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 ATKINS, DAVID W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,535.15 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAINE, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $159,526.64 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $159,519.12 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, TERESA M | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $159,516.46 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTION-LEWIS, RISCO D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,514.57 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUKOWSKI, STEVEN H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,512.42 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILL, BRIAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,511.91 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, LYNN | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $159,509.77 | Date 04/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $159,509.77 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESS, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $159,508.36 | Date 07/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $159,508.16 | Date 03/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $159,505.42 | Date 08/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILMOTH, ANTHONY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $159,504.48 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, PAUL D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $159,500.26 | Date 01/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORTZ, HERBERT A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,497.61 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, SUSAN L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $159,497.47 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CRAIG C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,496.08 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBERT, CHRISTIAN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,494.76 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUGO, DAVID W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,493.31 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, JEROME W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $159,491.38 | Date 05/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, KEVIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,486.64 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,475.77 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INDELICATO, STEVEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,474.82 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, MELISSA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $159,466.13 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, BARBARA A | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $159,463.94 | Date 07/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,451.83 | Date 07/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIODATI, JIMMY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,451.42 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALMA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,448.07 | Date 06/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERVANTES, PETER P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,445.82 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,438.13 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROUILLETTE, MARK P | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $159,431.26 | Date 02/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JULIE THORNE | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $159,423.94 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROOG, LAURA E | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $159,423.94 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $159,423.45 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, KIM E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,412.93 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIONI, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $159,412.08 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASI, AMERICO | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $159,410.84 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INDENCE, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,409.25 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, ERICH W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,397.90 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBAUM, RAPHAEL E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,395.14 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, SHARON M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,384.96 | Date 06/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KEVIN N | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $159,375.87 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOESE, FREDERICK G | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $159,374.00 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, COLLEEN C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $159,372.40 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, PATRICIA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $159,365.91 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, BRIAN T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $159,359.13 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTEGA, FERNANDO | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,355.74 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHI, GOLAM | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $159,352.39 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITKO, BOBBY M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $159,344.92 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOROWITZ, COREY A | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $159,342.02 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLGAN, RONALD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,341.45 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOGACHUNAS, PETER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,339.83 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, BRIAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,337.28 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $159,334.03 | Date 02/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUDGE, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,332.20 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAUGHNAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,330.03 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, THOMAS M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,319.39 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COLLUM, SEAN P | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $159,313.44 | Date 06/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, JOHN P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $159,309.72 | Date 06/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, MARY J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,309.64 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBLACH, JAMES T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,298.45 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUHLER, FRANK W, IV | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $159,296.89 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $159,286.89 | Date 06/15/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLL, JOHN R | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $159,283.26 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, SHARLENE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $159,278.43 | Date 05/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,276.29 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA PLANTE, MARK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,271.80 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KROLLAGE, ROBERT R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,270.54 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, ABELARDO D | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $159,249.85 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALVEMINI, ANDREW M | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $159,244.90 | Date 05/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $159,241.41 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PITT, BRIAN A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $159,234.35 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CELESTE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $159,233.65 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMITIS, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $159,233.00 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTFELD, ERIC W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $159,228.59 | Date 10/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, PETER F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,220.56 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, PATRICK M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $159,216.74 | Date 05/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, RUDOLPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,213.29 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANANOWICZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,212.98 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARCIDIACONO, GUY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,212.80 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTELEONE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $159,208.18 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEN, INGRID A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,197.36 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHINNERY, MELANIE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $159,197.02 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, JOSE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,196.20 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, WALLACE C, IV | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,193.05 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERNILLO, RICHARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,192.76 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMUSHKO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,189.43 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAWELCZAK, RONALD W | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $159,186.89 | Date 01/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, FERDAUS A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $159,181.91 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, CHARLAYNE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,179.99 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, LYSSY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,171.04 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMAFIDON, OSAS BEST | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $159,169.75 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILBURG, JANET E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,163.80 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDIN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,160.40 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARGOLIS, BERNARD A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $159,159.60 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMPF, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $159,159.04 | Date 10/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELCOL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $159,137.89 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTH, DAVID B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,137.64 | Date 07/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, KEVIN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $159,131.14 | Date 09/12/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, DIANA E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,130.84 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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