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 CICCIA, SAM A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $86,585.31 | Date 11/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, TIMOTHY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,585.11 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, NATHAN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,584.78 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCKELL, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $86,584.62 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, AISHA T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,583.98 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, DONALD J | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $86,583.75 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, BRYAN L | Employer name Village of Roslyn Estates | Amount $86,583.32 | Date 05/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIDAR, EDDY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,583.08 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEITH A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $86,582.88 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODBEE-AURELIEN, PATRICIA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $86,582.73 | Date 03/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, YVONNE A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,582.66 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEITER, MONICA M C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,582.44 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAS, SARINDI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,582.33 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFENKRIEG, MICHAEL J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,582.18 | Date 03/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, ROBIN B | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $86,581.65 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATZER, MAUREEN F | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $86,580.21 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL GIORNO, ROBERT W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $86,579.26 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAVO, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $86,579.15 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, SCOTT J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $86,579.02 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABICKI, SCOTT | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,578.86 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADILLO, CAESAR A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,578.39 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGELSANG, ERIC L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $86,578.34 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, STUART J | Employer name Ballston Spa-Csd | Amount $86,577.75 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTILLO, SYDNEY | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $86,577.70 | Date 03/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROSCH, FRANK J, III | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $86,577.30 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, STEPHEN A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $86,576.26 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITZ, MICHAEL D | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $86,575.74 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICO, RICHARD J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,575.73 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, IDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,575.52 | Date 12/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, BRIAN | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $86,574.92 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $86,573.62 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHETTE, PETER G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,573.54 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENCK, ALEX M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,572.55 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROZIER, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,572.53 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDI, EMILYANN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,572.42 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,572.23 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTHRIE, ELISABETH B | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,571.67 | Date 12/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, LUMISHER A | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $86,571.64 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTO MAISONET, JOSE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,571.30 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARNO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,570.92 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UCCELLO, THOMAS G | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $86,570.26 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, BRYAN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,570.06 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ELENA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,569.84 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELLAMARE, PETER J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,569.42 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCIER, CAROL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,569.06 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONIKTERA, RICHARD A | Employer name South Lewis CSD | Amount $86,568.72 | Date 07/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKETT, EVIE K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,568.45 | Date 06/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFSISS, DOUGLAS A | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $86,567.57 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, MILTON R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,567.43 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHANY, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $86,567.25 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, DEBORAH-ANN R | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $86,567.14 | Date 10/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGONESE, JOY L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $86,567.02 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKOWSKI, STEPHEN M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,567.02 | Date 02/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIN, CATHERINE | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $86,566.79 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENTZ, WILLIAM E | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $86,566.73 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, TIMOTHY E | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,566.08 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYWARD, SHARON | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,566.08 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEND, LISA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,565.01 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJNOZKA, MARK W | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $86,564.73 | Date 01/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIU, JING | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $86,564.72 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, JOSEPH B | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,564.36 | Date 05/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, CARMEN M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $86,563.93 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, BRANDON S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,563.65 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOMMER, JAMIE N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,563.21 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFORCE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $86,563.21 | Date 08/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MARIO, JOHN M | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $86,563.14 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CATHARINE L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,562.89 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, MICHAEL P | Employer name South Huntington Water District | Amount $86,561.48 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,561.01 | Date 06/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREES-KROBOTH, BRIAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,560.70 | Date 05/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, JAMES M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $86,560.18 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, GREGORY J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $86,560.11 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $86,559.92 | Date 06/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONDRO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,559.54 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $86,559.29 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISAFULLI-HOTALING, MARIA R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,559.12 | Date 06/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $86,559.08 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHIE, GARY M, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,558.39 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,557.87 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, BRYAN P | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,557.80 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLL, JOSEPH H | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $86,557.74 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEERUP, EMILIA B | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $86,557.50 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, GARY J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,557.40 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, GEORGE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,557.16 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, KRYSTYNA A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $86,557.12 | Date 10/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYPORT, STEPHEN G | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,556.64 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, DOROTHY E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,556.01 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCHETT, WANDA L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $86,556.00 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENSKEN, JAMES E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,555.76 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINEMAN, DANIEL L | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $86,555.70 | Date 09/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYR, JOHN E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,555.68 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONDRAKO, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $86,555.62 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, KASEY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,555.61 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, EDGARDO J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,555.49 | Date 12/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLE, DEBORAH | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,554.79 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNER, NELSON W | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,554.79 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON-BENTLEY, DANIEL W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,554.74 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $86,554.38 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAY, RYAN T | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $86,554.15 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, BEVERLY S M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,553.73 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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