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 KEATING, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $158,367.18 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEIGH, JONATHAN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,361.13 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLCHINSKI, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,357.44 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTHORP, KAROLE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,356.81 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, STEVEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,353.58 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOSSO, JOSEPH E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,350.20 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, DENNIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,348.81 | Date 09/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCANELLI, ROYAL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,343.53 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JUSTIN J | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $158,343.29 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,338.75 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLINTON, CHARLES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,338.30 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, PATRICK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,327.14 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, MICHAEL L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $158,325.20 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,322.47 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRASCO, LEONARDO J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,320.52 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLESSERAHT, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,319.94 | Date 01/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, WALTER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,317.67 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGENBRAUN, MICHAEL H | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $158,315.18 | Date 09/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURIA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $158,310.34 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE ALMEIDA, HERNANE N | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $158,307.57 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACERO, JOSEPH L, III | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $158,304.90 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, KRISTINE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $158,301.91 | Date 02/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINN, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,301.61 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NICOLE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,300.96 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARVIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,294.49 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNOOR, CHRISTIAN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,290.45 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, DAVID T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,288.86 | Date 12/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, ROBERT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,282.76 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, SEAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,277.16 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, PATRICIA R | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,268.69 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, NAOMI F | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,267.65 | Date 04/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPAR, EILEEN | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,267.65 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLEJO, RAYMOND | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,267.65 | Date 12/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSIDE, KEITH L | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $158,267.65 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADA, MARK F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $158,267.55 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, JAYASREE S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,265.24 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, DENNIS O | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,263.17 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR-HEBERT, MEGAN C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $158,256.66 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $158,243.37 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, WILLIAM E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $158,238.21 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUNN, KARA L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $158,234.23 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, ERIC S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,233.14 | Date 05/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZUK, CHRISTINE H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,227.71 | Date 04/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUFFARI, JOHN F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $158,223.42 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULE, BARBARA M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $158,223.09 | Date 11/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARNIERI, FELICE M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $158,217.98 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOHARI, POUYAN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,216.90 | Date 07/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIETO, EDGAR | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $158,215.78 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, DANIEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,214.37 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTRASTI, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $158,206.52 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, JOHN W | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $158,201.60 | Date 05/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, PATRICK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,199.18 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAGAPURAM, YADAVENDRA GOWD | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $158,197.12 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, VIVIAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,192.61 | Date 12/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUPP, RICHARD C, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,191.39 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,187.26 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,184.28 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEZI, OWAMANI | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,183.07 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULRAIN, EDWARD R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,178.27 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVEIRA, FILIPE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,177.45 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELOHERY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,175.36 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSEITH, MATTHEW S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,165.98 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, ALOYSIUS F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $158,165.71 | Date 06/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONERGAN, DAVID M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $158,164.01 | Date 01/31/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAWARECKI, MARK P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $158,162.50 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTAVE, INGRID C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $158,161.91 | Date 12/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTERAMO, LISA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,161.90 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DAVID G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,161.81 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC EACHERN, TRACEY L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $158,161.57 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAMELLA, JOHN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,160.63 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, RODOLFO H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,157.17 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALANTE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $158,152.94 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREAMER, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,145.50 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,139.09 | Date 08/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, DENNIS W, JR | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $158,123.25 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, THOMAS M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,103.47 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRANVILLE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,097.92 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, CARROL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,095.60 | Date 12/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,085.93 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, SABRINA D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,083.05 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECERRA, JOSEPH C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,078.23 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,076.14 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,072.20 | Date 07/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, JAMES | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $158,072.04 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, JONATHAN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,064.55 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHMAN, GARY T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $158,062.78 | Date 12/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMPERT, JEFFREY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $158,056.70 | Date 01/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, ALMENA F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,055.70 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,052.17 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $158,044.89 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JEFFREY P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,044.05 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOHMER, TODD | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,037.64 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANCIROLI, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $158,029.19 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAVOROWSKY, CHARLES W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,028.18 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,024.22 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUEBER, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,020.54 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCOLO, ORAZIO A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $158,018.15 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, LORI A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $158,017.92 | Date 12/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTZ, ALICIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,015.07 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RICHARD S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $158,014.32 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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