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 CATANZARO, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $83,446.56 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, BROOKE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,446.52 | Date 10/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY, RICHARD S | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $83,446.12 | Date 07/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRZYSKI, JEFFREY D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,445.55 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, VILAS M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $83,444.39 | Date 03/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABIRYE-ALIBATYA, REBECCA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $83,443.06 | Date 04/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, JORGE | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $83,442.43 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,441.99 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ESSELYN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,441.80 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DALE E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,441.46 | Date 03/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, TIFFANY A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,441.41 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, GUILLERMO F | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,441.10 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREEGAN, JAMES B | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,440.78 | Date 12/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESOLD, BENJAMIN L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $83,440.67 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,440.45 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, MILDRED S | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $83,440.32 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, LARRY R | Employer name Springville-Griffith Inst CSD | Amount $83,440.28 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLPINSKY, ARTHUR M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $83,439.65 | Date 02/08/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIRRE, FATIMA T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,439.42 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $83,439.26 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENIW, ROMAN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,438.11 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WICKLINE, DAWN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,437.59 | Date 02/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, JENNIFER N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,437.39 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, DONALD C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,436.94 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PETRES, MARK J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,436.94 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENGLER, JAIME L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,436.85 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AITKEN, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $83,436.16 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARNELLI, AUDENO J | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $83,436.06 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CHARLIE, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,435.85 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, RALPH E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,435.68 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZ, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,435.28 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKSON, RUTH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,434.35 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPDIKE, STEPHEN L | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $83,434.08 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, DONALD A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,432.98 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELDENRUST, WESLEY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $83,432.42 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, GEOFFREY S | Employer name Madison County | Amount $83,431.96 | Date 03/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWAR, RAVINDER K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,431.75 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JUSTIN L | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $83,431.54 | Date 08/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONGEON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $83,431.29 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHLER, JENNIFER M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,431.21 | Date 12/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMONICA, THOMAS S | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $83,430.58 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUBER, DAVID J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,430.40 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVULA, WALTER | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,429.11 | Date 05/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, JOHN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,429.10 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOTT, BRENDAN J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,428.77 | Date 01/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITZMAN, APRIL | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $83,428.53 | Date 03/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMBATTISTA, SEAN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,427.59 | Date 12/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYDE, REGINA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,427.59 | Date 09/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISMAN, RICHARD L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $83,427.04 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, FREDESWINDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,426.91 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, EDWARD C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $83,426.49 | Date 05/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, FRANK A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $83,426.35 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, ANDREW J | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $83,426.01 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, VICTORIA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $83,425.97 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAVER, KRISTI L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,425.50 | Date 10/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL G | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,424.69 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICH, ANDREA M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,424.45 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWECHIN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $83,424.27 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, WAYNE | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,423.91 | Date 11/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $83,423.45 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, SARAH E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,423.01 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTROM, DANIEL R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,422.48 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, THOMAS W | Employer name Deposit CSD | Amount $83,422.40 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLIN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $83,421.94 | Date 12/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DONNA M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $83,421.87 | Date 04/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTAGNA, ERNEST R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,421.68 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, KIRAN | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $83,421.63 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $83,421.37 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLMAN, SCOTT E | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $83,421.28 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURRO, CARMELO S | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $83,421.12 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIKA, DONNA | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $83,421.12 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,420.58 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, JASON S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,420.54 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MAR, TODD R | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $83,420.16 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, RODNEY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,420.00 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, JOHN H, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,419.81 | Date 06/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHUTWALA, SEFALI | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,419.22 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNEY, LAUREL A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,419.10 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAS, KATHLEEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,418.97 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, EDWIN B, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $83,418.68 | Date 09/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DINA, AGNES R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,418.44 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, JOSEPH D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $83,418.36 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, BRUCE R | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $83,418.12 | Date 03/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPORE, DEIRDRE V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,417.10 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBDELL, DAVID E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $83,415.94 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORSUK, COLLEEN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,415.48 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSH, JAMES R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,414.96 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, JOHN C | Employer name Edgemont UFSD at Greenburgh | Amount $83,414.84 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMAN, SIMEON W, III | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,414.62 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKES, CINDY L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $83,414.62 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANKIEWICZ, EWA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,414.58 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEATON, TRACEY L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,414.39 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, JONATHAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,414.12 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $83,413.69 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITROWITZ, THERESA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $83,413.64 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDY, DAWN MARIE MEROLLE | Employer name Deer Park Public Library | Amount $83,413.36 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, KYLE J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $83,412.83 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEINEIS, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $83,412.60 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, IAN H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $83,412.41 | Date 03/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUTURO, PETER | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $83,411.86 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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