MICHAEL K | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $87,190.56 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, DAVID S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $87,190.27 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, MARK C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,190.02 | Date 12/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEVE, YVES E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,190.00 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARLSON, GARY K | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $87,189.23 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLLY, OLGA J | Employer name Indian River CSD | Amount $87,188.92 | Date 09/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHTEL, MARYANN C | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $87,188.72 | Date 09/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWINSKI, GREGORY J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $87,187.49 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLA, JACKYE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,187.36 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIKOWICZ, SARAH E | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $87,187.11 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, ROBERT G | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,186.66 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, DAVID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,186.64 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBERGER, MAUREEN A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $87,186.50 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, MICHAEL | Employer name Roslyn Water District | Amount $87,186.29 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIZIA, MARY ANN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $87,186.26 | Date 10/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUPARICH, MARY JO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,184.53 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, THOMAS J | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $87,184.52 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JACQUELINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,184.17 | Date 12/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANGEL M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,184.06 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, JOEL C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,183.20 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KEITH D | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $87,183.09 | Date 03/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $87,182.91 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIOLANT, ROSE MARIE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,182.55 | Date 06/02/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANOUNG, ROBERT | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $87,182.33 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT-SIMMONS, STACY | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $87,180.92 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROKOS, SUE Z | Employer name Mohawk Valley Library System | Amount $87,180.72 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, DAVID | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,180.58 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KATHRYN B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,180.34 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENIA, JENNIFER M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $87,179.99 | Date 10/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, DANIELLE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,178.88 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $87,177.54 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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