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 RISHE, JOHN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Auth | Amount $84,972.72 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, KAREN L | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $84,972.13 | Date 09/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCUSI, LISA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,972.06 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, ROBERT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,971.68 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSUL, ANDREW T | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $84,970.53 | Date 02/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, ERIC | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $84,970.52 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, ROBERT | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,970.43 | Date 08/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHRIES, ROBERT W | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $84,970.30 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, MARCUS T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $84,970.15 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHEL, SANDRA L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,969.60 | Date 03/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICZKER, NICOLETTE M | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $84,969.00 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, ADAM L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,968.43 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $84,968.36 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, CAROL ANNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,968.17 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, ALLEN T | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $84,967.62 | Date 10/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, JOSEPH | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $84,966.28 | Date 12/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, DAVID L, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $84,966.17 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, CHARLES F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $84,965.49 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PETER J | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $84,965.38 | Date 01/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIVEAU, MICHAEL A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $84,964.19 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, CAROLE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,963.99 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANFLONE, JAMES J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $84,963.82 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNER, ROSEMARY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,963.48 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PETER P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $84,963.18 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, MATTHEW P | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $84,962.62 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASO, DAVID J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,962.55 | Date 11/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIPWELL, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $84,962.10 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEDENS, RICHARD D | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $84,962.04 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILTON, MARK S | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $84,961.91 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WADE O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,961.46 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARP, RUSSELL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,961.28 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTU, GARY C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,961.27 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,960.83 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLENBOGEN, MARIE C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $84,960.49 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIPPO, ROCCO, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,960.34 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, JONATHAN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,960.18 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, H CUYLER | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,959.33 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, TERRY M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $84,959.12 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSCO, CAMILLO | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $84,958.48 | Date 10/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WING, EDWARD C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $84,958.02 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINAN, JOHN C | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $84,957.91 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHESLER, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $84,957.51 | Date 12/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUROUMOUSIS, LOIS L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $84,957.34 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSHOT, CHRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,957.06 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, DERYCK R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $84,956.26 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSTON, ANNA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,955.66 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JOEL R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $84,955.60 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORP, CALVIN P | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $84,955.45 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUS, ROSEMARY E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $84,955.24 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, SELINA C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $84,955.23 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, BHABITA | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $84,955.06 | Date 07/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYCOCK, ABENA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,954.44 | Date 11/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORYC, GREGORY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,953.77 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,952.90 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVY, MICHELLE S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $84,951.74 | Date 11/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUBREY-SMITH, LORI A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $84,951.41 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DOUGLAS | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,951.38 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, ANDREW LB | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $84,950.46 | Date 11/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATTOLI, NICHOLAS O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,950.40 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALPE, RONALD J | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $84,948.95 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENKES, ROBERT | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,948.63 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WADE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $84,948.47 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINISGALLI, MAUREEN E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,948.23 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CHERYL D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,946.98 | Date 07/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSULL, CHRISTINE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,946.70 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLEN, PATRICIA D | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $84,946.06 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTER, MARY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $84,945.90 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATTEGRAIN, PIERRE A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,945.14 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARGIE S | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $84,944.81 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,944.79 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, ADAM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,944.17 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINTI, MARIA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,943.41 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEVARA, ERICK | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $84,943.30 | Date 09/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABLEWSKI, AIMEE B | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,943.04 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMASSIMO, JAMES D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $84,942.99 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHOWSKI, BEN A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $84,942.09 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFAVER, DANIEL M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $84,941.85 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILTON, LINDA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,941.52 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MARTIN A, JR | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $84,941.28 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, JOHN C, III | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,941.10 | Date 02/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, PAUL R | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $84,940.61 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOREK, WESLEY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,940.38 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAGHAN, MARGARET M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $84,940.34 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINARES, GEORGE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $84,940.26 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JOSE A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,940.22 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, NATALYA L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $84,940.19 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLICKI, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,939.96 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSON, DIANE L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $84,939.93 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITH, RASHEED Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,939.82 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,939.28 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BRACCIO, MICHELE R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,939.06 | Date 05/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, RICHARD T | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $84,939.01 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, JEFFERY L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $84,938.64 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $84,938.64 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSDEN, MICHAEL M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $84,938.64 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANIAK, PAUL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,938.55 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, CLINT C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,938.46 | Date 08/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEIDER, DALE M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $84,938.44 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZO-ROY, RENEE | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $84,937.91 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEDLOVE, BENJAMIN W, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $84,937.69 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET