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 JORDAN, ALICE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 11/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, DEBRA K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEAL, DELORES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, CECILIA V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHIFER, SOLOMON C, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRONE, STEVEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 10/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DONALD F, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORO, KATHLEEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 01/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 07/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULACCO, THEODORA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARBARO, ROSE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,483.43 | Date 06/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZETTO, ROBERT F | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $86,483.03 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $86,482.94 | Date 05/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATIMA, MABATHO L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $86,481.93 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANGELI, JOHN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,481.67 | Date 10/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTAGH, JAMES J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $86,481.64 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHRING, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $86,481.09 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAIN, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,480.14 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFO, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $86,480.10 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYER, DANIEL T | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $86,480.02 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, BARRY P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,479.72 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OROPALLO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,479.72 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,479.37 | Date 05/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKENNA, JANE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,479.06 | Date 06/18/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, DORIS A | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $86,478.96 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, MITHILESH | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,478.78 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, CHARLES A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $86,478.41 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHMKE, CLIFFORD J | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $86,477.59 | Date 03/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUFFARELLI, MATHEW N | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $86,476.86 | Date 01/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNACKI, ANNALIESE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,476.79 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIN, YI-PIN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,476.71 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILES-TICE, ROBIN L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,475.91 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,475.10 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGLER, SCOTT F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,475.10 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ERIC J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,475.10 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,475.10 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKHOLM, SETH W, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,475.10 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNASAL, AILEEN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,474.88 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCARO, BRIAN F | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,474.56 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAILLEY, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,473.31 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,473.15 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, DONNA M | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $86,472.82 | Date 11/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGDAN, KEITH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,472.09 | Date 11/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, KELLEY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,472.02 | Date 11/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENGER, MERCY E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $86,471.80 | Date 12/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINSKI, BRIAN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $86,471.15 | Date 11/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSER, MARK D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,470.63 | Date 12/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLAWOLE, EUNICE A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,470.63 | Date 03/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, STEVEN J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $86,470.07 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANDREW N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,469.12 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST AMOUR, PAUL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $86,468.95 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER-ARMSTEAD, CASSANDRA D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $86,468.81 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIO, DEBORAH | Employer name Shelter Island UFSD | Amount $86,468.69 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDONCA, DONNA O | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,468.40 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOSE, BILI GEORGE | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $86,467.80 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JOHN B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,467.77 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PESCATORE, GERLYNDA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,467.52 | Date 02/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ERIC A | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $86,467.29 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SUZE M | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,466.95 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, SU-JANE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $86,466.83 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, GARETH I, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,466.82 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, AGAMPODI M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $86,466.76 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, JORDAN N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,466.64 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, MARK E | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $86,466.58 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOJDA, HOLLIE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,466.52 | Date 05/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASICK, DONALD V | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $86,466.22 | Date 12/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRESSETTE, JEFFREY G | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,465.05 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, DANIEL R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $86,464.70 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBANANTO, RENEE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,463.95 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CAIRANO, VINCENT, JR | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $86,463.62 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $86,463.24 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ALLISON E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,462.65 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFER, CARL W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,462.65 | Date 09/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, MICHAEL P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,461.78 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURHANS, CHAD D | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $86,460.87 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOBY, TARIK D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,460.11 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRYE, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $86,459.34 | Date 12/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTT, DARLENE E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,459.20 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIETO, CINDY | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $86,458.76 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIROIS, DANIEL C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $86,458.25 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, BARRY R | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $86,458.07 | Date 07/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLUCCI, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,457.84 | Date 09/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, GREGORY M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,457.70 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, JAMES G | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $86,456.85 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, NICOLA N | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $86,455.20 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIGNA, PAUL | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,454.86 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCELLA, FRANK J, JR | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $86,454.86 | Date 12/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $86,454.55 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, SANDRA J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $86,454.38 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEGAN-SMITH, GENEANNE | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $86,454.22 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSSAIN, MOHAMMAD H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,454.02 | Date 05/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CURTIS R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,453.56 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSONETTE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,453.55 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCCI, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,453.36 | Date 01/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEPISI, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,452.59 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, STEPHANIE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,452.40 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDDY, MICHAEL H, JR | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $86,452.24 | Date 03/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS RUSSO, KRISTIN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,451.93 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITHIES, DEIRDRE A | Employer name Blind Brook-Rye UFSD | Amount $86,451.57 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOTTIS, MARCUS P, SR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,451.52 | Date 02/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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