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 LANGHEINRICH, GRANT L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $83,339.74 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, JULIE S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,339.49 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, DERRYL L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $83,338.55 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAYESKI, STEPHEN W | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $83,338.35 | Date 12/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWAY, DAVID L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $83,337.73 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, STEPHEN J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,337.12 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JAMES W | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $83,336.85 | Date 02/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CRESCENZO, JOSEPH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,336.58 | Date 03/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTRAIN, LEEVANT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,335.90 | Date 01/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAR, PAUL LEROY | Employer name Town of Greenville | Amount $83,335.87 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACANTI, ANGELA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,335.11 | Date 07/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,334.89 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, PATRICK J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,334.07 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, WINSTON | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $83,333.94 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOL, KENNETH W | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,332.05 | Date 01/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTEVEZ, ANTHONY E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,332.05 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANGEL, PAMELA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,331.46 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLER, GEORGIA C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,331.16 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWYER, FRANK A, IV | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $83,330.78 | Date 03/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CAROL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,330.45 | Date 11/04/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, STEVEN R | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKIFOROV, NIKIFOR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENEZ, KAREN J | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, SCOTT | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIAK, MARIUSZ | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 07/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTON, JACK D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELNARSKI, MICHAEL F, III | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 10/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFNER, LARRY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHURIN, SUZE | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DANA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, LIETA Y | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KAREN A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD ANDERSON, WANDA LISA | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,330.44 | Date 07/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOPINO, LUCY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,329.97 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLLO, PAUL T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,329.88 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERENCE, NICHOLAS G W | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,328.77 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINGART, BRYAN R | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $83,327.83 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, PIA C | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $83,327.80 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, RUBEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,327.25 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLO, SANDRA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,327.10 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELY, DWAYNE E | Employer name Albany County Airport Authorit | Amount $83,326.74 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAKHAROV, YEVGENIY G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,326.72 | Date 12/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, PATRICIA | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $83,326.58 | Date 01/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DONALD T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,326.52 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHING, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,325.79 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $83,325.61 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, NICOLE S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $83,325.06 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBERT, BETH M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,324.37 | Date 10/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPA, JAN R, JR | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $83,324.34 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POMBRIO, SHEEN R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,323.31 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAT, CATHERINE C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,322.93 | Date 11/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ARTHUR P | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $83,322.44 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONEGRO, JENNIFER K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,322.40 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGGERI, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,322.15 | Date 04/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEVIN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $83,321.63 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVERSEN, ERIC | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $83,321.59 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, DONNA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,320.68 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SEAN P | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $83,319.78 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALBONE, GREGORY T | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,319.69 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYSEDORPH, TINA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,319.69 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, SANDRA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,319.03 | Date 09/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,318.44 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, LISE L | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $83,318.14 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHOLLAND, JENNIFER M | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $83,318.12 | Date 02/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNN, DEEFORREST | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,317.55 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, LELAN K | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $83,316.99 | Date 08/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCILLO, THOMAS R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,316.84 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAILLANT, DEBRA J | Employer name Center Moriches UFSD | Amount $83,316.77 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADESINA, EMMANUEL A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $83,316.29 | Date 03/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, CHERYL A | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $83,316.11 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $83,316.09 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ERNESTO, JR | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $83,315.50 | Date 03/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, MIRIAM | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,315.36 | Date 12/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GARA, TIMOTHY M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,315.34 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUAN, ZOEY | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $83,314.55 | Date 03/31/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $83,314.02 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, WILBERT P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $83,313.28 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, SHIREEN K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,312.89 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTNER, CLAYTON C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $83,312.64 | Date 04/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWDEN, CARMEN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,312.29 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $83,311.51 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, MARK A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $83,311.17 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, SEAN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,310.79 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENCZEK, ANDREW D | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $83,310.46 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONZALES, LOUREN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,310.39 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENINGER, TERESA | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $83,309.44 | Date 07/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, LAUREN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,309.22 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, SUSAN A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,309.13 | Date 11/26/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORIBIO, JUAN K | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $83,308.94 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, SIDNEY B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,308.81 | Date 09/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALBANO, BENNY P | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $83,308.71 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, RODERICK V | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,308.66 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $83,308.55 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, LISE M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $83,308.39 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGFIELD, JAMES | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $83,308.15 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $83,308.09 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTOLA, DANA J | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $83,307.98 | Date 08/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARESKI, LISA A | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $83,307.78 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, STEPHEN D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $83,307.72 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, PETER L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,307.03 | Date 12/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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