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 BRADSHAW, TARANNA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,264.78 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEVIN O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $85,264.26 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICHIARA, ROBERT R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $85,264.18 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANA, WILSON | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $85,263.74 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPRIANO, JANIS F | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $85,263.68 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBB, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,263.67 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KATHERINE N | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $85,263.50 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $85,262.65 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINO, ALFRED J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $85,260.54 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DYKE, MICHELE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $85,260.41 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $85,260.23 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, TRACY L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $85,260.07 | Date 04/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRO, NICOLAS M | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $85,259.95 | Date 06/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-CLAUBERG, OPAL | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $85,259.23 | Date 10/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIKENBURG, JAMES R | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $85,259.19 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSELL, GLORIA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 03/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTUONO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 03/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOTSCHE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, KENNETH E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JUDITH L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 05/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSA, ROBERTO A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,258.74 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMMEN, ROSE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $85,257.84 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ALLEN C | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $85,257.63 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, JUDITH | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $85,257.53 | Date 03/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDGEWAY, LEANNE J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,257.42 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMZER, PHILIP E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,256.37 | Date 12/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, PATRICK J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $85,255.61 | Date 10/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDEL, JERRY A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,255.30 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, DONALD R, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $85,254.43 | Date 06/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSHMOCK, LAURA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,254.31 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSALES, LOURDES C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,253.88 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLE, KRIS A | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $85,253.68 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, RONNIE A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $85,252.92 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILL, ROBERT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,251.75 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NETHAWAY, TRACY L | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $85,251.44 | Date 06/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCIENDA-KRANT, KATHRYN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,250.85 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, ANNIE M | Employer name Albany Port District Commiss | Amount $85,250.71 | Date 06/28/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, ROBERT | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,250.63 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABIN, LESLIE S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $85,250.34 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, SANDRA | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $85,250.22 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANOSA, JAMES | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $85,250.22 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANESE, DANIEL | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,250.13 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, MATTHEW D | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $85,248.94 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, DANIEL J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $85,248.66 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECAGNI, HELEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,248.22 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARZYNSKI, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $85,247.93 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MICHELE M | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $85,247.68 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, PHILIP A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,247.48 | Date 02/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZEN, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,247.22 | Date 05/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $85,247.07 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABELLARD, RAYNOLD | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,246.70 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INESON, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $85,246.22 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, ARETHA A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $85,246.13 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTERO, JOHN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $85,246.04 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETA, NICOLE K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,245.98 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ZHANG | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $85,245.75 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKS, SHIRLEY P A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $85,245.54 | Date 03/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, KEVIN J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $85,245.50 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $85,245.38 | Date 12/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIORIELLO, FABRIZIO | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $85,243.62 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLO, DENNIS P, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,243.19 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, LORI L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $85,242.90 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, MARY E | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $85,242.61 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDAS, ALICE P | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $85,242.58 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, BRIAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,242.09 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETOTE, KAREN M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $85,242.06 | Date 02/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAMS, TIFFANY D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $85,241.46 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CHRISTOPER L | Employer name Stillwater CSD | Amount $85,240.58 | Date 04/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUALLS, SHERRY B | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $85,240.03 | Date 12/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSHAD, MOHAMMAD | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $85,239.86 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSSHART, JAMES P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $85,239.63 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, YAN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,239.29 | Date 02/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APLUSTILLE, MEGAN K | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $85,237.99 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, LORI-ANNE | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $85,237.67 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINTON, EDWARD L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $85,236.87 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFORTE, GINA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $85,236.15 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRES, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,235.82 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, ANGELO, JR | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $85,235.62 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, GAYLE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,235.46 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMICK, WENDY A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $85,235.03 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZMAN, STANLEY M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,235.01 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOHN A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,234.52 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTESSICH, MARYANN | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $85,233.53 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, PATRICIA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,233.48 | Date 05/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $85,233.48 | Date 02/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATCH, MARK | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $85,233.22 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKSHAR, JOHN J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $85,232.92 | Date 08/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT R | Employer name Cortland City School Dist | Amount $85,232.67 | Date 12/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARZIA, MARIO W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,232.37 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, FRANK C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,232.28 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGREAVES, JUDITH L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $85,231.61 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEMOLI, JOHN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,231.25 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUELER, JOHN R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $85,230.69 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, LESA B | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $85,229.92 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCEY, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $85,226.77 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIELY, JEREMIAH T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $85,226.63 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERIKSEN, NEAL E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $85,226.06 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASSEL, JEANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,225.92 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTEO, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $85,225.46 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, JAMES A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $85,225.20 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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