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 QURESHI, ANN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,920.90 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUES, MANUEL A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $85,920.38 | Date 09/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUERTZ, CATHERINE M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $85,920.36 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWALJE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $85,919.32 | Date 03/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VULTAGGIO, CARLA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,919.04 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIDGEN, REGINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,918.53 | Date 01/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOCELLA, ANTHONY | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $85,918.41 | Date 04/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, BRIAN B | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $85,918.32 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABECHE, ESTHER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,918.16 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, IRMA T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $85,918.04 | Date 01/31/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATO, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $85,917.90 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKEN, STEPHEN C | Employer name Village of Bath | Amount $85,917.90 | Date 04/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, JACQUELYN D | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $85,916.03 | Date 08/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURIEN, KOMALATHU C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,914.45 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACIOPPI, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,914.45 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTLAK, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $85,914.23 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIARELLO, JOHN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,914.08 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, TREVOR J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $85,913.79 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, DANIEL G | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $85,913.16 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBOGAST, JOHN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $85,912.84 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUSSBAUM, BRIAN H | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $85,912.61 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANK, ROBERT B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,912.33 | Date 12/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOW, PETER S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $85,912.19 | Date 11/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUGNO, JOHN J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $85,912.10 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTORIELLO, ANDREW V | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $85,911.34 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARR, JULIA Y | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,911.06 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $85,911.02 | Date 01/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, BRUCE B | Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment | Amount $85,911.00 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, JILLIAN J | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $85,910.79 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVIGLIA, MARCO | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,910.75 | Date 01/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, DANIEL B | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $85,910.47 | Date 05/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YILMAZ, TIMUR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $85,910.13 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, LAURA P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,909.98 | Date 12/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKER, CRAIG E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,909.68 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELFORD, JAMES K | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $85,909.52 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETSCHKO, JASON P | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $85,909.23 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILDUFF, EILEEN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $85,909.17 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACZOR, DARREN A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $85,909.02 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLANO, ALBERT L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $85,908.33 | Date 11/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHID RANA, ABAIDUL H | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $85,908.15 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, LYNNETTE A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,908.08 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, MARION K | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,908.04 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, JOHN F | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $85,907.81 | Date 12/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, MARIA C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,907.51 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUGOV, VLADIMIR V | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $85,906.77 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELCH, RICHARD A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $85,906.66 | Date 01/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, SEAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,906.36 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, CLIFFORD A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $85,906.26 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINO, LAURA JEAN | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $85,906.25 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, JANICE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $85,905.83 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, ERIK J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,905.71 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, THOMAS G | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $85,905.49 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALATESTA, SUSAN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,905.20 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHER, JOHN C | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $85,904.88 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, GLENN A | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $85,904.62 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, MARIA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $85,904.07 | Date 11/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSTER, GARY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $85,904.01 | Date 04/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOAL, SHAUN R | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $85,902.51 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTICCI, RONALD J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $85,902.49 | Date 03/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELIYANNIDES, DEBORAH A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.31 | Date 07/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABOT-RAMA, LEOVINA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 10/27/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHN, DAVID I | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUKLA, DINESH | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 08/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, REENA J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNEBAUM, MICHAEL F | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWITZ, JOHN C | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 12/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPP, LASZLO A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMACK, MARSHALL P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 12/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIER, FRANKLIN R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 02/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROTASS, LEON M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANOS, FRANCISCO X | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 11/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILHAM, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 07/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, CHAN-SOO | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, JEFFREY P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $85,902.30 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $85,902.12 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, JAMES F | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $85,901.08 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, JOHN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,901.02 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCIANO, CATHLEEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,900.84 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCI, MARY J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $85,900.11 | Date 09/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCROFT, KEVIN A | Employer name Lockport Housing Authority | Amount $85,900.10 | Date 05/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABINOVICZ, GIDEON | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $85,899.40 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, KATHERINE J | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $85,899.20 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, ERIC | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $85,899.09 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELPRETE, THOMAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,898.87 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANCE, TAMMY S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $85,898.51 | Date 08/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, DANIEL P | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $85,898.42 | Date 04/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, KUNDAN M | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $85,898.38 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULKEEN, ABBY L | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $85,898.33 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAY, TIMOTHY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,898.13 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLF, DEBRA L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $85,897.98 | Date 03/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSHIT, M YVONNE | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $85,897.95 | Date 07/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEMMITI, PETER | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,897.65 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOESSL, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $85,896.85 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESER, TERRY | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $85,896.61 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, DON M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,896.58 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALARCO, LISA A | Employer name Assembly: Annual Legislative | Amount $85,896.05 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWART, TIMMY L, JR | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $85,895.74 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Westbury Mem Public Library | Amount $85,895.00 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDETTO, MICHELE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,894.95 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGALORE, PETER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,894.95 | Date 10/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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