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 DELANEY, ERNEST | Employer name Department of State | Amount $85,752.80 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRERA, ANDREW L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,752.79 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBITS, ANNE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $85,752.21 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYCHCIK, JOSEPH A | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $85,751.84 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAQUE, MD S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,751.70 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESOLD, MELANIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,751.39 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, KELLY A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $85,751.29 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNAC, IVICA J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,750.73 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUHARNAIS, REGINALD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,749.25 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRASSELLINO, DEANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,748.76 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENCARNACION, SAMUEL | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $85,748.65 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, NANCY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,747.87 | Date 12/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLES, NATHANIAL D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $85,746.94 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $85,746.29 | Date 12/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDA, RATAN M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,745.62 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IQBAL, MOHAMMAD | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,745.62 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, MARK D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,745.62 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLLIN, JASON R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,745.62 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KRISTOFER R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $85,745.62 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, CINDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,745.58 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, NALINI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,745.49 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCKRY, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $85,744.91 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEHNKE, BRUCE J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $85,744.66 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, CAROL A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $85,744.04 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, SUZANNE M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,743.67 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZINO, JOHN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $85,743.23 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLMIER, ALESSANDRA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,742.46 | Date 10/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGGIANO, GINA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,742.20 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, RENEE D | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $85,742.01 | Date 04/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEGLER, DEBORAH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,741.93 | Date 07/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTILLIER, ROBERT S, JR | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $85,740.74 | Date 05/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, CHRISTINE G | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $85,740.49 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, RUFINO F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,740.30 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VICTORIA L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $85,740.09 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, KENT M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $85,740.07 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, BURTON W | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $85,740.03 | Date 09/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHANIRAM, DAIRANIE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $85,739.88 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLEWINSKI, JOSEPH A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $85,739.60 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GARY W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,738.56 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LE COMTE, JAMES P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,737.78 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHDAN, TARIQ J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,737.66 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMERFORD, ROBERTA A | Employer name Village of North Syracuse | Amount $85,737.55 | Date 05/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCORMACK, LESLIE A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $85,736.06 | Date 04/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKWEBELEM, JOY O | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $85,735.74 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ-LACAY, JOSE ARTURO | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $85,735.12 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, PETER J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $85,734.71 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $85,734.45 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORK, ROBERT A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $85,734.41 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $85,734.24 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, BELA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,734.06 | Date 11/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SEAN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $85,733.95 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHILLING, SHAWN J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $85,733.71 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBBENS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $85,733.52 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $85,732.92 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANKAITIS, JOHN W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $85,732.74 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROADBENT, JEFFREY H | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $85,732.24 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KIM S | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $85,731.42 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURUSKY, MICHELE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,731.42 | Date 05/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, FRANCIS E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $85,731.20 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, MELISSA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,730.99 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, THOMAS P | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $85,730.31 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYNIHAN, MARIE F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,729.72 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REZNAK, JASON J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $85,729.64 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJEK, CARMEN G | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $85,729.62 | Date 10/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, YIN MAN | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $85,728.04 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNN, RONALD L | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $85,727.96 | Date 02/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVALIERE, LUCIANA M | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $85,727.22 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWUSU, TYEESE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $85,726.37 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWBY, DREW E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $85,726.31 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, SHANE M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $85,726.19 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, CHAVONNE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,725.86 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASANEN, KRISTINE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,725.86 | Date 05/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNN, JOSEPH T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,725.36 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,724.88 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, FRANK B | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $85,724.75 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOETZEL, JOHN K | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $85,724.46 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISE, NANCY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,723.88 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, PAUL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,723.67 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVISS, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $85,723.22 | Date 03/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, HELENA B | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $85,723.16 | Date 12/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALKO, RYAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,723.00 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AFFINITO, EDWARD G | Employer name Warren County | Amount $85,722.95 | Date 02/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, KEVIN L | Employer name Harborfields Public Library | Amount $85,722.14 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JEFFREY B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,721.85 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISTALDI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $85,721.84 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, RYAN P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $85,721.65 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLAN, MARY LOU | Employer name Cornwall Public Library | Amount $85,721.61 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZDARIC, GERALD | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $85,720.34 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CARO, CHARLES C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,719.90 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNING, MARIA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,719.37 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, JOANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,719.37 | Date 05/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MARGARET M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,719.37 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANIGAN, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $85,719.34 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, DARLENE D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $85,719.14 | Date 03/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,718.93 | Date 04/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, JITHIN P | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $85,718.82 | Date 02/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $85,718.68 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTMA, JOURNEL | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $85,718.40 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFF, RAYMOND V | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $85,717.90 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYO, MARTINE M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $85,717.64 | Date 09/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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