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 ALEXANDRE, ALLAN | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $158,779.62 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALATTI, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,779.55 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, DENNIS J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,771.54 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEI, PATRICK M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $158,763.71 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, LISA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,762.88 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUMEISTER, BRIAN O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,762.37 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAIG, MIRZA R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,757.00 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURR, ROBERT A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $158,751.95 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVE, MARK S, SR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,746.38 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAUSS, RYAN K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,740.02 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORSCHER, CHRISTIAN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,735.70 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLDEN, MARGARET | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,733.62 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,727.88 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, FREDERICK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,719.31 | Date 07/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLIFSTEIN, MARK | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $158,718.58 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, EDWARD P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $158,711.72 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVEY, RICHARD S | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $158,704.86 | Date 06/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $158,702.72 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, JEFFREY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,700.46 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMENIC, JOSEPH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,696.70 | Date 12/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHTMAN, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,691.03 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALDEZ, JUAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,690.00 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEW, DAVID C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,689.75 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,687.30 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, PETER P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,686.35 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, JOHN G | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $158,685.96 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYER, CHARLES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,685.67 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, CRAIG P | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $158,685.26 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ALFONSO I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,682.60 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLIGAN, CLARK D | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $158,667.61 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHINDLAR, ERICH A | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $158,666.94 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRACKEN, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,666.64 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIRICO, ALBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,665.04 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSA, FRANK A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,656.93 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $158,644.83 | Date 06/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLFI, WILLIAM | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $158,640.03 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELAN-MANGANO, CINDY | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $158,639.70 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, SEAN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,639.05 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, ZACHARY A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $158,635.66 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, THOMAS E | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $158,629.43 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUFVILLE, ANTOINE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,628.54 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGENT, DOUGLAS | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $158,626.78 | Date 06/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,625.90 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLIO, STACIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,619.67 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMERA, KEITH R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,611.57 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGROSSO, FRANCIS M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,611.55 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSHOW, BRIDGET | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,609.28 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHABRIER, WILFRED | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,607.80 | Date 12/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JAY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,605.35 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, MATTHEW P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,601.34 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, DAWN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,600.99 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KARAYIORGOU, MARIA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $158,598.77 | Date 04/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, SUNG MO | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $158,595.35 | Date 10/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, JOSE P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,592.30 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,589.09 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOLACE, GREGORY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,585.46 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEBLAISO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,583.76 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUTZNER, ERIK | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $158,575.23 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STACK, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,575.11 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, NORA A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $158,573.30 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORL, DENNIS L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,568.77 | Date 05/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTIN, MARIE BARBARA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,567.54 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, JULIE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $158,565.53 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,559.20 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, BRENT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,546.82 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEE, JAMES P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,524.16 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, ANDREW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,519.96 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, LINDA | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $158,515.90 | Date 03/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, BRIAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,513.50 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, DENNIS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,512.62 | Date 03/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASILE-COZZO, PAOLO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,510.96 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNUSSMAN, BRIAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,505.34 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, DONNA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,502.58 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOLA, ANDREW T | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $158,501.43 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNFELT, ROBERT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,500.98 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIVERITO, MARY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,491.07 | Date 05/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $158,484.80 | Date 03/31/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCATO, THEODORE | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $158,483.60 | Date 02/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KILLIAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $158,482.48 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KROPP, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,480.03 | Date 11/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, AUSTIN O | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,470.04 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZO, BARBARA D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $158,460.35 | Date 07/31/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KENNETH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,460.13 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSMOLA, JOANN C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $158,458.12 | Date 11/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $158,458.06 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARNED, STEVEN L | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $158,441.95 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULIZZI, FRANK P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,439.96 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSENTINO, MERYL R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $158,434.33 | Date 10/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCINA, JOAN S | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $158,429.94 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, STEVEN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,425.48 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEBUSKE, PAUL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,422.91 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULFF, BRIAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,421.78 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAGLE, LARRY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,420.19 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRACHT, EDWARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,402.17 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REGNER, KENNETH M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $158,399.16 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, WILLIAM D, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $158,397.47 | Date 03/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNNELLY, KEVIN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,392.65 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARVIN, ERIK R | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $158,390.50 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICHS, JOHN E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $158,385.18 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IACONETTI, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $158,367.39 | Date 12/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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