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 LORE, FRANK, IV | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $159,126.09 | Date 08/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSIAS, JEANNE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,112.51 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STERN, DAVID M | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $159,108.46 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, MATTHEW M | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $159,106.91 | Date 08/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,104.53 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBB, RICKY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,103.80 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,102.63 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CABANISS, DEBORAH L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $159,102.48 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MARLEAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,101.96 | Date 08/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRICA, JACOB M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,099.87 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORMANES, WENCESLAO | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $159,095.07 | Date 02/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, WAYNE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,094.39 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, WILLIAM F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,087.89 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAZZONE, EILEEN F | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $159,086.89 | Date 07/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAELEN, JOANNE B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $159,086.89 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICI, VINCENT | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $159,086.80 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOWELL, EDMUND A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,085.47 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, COREEN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,080.82 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOERRIE, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $159,076.54 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, FRANCIS R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $159,075.10 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, SAMUEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,065.67 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI LISIO, GIANPOLO | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $159,064.93 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $159,061.55 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, DENNIS J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $159,060.43 | Date 04/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, NINA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $159,060.07 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALGIERI, PATRICIA K | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $159,059.04 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONOCORE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,058.35 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, KEITH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,055.88 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, CHRISTINE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $159,054.87 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,050.37 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELLACAMERA, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $159,039.14 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERSEN, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $159,035.29 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTER, MARTIN J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $159,033.79 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, LESLIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,032.68 | Date 01/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERMAN, KEVIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,028.46 | Date 08/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZOLA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $159,025.82 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLOW, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $159,024.26 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $159,023.13 | Date 07/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BODENMILLER, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,022.92 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMAR, LASZLO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $159,018.38 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIAVATTO, NUNZIO | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $159,018.07 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $159,001.27 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFSTATHIOU, JOHN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,994.37 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEN, JOSEPH P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $158,992.90 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PADDEN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $158,990.85 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLDEN, GERALD | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $158,984.51 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFFI, THOMAS | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,983.94 | Date 02/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, WILLIAM C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,982.74 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, GREGORY S | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $158,978.14 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUSOLINO, MARIO J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $158,975.60 | Date 08/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRETO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,966.63 | Date 08/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, BRIAN J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $158,964.08 | Date 06/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $158,963.15 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLIMLEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $158,958.94 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, THOMAS C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,956.37 | Date 04/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,951.70 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JILL | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $158,950.34 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH B | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $158,950.08 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLONAN, CINDY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,942.33 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,937.66 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, DANIEL M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $158,937.09 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREY, ALEXANDER | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,932.76 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASICZKO, PETER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,930.56 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIEBEGOTT, JOAN N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,926.24 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFCO, KELLEE S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,924.22 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, ROBERT D | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $158,922.96 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NABORS, JAMES C, II | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,919.60 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEINLEIN, ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,913.86 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, BRIAN R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $158,911.64 | Date 09/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEBERGER, SUZANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,909.86 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELIS, ALEXANDER M | Employer name Gr Atlantic Bch Water Reclam Dst | Amount $158,897.52 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, L CURTISS | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,895.07 | Date 05/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, PATRICIA J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $158,893.84 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRDSALL, ERIK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,890.77 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORRELLI, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,884.04 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMOR, EDWIN C | Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach | Amount $158,879.38 | Date 05/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,879.26 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOLI, KEVIN V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,877.71 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,872.78 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SORENSON, CAMILLE | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $158,866.84 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, RUSSELL R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,866.58 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPULECKI, THOMAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,864.24 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, ERIC F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,856.73 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY-SCOTT, CATHERINE E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $158,856.64 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DOUGLAS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $158,854.07 | Date 12/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARDINA, ANTHONY | Employer name Department of State | Amount $158,853.76 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, ALPHONSO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,850.87 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NITTI, ALFONSE D, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,846.61 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLKOWSKA, DANUTA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $158,834.92 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, KATHERINE F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $158,828.09 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSON, MING L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,822.70 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINOSA, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $158,809.70 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $158,804.25 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, LINDA M | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $158,802.60 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROZYCKI, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,801.48 | Date 02/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSCARINO, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,795.79 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, COLLEEN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,792.17 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONDON, GERALDO N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,790.85 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, PETER B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,786.05 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELCHER, LEE R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,785.15 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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