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 COSTELLO, PETER E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,010.70 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALBRIDGE, JOEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,994.76 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSKOPF, JAMES L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,992.49 | Date 08/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THERRIEN, MELISSA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $157,984.37 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, SHENG PING | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $157,982.76 | Date 09/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEATON, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,980.75 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE VITA, DOMINICK | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $157,977.90 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLKES, OTIS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,977.88 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEECH, ALBERT S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $157,976.36 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, EMMETT J | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $157,970.98 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JACQUELINE I | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $157,966.65 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINELLI, MATHEW R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,947.80 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, JAMES J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,942.71 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINUTELLO, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,937.44 | Date 03/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARDINE, VONNIE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,937.06 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REBENTISCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,931.82 | Date 07/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O`MELIA, JAMES B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,921.36 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,920.93 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SUSAN K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $157,911.25 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,907.70 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILDES, STEVEN G | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $157,899.44 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, RYAN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,897.87 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, DANIEL F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,896.79 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BACCIOTTI, ANGELO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $157,895.14 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALHOUN, CATHLEEN A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $157,894.18 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, CHAD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,893.96 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORSTER, ABBIE P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $157,891.43 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, KENNETH T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $157,887.00 | Date 02/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLMAN, LISA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $157,885.06 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, VALSAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,881.33 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSMER, EUGENE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,876.09 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGARELLO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,871.59 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOESSNER, DENNIS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,869.83 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,867.47 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL, BRANDON R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,865.04 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCHISELLI, CHARLES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,863.38 | Date 12/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, KRYSTLE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,851.59 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $157,848.81 | Date 05/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, PHILIP C | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $157,846.05 | Date 04/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $157,845.34 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VACCARO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,845.24 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIPPASSAAR, ARNO | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,840.47 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASON, BRIAN E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $157,838.96 | Date 03/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Great Neck Water Poll District | Amount $157,827.19 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, EILEEN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $157,825.58 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANUEVA, ANNA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,823.79 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MARK F | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $157,822.79 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELDRIDGE, BRYAN C | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $157,815.63 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, RITA PAULETTE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $157,813.21 | Date 11/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAKEU, COME N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,812.46 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERULLI, JOHN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,793.57 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARELLO, LAWRENCE L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $157,788.11 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPECE, SALVATORE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,777.20 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LISTNER, STEVEN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,774.22 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGNA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,770.47 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,763.74 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LETCHIE, ANTONY A L | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $157,747.15 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORGENSI, STACEY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $157,731.53 | Date 11/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNEZ, LISA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $157,730.30 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $157,722.77 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOSIAH B | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $157,721.79 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,713.79 | Date 11/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIANCI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $157,691.70 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRIA, NICHOLAS V | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $157,691.60 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSCINSKI, STANLEY J | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $157,687.31 | Date 09/16/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEPPEL, STACI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,685.57 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILER, JOSE R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,682.31 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBESON, CHRIS D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $157,681.60 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMPARATO, KEVIN S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,676.26 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROSCIA, THOMAS G | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $157,671.12 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JULIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,669.17 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCKERBERG, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,667.75 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, DONALD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,659.83 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $157,659.68 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMBLER, SCOTT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,651.84 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERDVIL, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,649.87 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIAMPICCOLO, FRANCIS J | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $157,647.04 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINOI, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,646.16 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESHKOV, JESSE L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $157,646.13 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERLOTTE, WENDY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,645.52 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAI, YUNG HEE | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $157,643.52 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEILL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,639.58 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFINI, PHILIP M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $157,637.87 | Date 08/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $157,635.35 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, LAWRENCE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,629.53 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIEDRA, JIMMY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,626.56 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REIF, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $157,623.96 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURO, JOHN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,623.72 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTORO, THOMAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,622.62 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONAGAS, ANTHONY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,613.75 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $157,613.69 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $157,607.12 | Date 04/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHL, STUART | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,596.57 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, GLENN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,595.54 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROHN, MARJORIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,592.59 | Date 12/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CRISTOFARO, MARIO J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,591.64 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAH-GAYNOUDIAS, SHILA N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $157,590.29 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, JERRY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $157,589.81 | Date 12/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, WARREN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,588.20 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIC, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $157,584.52 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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