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 SCIPIONI, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,344.37 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, ROBERT B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,343.55 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, ANGEL L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,342.22 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, TIMOTHY | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,342.21 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, MICHAEL I | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $86,341.16 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENDER, LONNIE | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $86,340.79 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, LAWRENCE A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,340.03 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, JODY L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,339.62 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, MICHELLE C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,338.88 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBRECHT, HOPE R | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $86,338.35 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, RAWLE D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,338.32 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, GEORGE E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $86,338.06 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUJASTYK, MARTIN S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $86,337.45 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUSTACE, AMY B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,337.34 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $86,337.15 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAVERNE L | Employer name Candor CSD | Amount $86,336.63 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESSLER, BRIAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,336.22 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLER, MARY P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,336.16 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASYLYSHYN, ANDREI J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $86,336.06 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRESHWATER, LINDSEY R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,335.80 | Date 09/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JENNETTE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,335.69 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, KAREN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,335.50 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILSBY, MICHELE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,335.13 | Date 05/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DOUGLAS M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,334.02 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN STEENBURG, JUSTIN J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,333.70 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JORGE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,333.09 | Date 12/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARIFI, SIDIQ | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $86,333.00 | Date 02/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, SERENIA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,332.24 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEANS, JESSICA T | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,332.24 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANG, HANG WAN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,332.24 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $86,331.81 | Date 04/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PLANT, DAVID E | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $86,331.54 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUEY, TERRY R | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $86,330.78 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUPLEY, JOHN F | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,329.15 | Date 03/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, VIVEK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,328.66 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, MARVIN | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $86,328.34 | Date 08/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYREL, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $86,328.17 | Date 05/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GODZIEBA, JOHNNY B | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,327.80 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, JOAN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,327.39 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARINO, LISA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,327.22 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA GUERRE, AMELIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,326.90 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, ALLAN A | Employer name Village of Skaneateles | Amount $86,326.82 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, DANIEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,326.59 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URMAN, ANDREA H | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $86,326.37 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BELLAS, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,326.14 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WALD, DANIEL D, SR | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $86,325.20 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEURY, KATHLEEN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,324.96 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCCHELLI, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,324.93 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, TONY D, II | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,324.93 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, HAROLD W, JR | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $86,324.34 | Date 03/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, ARIEL | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $86,324.04 | Date 06/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,323.54 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ASCOLI, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,323.28 | Date 02/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEBOLD, JOHN P | Employer name Middle Island Fire District | Amount $86,323.13 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTANOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $86,323.07 | Date 07/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFINGWELL, DAVID A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,322.12 | Date 04/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, RICHARD F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,322.10 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUL, AYODEJE O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,321.28 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINGELLO, SALVATORE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,320.23 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, ERICA N | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $86,319.87 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, MARK B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,319.84 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTHANDAN, CHONJI R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,319.41 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKAS, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $86,318.39 | Date 11/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLERAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,317.99 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARBI-AGGREY, AGNES G | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,317.71 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, WILLIAM B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,316.60 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURICCHIO, KAREN J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $86,316.57 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, DAVID | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $86,315.26 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGMANN, GREGORY J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $86,314.47 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLL, KIM A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $86,314.10 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBY, ROBERT E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,313.85 | Date 04/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ERIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,313.21 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, CURTIS J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $86,312.70 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTEK, ANTHONY C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,311.57 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINO, FRANK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,311.56 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SCOTT R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $86,308.16 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIEGO, CHRISTINE C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,306.85 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZU, PAUL M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $86,306.85 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRADY, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $86,306.82 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMELZLE, JASON T | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $86,306.68 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JAMEL R | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $86,306.43 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, PHYLLIS F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $86,306.37 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MINERVA | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $86,305.12 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, DOMINIC H | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $86,304.68 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISTULINEC, LAUREN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,304.26 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, FRANCISCO J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $86,304.18 | Date 10/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CORMACK, ANNA L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $86,303.94 | Date 02/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARLE-ZENITH, ANNE M | Employer name Metropolitan Reference Library | Amount $86,303.69 | Date 02/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAIGE, JASPER | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,303.54 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELLENEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,303.00 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKSDALE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $86,302.46 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALDARONDO, IRMA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,301.02 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, PETER F, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,300.82 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POLLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $86,300.53 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESTENBAUM, CLARICE J | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,300.36 | Date 01/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGORITO, RENATO M | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $86,300.16 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLA, JEFFREY M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,299.60 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUTER, PATRICK J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,299.10 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOHLKE, KALEB R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,298.49 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,297.33 | Date 01/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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