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 YANIRO, TONY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $83,931.61 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPEK, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $83,931.50 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,931.47 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOM-STEPHNEY, ARLET S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $83,931.39 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, MICHAEL W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,931.35 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITEN, NINA S | Employer name Onteora CSD at Boiceville | Amount $83,931.30 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLATCHEK, CHAIM | Employer name Village of Kiryas Joel | Amount $83,931.18 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ALEX, III | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $83,930.77 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, MICHAEL W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,929.97 | Date 07/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, AMY S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,929.79 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, BRENDA L | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,929.56 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARGAL, JACOB B | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $83,929.46 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AYESHA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,929.27 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGNA, MARIA CARMINA C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,928.36 | Date 10/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALVO, DARLENE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,928.14 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, ALLEN K | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $83,927.84 | Date 02/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DELIA | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $83,927.77 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, MELISSA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,927.39 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, JAMES S | Employer name Village of Florida | Amount $83,927.27 | Date 04/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, KRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,927.19 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRZAL BRAUN, DEBORAH L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $83,926.53 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLOTTA, LISA | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $83,926.05 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERHEOF, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $83,925.97 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, MATTHEW T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,925.71 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMASSON, LAWRENCE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,924.49 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUKOFF, GLENN A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,923.90 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, PATRICIA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $83,923.13 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPLETON, ALLEN R | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $83,923.05 | Date 02/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, JANET L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $83,922.58 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKELMAN, PAUL D | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $83,922.12 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANNUTI, WENDY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,921.82 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONKA, KARY D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,921.33 | Date 09/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, HOLLY A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,920.93 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, KELLY M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, JAMIE | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLM, NANCY C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 10/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JOE | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 03/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTELLE, BRUCE P | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANZMAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETER, JEFFREY P | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLIN, ANTOINETTE M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WORMER, TODD | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $83,919.83 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, JOHN F | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $83,918.94 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDEBRAND, ROBERT G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,918.48 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METOTT, LILLIAN K | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $83,917.75 | Date 12/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAWN, KEVIN W | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,917.56 | Date 10/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLAN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $83,917.44 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPOR, PETER | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $83,917.03 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNER, CHARLES E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $83,916.88 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSCHIGNANO, ELISABETTA T | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,916.80 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, FRANCIS A, JR | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $83,916.60 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANYALA, ONTIRETSE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,916.56 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELL, BRIAN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $83,916.50 | Date 01/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANA, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,915.73 | Date 06/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOGAN, JACKLYN J | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $83,915.56 | Date 04/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHHOLZ, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,915.39 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, PATRICK E | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,915.22 | Date 09/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CORNELIUS | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,915.10 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MICHAEL G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,914.85 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, AMY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIER, MELISSA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, WILLIAM C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSOLELLO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DENNIS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROULAKIS, MARIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEAMANS, KRISTEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,914.80 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONOR, BRIAN D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $83,914.12 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, E SUZANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,913.48 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, KENNETH C, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,912.98 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, SHARON | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUEL, STEPHEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 01/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECHA, JOHN F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, PETER J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, ROBERT R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 02/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GEORGE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 06/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATTORE, ROBERT A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLGOR, STEVEN G | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMAN, MICHAEL N | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 10/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, BRIAN M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKES, KEITH | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, FRANK | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $83,912.91 | Date 04/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,912.90 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKENS, JOAN P | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $83,912.73 | Date 06/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARINO, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $83,912.58 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPIG, EDWARD J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,912.49 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RICHARD F | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $83,912.17 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JOSHUA M | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $83,911.72 | Date 08/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFANO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,911.43 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $83,911.08 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITFIELD, WILLIAM D | Employer name Village of Wellsville | Amount $83,910.76 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFA, LISA A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $83,910.45 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, TAMARA J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $83,910.31 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,910.04 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,909.99 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, LINDA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,909.91 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, JACQUELYN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,909.82 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESAVAGE, MICHELE C | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $83,908.98 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $83,908.33 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES-DE GUZMAN, ARNETTE D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,907.89 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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