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 NIGRO, JOHN T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,661.53 | Date 11/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESIELSKI, JOHN R | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $84,661.51 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANKERT, BRIAN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $84,661.33 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAP, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $84,661.12 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENIS, FRANTZ | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $84,660.78 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKIE, ELENA F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,660.57 | Date 01/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $84,659.70 | Date 04/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNOLL, ASHLEY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,659.47 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, GARY V | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,657.92 | Date 06/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, SCOTT C | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $84,657.71 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASDELL, STEPHEN G | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $84,657.67 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERKNAPETIAN, ANAIT | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $84,657.66 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, ROBERT N | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,657.61 | Date 06/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MARA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,657.61 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CISTOLA, LAWRENCE B | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,657.35 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HO, DIANA H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,656.88 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBMAN, HEATH | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $84,656.66 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOYE, WILFORD A, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $84,656.13 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, TONI J | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $84,656.02 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, VIVIAN | Employer name Oceanside Library | Amount $84,655.95 | Date 07/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPACZEWSKI, RICHARD A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $84,655.90 | Date 06/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, BARBARA E | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $84,655.90 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, PAMELA T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,655.52 | Date 08/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDUN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $84,655.36 | Date 05/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, DENNIS M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $84,654.51 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAXBY, CHANTELLE C | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $84,653.51 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIKARA, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,652.56 | Date 03/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARDINA, ROSALIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,652.56 | Date 03/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, JESSE W | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $84,652.36 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEETS, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $84,652.21 | Date 03/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, MICHAEL H | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $84,652.16 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUREK, BRUCE J | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $84,652.00 | Date 03/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES-MONROE, DANIELLE L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $84,651.61 | Date 05/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, ROSS R | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $84,651.39 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALUNA, SOFIYA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,651.34 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, STEPHEN C | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $84,649.42 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNA, ANTHONY T | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $84,649.03 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, JOYCE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,648.52 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMAILA, ANDRIA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,648.43 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAND, ANDRINE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $84,648.34 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, VILMA | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $84,648.20 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBUS, JOCELYN D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $84,648.08 | Date 08/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, SUSAN R | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $84,647.95 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $84,647.90 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINSON, LAWRENCE N | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $84,646.95 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIA, MICHELE L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $84,645.93 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,644.87 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EARL, JEREMY P | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $84,642.94 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $84,642.78 | Date 05/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, DONNA A M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,642.56 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, JERROLD J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $84,642.53 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, REBECCA | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $84,642.40 | Date 05/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, RONALD J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,642.35 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, ROBERT D | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $84,641.80 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,641.62 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALDES, AMANDA S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,641.50 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, PETER A, III | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $84,641.25 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, TARA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $84,641.13 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST GEORGE, RICHARD R | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $84,640.96 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, GERALD J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $84,640.80 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, JASON W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $84,640.79 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILOMENA, CLAUDIA J | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $84,640.57 | Date 04/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, CHELSEA M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $84,640.57 | Date 06/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARROTTA, DEL J | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $84,639.94 | Date 09/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLA, EDWARD C | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,639.86 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEDMAN, SANDI A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,639.15 | Date 07/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THARRETT, AUTUMN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,639.14 | Date 09/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $84,638.95 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, CLIFFORD P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $84,637.61 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIPIONI, GIANNI | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,637.04 | Date 10/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSOUCI, JILL S | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $84,636.00 | Date 10/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOETZLE, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $84,635.92 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, RICHARD E | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $84,635.82 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHLBERG, ERIC J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,635.65 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTANILLA, LUZ M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,635.61 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARUPA-GILLIS, CATHY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,635.13 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPE, LESLIE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,635.12 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMES, MARCIAL | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $84,634.93 | Date 04/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, WAYNE F | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $84,634.89 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBOIS, MARYSE C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $84,634.66 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $84,634.34 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSCHERNE, FRANK F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,634.31 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUBUCHON, PHIL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,633.90 | Date 04/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCHYK, HEIDI A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,633.90 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASSER, DON M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,633.74 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOUCKHUYT, TROY M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,633.38 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHR, WILLIAM G | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $84,633.05 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CHARLES W | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,632.89 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARVAEZ, ALEXIS D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,632.61 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOONMAKER, SCOTT M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $84,632.14 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBARNO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,631.42 | Date 03/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACHTULEC, STEPHEN J | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $84,630.86 | Date 03/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLAND, GREGORY L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $84,630.82 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $84,630.64 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERMITT, KEMAR A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $84,630.53 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MARA, DANIELLE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,630.20 | Date 06/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIVAPRAKASH, AMBIKARANI | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $84,630.19 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, ANU ROGAN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $84,630.18 | Date 10/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANDALL, MICHELLE C | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $84,629.94 | Date 07/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGENSTOCK, BRYANT J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $84,629.70 | Date 09/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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