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 HALEY, NANCY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,587.80 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLIMANIS, DAVID F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $85,587.42 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCARA, SANDRA A | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $85,587.37 | Date 03/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETTER, SUSAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,587.05 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,586.78 | Date 10/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RUTH A | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $85,585.95 | Date 08/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCKER, STEPHEN F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $85,585.60 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULINO, ALEJANDRA N | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $85,584.80 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANG, DAVID A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $85,584.42 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, HYACINTH I | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $85,583.74 | Date 04/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUYOUNG, WEI M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ-MC GUIRE, NANCI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSE, PATRICIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, BONNIE JEAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIOLA, MELISSA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 09/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, ELVIS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARI, FRANK JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, MARIBEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 09/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, JANET N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARKEY, ABRAHAM K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTON-AZIM, STACEY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.44 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHOE, DEBORAH L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,583.36 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, ROBERT A | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $85,583.00 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALETTO, EDWARD J | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $85,583.00 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITT, JANIS A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,582.28 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHULLIKIE, SORETH | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $85,582.24 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, TARA D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,581.40 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, KENNETH K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,581.10 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIUDZINSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $85,581.08 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LIONS, AARON A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,581.04 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REIZES, THOMAS H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,580.90 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, CRAIG S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,580.16 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MRUGALSKI, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $85,579.46 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, JACQUELYN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,579.25 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIANDRA, JOHN J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $85,578.63 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATERNOSTRO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,578.22 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYSLIWIEC, DEBORAH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,578.01 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AUGUST M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $85,577.47 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIRO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,577.23 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUADRINO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,577.06 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAVOUR, CHRISTINE D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $85,576.36 | Date 04/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUGAR, ERIC P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $85,576.08 | Date 06/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $85,576.05 | Date 05/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, CHARLES D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,575.59 | Date 06/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONSEN, NORMAN C | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $85,575.35 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKSTROM, BARBARA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,575.00 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MICHELE P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,574.89 | Date 05/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, EDITH N | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $85,574.88 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JOSEPH F | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $85,574.73 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, RICHARD E | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $85,574.58 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $85,573.65 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHEON, WILLIAM K | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $85,573.42 | Date 10/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, RANDY P | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $85,573.29 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, AMY B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,573.28 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMBRUNO, PHILIP C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,572.77 | Date 02/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYMAN, ROCHELLE M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $85,572.74 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, LOUIS J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $85,572.74 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, FARRAH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,571.57 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, COURTNEY T | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $85,571.54 | Date 06/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLKERT, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Edgemont UFSD at Greenburgh | Amount $85,570.87 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $85,570.51 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCARDINO, JENNIFER D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,570.12 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, BIJUMON | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,570.07 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLWOLD, JANUARY L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,570.07 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSA, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $85,567.52 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, NICOLE D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,567.40 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, THOMAS M | Employer name New Rochelle Muni Housing Auth | Amount $85,567.19 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, SUSAN M | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $85,566.06 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, KENNETH R, III | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,565.75 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JOSEPH P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,565.73 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, MAUREEN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,565.28 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARUS, BENJAMIN T | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $85,565.05 | Date 02/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, MARK A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,564.69 | Date 07/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL, ERIC | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $85,564.11 | Date 03/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOSHUA L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $85,563.31 | Date 04/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KELLIE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,562.59 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONA, KAREN L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,562.00 | Date 09/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTO, REGINA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $85,561.64 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, ERIC L | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $85,561.42 | Date 03/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTUADA, EMMANUEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $85,561.40 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIWOWARSKI, PAUL G | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $85,561.34 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARPONG, KOFI AMARDIE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $85,560.79 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALERO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $85,560.77 | Date 05/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATTS, KATIE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $85,560.52 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELIZAIRE, JULIO A, JR | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $85,559.97 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGEOIS, BARBARA S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,559.69 | Date 09/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, JUANISE T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,559.37 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,559.06 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDWELL, CHRIS | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $85,558.85 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISAFI, DOMINIQUE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,558.01 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, MARY G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,556.92 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LLOYD C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $85,556.72 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAJEK, LISA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,556.65 | Date 11/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, GORDON H, IV | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $85,556.41 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABRECQUE, SOPHIE O | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,556.36 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSE, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $85,556.13 | Date 12/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, ELROY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,555.82 | Date 06/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONIS, GLORIA M | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $85,555.16 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,554.91 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUNEAU, BERNARD A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $85,554.45 | Date 09/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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