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 CHAMBERS, LELIS L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,937.59 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANEY, ADAM P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $84,937.53 | Date 06/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULSON, ERIC A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $84,937.38 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVY, PAUL R | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $84,936.47 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNGER, REBECCA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,936.43 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDIAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,936.08 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSENAULT, JUDITH L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $84,936.03 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JOHN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,935.50 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROBST, DUANE G | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $84,935.35 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, CLAYTON J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $84,935.01 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,934.80 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKONEY, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,934.76 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DONALD W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,934.71 | Date 09/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, JUNIOR A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,934.24 | Date 11/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTEAD, JASMINE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,934.01 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, CHERYL R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $84,933.61 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORI MARY, J T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,933.46 | Date 04/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESSLER, ROBERT A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $84,933.37 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NALL, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $84,933.20 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARDUINO, PHYLLIS J | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $84,933.13 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,931.79 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAFSON, GAIL | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $84,931.74 | Date 05/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERNS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $84,931.65 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, LESLIE A | Employer name Centro of Oneida Inc | Amount $84,931.32 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESELAK, ROBERT M | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $84,931.05 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAUM, JEREMY D | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $84,930.97 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, ANITA | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $84,930.87 | Date 01/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, COLIN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,930.70 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISPINO, LISA VERITY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,930.48 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIVU, MIHAELA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,930.45 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBST, LAURIE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,930.05 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDE, MICHELLE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,929.73 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATULA, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,929.47 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILNER, DAWN M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $84,928.76 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVAS, VIANELA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $84,928.54 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, REBECCA L | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $84,928.32 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, ROBERT J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $84,927.99 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROUGHN, CLAUDE L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $84,927.53 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, DWIGHT A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $84,927.51 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LYNNE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,927.34 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, RODNEY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,926.66 | Date 01/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, DANIEL F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,926.14 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLAV, VICTORIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,925.93 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRISTIAN, LINDA A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $84,925.87 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCEL, ANNE M | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $84,925.56 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LINDA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,925.55 | Date 07/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEYERSDORF, BRIAN P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $84,924.94 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILION, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $84,924.04 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBBECKE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $84,923.33 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, CORDELL A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,923.16 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, PIERINO | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,922.92 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITZNER, TIFFANY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,922.78 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,922.42 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTI, LINDA M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $84,921.22 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, JAMES G | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $84,919.96 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, RYAN P | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $84,919.89 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCHER, ROGER I | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $84,919.02 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CILLIS, FRANK, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,919.00 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLING, MELISSA A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $84,918.91 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHN, MARION A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,917.76 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHEL, FRANCOISE F | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $84,917.75 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASIELLO, DOMINICK | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $84,917.67 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, RYAN D | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $84,917.64 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMELIO, DEAN P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $84,917.59 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGHATISE, OSAYOMWANBO M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $84,917.09 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONOPKA, DARIUSZ | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $84,916.35 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $84,915.94 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEROLLE, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,915.72 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, KENNETH | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $84,915.65 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, TEISHA M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $84,915.41 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOMAN, LAURA B | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $84,914.36 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, BRIAN F | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $84,914.36 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORDILISO, DAVID V | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $84,914.12 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHADEVA, SELENDRA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,913.31 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONOV, ILYA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,913.14 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GBADAMOSI, ADELIA V | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,913.14 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIDELIA, PIERRE P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,913.14 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, EVAN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,913.14 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, DENHAM A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,913.14 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHELARDUCCI, THOMAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,912.89 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADAFORA, MICHAEL G | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,912.87 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ERIN R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,912.78 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CAROL A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,911.57 | Date 11/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBOURNE, VERNON K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,911.43 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDER, RICHARD M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $84,911.38 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONGEMI, GINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,911.22 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOITIA, MICHELLE L | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $84,910.53 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, KRISHNA A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $84,910.48 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMO, BRANDON W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,910.12 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, CHARLES W, II | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $84,908.67 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, BRENDAN P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $84,908.48 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, JEAN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,908.26 | Date 06/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, REGAN L | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $84,907.39 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLMAN, WINFIELD | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $84,907.22 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, DARVIN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $84,906.86 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCAN, SCOTT R | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $84,906.67 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUBEL, ANTHONY F | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $84,906.17 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, MARK S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,905.79 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, AMANDA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,905.77 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUASTELLA, JANINE M | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $84,905.50 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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