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 FREDERICK, VALERIE J | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $83,067.00 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ-LADERS, EMMA | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,066.93 | Date 02/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSING, LARRY R | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $83,066.74 | Date 05/05/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGOTTI, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,066.66 | Date 05/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDANAIS, CINDY L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $83,066.29 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, WALTER R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,065.85 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,065.30 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAKSON, IVAN L, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $83,065.30 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAWICKI, KELLY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,064.34 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABELLE, SUZETTE M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,064.28 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMMED-BUJAN, ZARINA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $83,063.95 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, DOLLY A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $83,063.73 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLYARD, JOSEPH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $83,063.66 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, DAVID J | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $83,063.23 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRIFFIANO, ALEXANDER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,062.80 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMM, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,062.64 | Date 07/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, GARY D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,062.03 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCERINO, TRINA Z | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,061.29 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTORONE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $83,060.63 | Date 07/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRERO, MARCOS, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,060.59 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRONOLONE, MICHELLE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,060.31 | Date 03/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, THOMAS M | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $83,059.95 | Date 06/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, ROBERT M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,059.17 | Date 01/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,058.64 | Date 08/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVETO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,058.52 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'DWYER, JOYCE A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,057.68 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, LARRY J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,057.65 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, JOHN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,057.37 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORSTER, JAMES W | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $83,057.35 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HSU, WAN-HSIANG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,057.29 | Date 01/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHNER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $83,057.23 | Date 10/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATAJCZAK, MATTHEW R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $83,056.81 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEW, HERBERT, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $83,056.66 | Date 11/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RICHARD R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,056.01 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $83,055.74 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $83,055.53 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLETTA, JOHN J | Employer name Halesite Fire District | Amount $83,054.52 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINEGAN, RYAN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,054.46 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, CHRIS S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,054.46 | Date 02/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSCHIDERER, STEPHEN E | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $83,054.46 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEENEY, JOSEPH F, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $83,054.44 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIER, JOSEPH G | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $83,053.22 | Date 10/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORRION, RICHARD B | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $83,052.88 | Date 12/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAUBER, SVETLANA V | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,052.47 | Date 05/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, SHANNON P | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $83,052.18 | Date 08/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLASS, JAMES F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,051.99 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRLICH, DENISE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,051.96 | Date 03/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, PETER J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $83,051.86 | Date 03/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, GREGORY T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,051.67 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOGIS, MICHAEL G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $83,051.10 | Date 07/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACAVONE, SCOTT A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,050.71 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOCH, LYUBOV | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $83,050.22 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSWORTH, EILEEN W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $83,050.06 | Date 09/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPE, PETER M, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,049.86 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLIN, WILLIAM, III | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $83,049.08 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, REGINA M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $83,049.06 | Date 12/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, DIEGO | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $83,048.86 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUEL, SCOTT K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,048.83 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANO, DEANNA L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $83,048.79 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSANTE, JEROME D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,048.53 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, ROBERT D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,048.47 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORRICO, NATALIE J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,048.41 | Date 03/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARAN, GARY J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,048.33 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ERICA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,047.86 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,047.75 | Date 06/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLERT, KELLY C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,047.21 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, RENI | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $83,046.90 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, SEAN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $83,046.41 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, MARIO M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,046.21 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJNO, VERONICA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,046.04 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSTEN, MARIE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,046.03 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIO, GREGORY A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $83,045.92 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZINA, LARRY M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $83,045.28 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCURA, PHILIP | Employer name Village of Island Park | Amount $83,045.21 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, MARK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,044.59 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, SUSAN | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $83,044.12 | Date 05/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, EMANUELE J, JR | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $83,042.64 | Date 04/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCHELL, STEVEN R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,042.41 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMBA, ANN M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $83,042.13 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELTZER, JULIA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $83,041.94 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, RUSSELL L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,041.78 | Date 08/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDICK, RYAN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,041.66 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATUZZA, ANTHONY R, JR | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $83,041.55 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROUSSEAU, MATTHEW A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,041.54 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENTZ, MAYA | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $83,041.16 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOLL, JOANN M | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $83,040.86 | Date 09/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TIERNAN, JEFFREY C | Employer name Ilion Housing Authority | Amount $83,040.81 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER-SMITH, ROSEANNE | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,040.79 | Date 01/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, JAMES M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $83,040.77 | Date 10/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORP, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $83,040.57 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISS, WILLIAM K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,040.45 | Date 02/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARMBRAND, SCOTT | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $83,040.43 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MANNA, MARIA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $83,040.19 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTIACCIO, LORA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $83,039.71 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHUP, ANNE MARIE E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $83,039.47 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, KENNETH G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,039.09 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,038.59 | Date 10/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAHUE, THOMAS D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,038.03 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MARK E | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $83,037.78 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, JUSTIN R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,037.77 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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