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 MAIER, JAMES R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,221.88 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,221.47 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SHARON | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $82,221.40 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUCATEL, STEVEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,220.67 | Date 06/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOVANNY J | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $82,220.29 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, MARK J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $82,220.05 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, KEITH J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,219.97 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLO, BENEDICT G | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,219.67 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAAS, JAMIE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,219.27 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCEMI, DARLENE M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,218.11 | Date 04/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, VINCENT J | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $82,216.74 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, CATHLEEN R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,216.64 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, JACQUELINE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,216.58 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, SCOTT K | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $82,216.35 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THEODORE, BENONI | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $82,215.83 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, BARBARA H | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $82,215.77 | Date 02/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,215.32 | Date 02/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDOCK, TOD P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $82,215.28 | Date 01/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, RONALD A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,214.89 | Date 06/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, FRANCIS P, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,214.40 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $82,214.23 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,213.82 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, LAURA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,213.03 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, CHARLES J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $82,212.98 | Date 12/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, FREDERICK A, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,212.94 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZAK, JAMES L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $82,212.65 | Date 07/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, KEVIN G | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,212.48 | Date 06/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,212.42 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, EDWARD J | Employer name Village of Bayville | Amount $82,211.99 | Date 10/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCLAFANI, DONNA M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $82,211.34 | Date 06/27/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KRISTINA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $82,211.27 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICK, JENNY C | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOME-ASANTEWA, YAA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, SARAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, SALLY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUSE, RONDA I | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAKRASEIVE, CHRISTINA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLER, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 11/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUEHLER, CATHERINE J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANGISAN, EUNICE C | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, GENEROSE L | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UWADINOBI, UKACHI A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 10/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BARBARA R | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIBAL, LEDITA C | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEANO, JOSEPHINE B | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAJAN, SHANTI | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, ANNAMMA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, YAMIN | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $82,211.26 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROUIN, DEREK M | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $82,211.24 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCKS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,210.74 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,210.65 | Date 12/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNODLER, NANCY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,210.51 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANUEVA, OSCAR B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,209.41 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, HEATHER M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,209.30 | Date 05/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINGLER, DAMIAN T | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $82,209.06 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE GRAFF, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Ulster Co Resource Recovery Ag | Amount $82,208.48 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, MONICA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,208.32 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANFIELD, MINDY M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $82,207.92 | Date 08/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIARAVINO, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,207.62 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHERN, KERRI-LINNE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,207.21 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, GEORGE R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,207.20 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSARO, JOHN M | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $82,207.07 | Date 05/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADSWORTH, JAY M | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $82,205.71 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, DOMINICK | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,205.70 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSBA, AHMAD M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,204.61 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, HELEN R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $82,204.58 | Date 12/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOLI, DIANE S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $82,204.49 | Date 03/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURELLI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $82,204.19 | Date 05/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONIAK, STANLEY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,204.10 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, ELVIS | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,203.92 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACOSSIERE, WOLF N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $82,203.46 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TERRANCE S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $82,203.45 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSHE, THOMAS J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,203.38 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELLE, RICKY A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,203.14 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBER, HARRY K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $82,202.39 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, RICHARD | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,202.09 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, IAN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,201.88 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DIANE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,201.87 | Date 08/05/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, ANTHONY | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $82,201.87 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEROCKI, PAULA A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $82,201.26 | Date 08/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MIRIAM L | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $82,200.48 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GILL, ROGER R, III | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,200.40 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINOR, NINA | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $82,200.39 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRERO, LUIS A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,200.21 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINHAM, ALTHEA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $82,200.20 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIENTA, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $82,198.42 | Date 01/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSON, STEPHEN W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $82,197.68 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERHOUT, LORRAINE E | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $82,197.67 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of Holley | Amount $82,197.67 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBAY, MICHELLE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,197.56 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, CARLOS, JR | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $82,197.37 | Date 10/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRIDO, SANDRA I | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $82,196.63 | Date 12/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLGAN, SEAN E | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $82,196.49 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIGLIANESE, DOMINICK M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $82,196.36 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METTLER, KAREN S | Employer name Opp/Ephr-St.John CSD | Amount $82,195.86 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTZ, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $82,195.69 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTINGTON, DAVID | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,194.49 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, FRANK J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,194.38 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OOMMEN, ALEX | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,194.22 | Date 05/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAYSON, PHILIP B | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $82,194.18 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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