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 POHANIS, STELLA K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $157,003.60 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASKERVILLE, EDWARD B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $157,002.93 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, SEAN E | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $156,997.66 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,996.40 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, ROBERTA A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $156,993.13 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDYGA, TODD A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $156,980.75 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, THOMAS J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $156,980.75 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN G | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $156,980.75 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, MARTIN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,978.21 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULZER, ROBERT C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,977.94 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITIS, GEORGE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,974.03 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $156,974.02 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLZER, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,969.36 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRABHAM, LOLA W | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $156,966.98 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, NEIL N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,965.06 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODSON, CALVIN | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $156,964.58 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROVARSKI, THEODORE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $156,963.48 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, MAUREEN A | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $156,961.58 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELLA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,960.67 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILAN, JOSE M, JR | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $156,959.18 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $156,948.75 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, WILLIAM B | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $156,948.69 | Date 05/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, WILLIAM R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,947.64 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACK, MARCUS M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $156,945.40 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOOKER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $156,945.12 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCHEL, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $156,945.05 | Date 09/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, EMIL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,944.12 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, GIANNA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $156,941.11 | Date 03/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMKOW, JACK D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $156,931.15 | Date 06/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, JOHN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,926.76 | Date 12/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAJWA, GURJEET S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,923.19 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INDELICATO, CHARLENE M | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $156,923.04 | Date 10/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATCHMAN, ANTHONY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,918.15 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,897.43 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, THOMAS L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,891.67 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUIRY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,882.80 | Date 04/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, HECTOR L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,877.93 | Date 03/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALEF, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,875.36 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JOHN W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,875.36 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, BERNARD | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,866.42 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MEARA, JAMES P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,863.16 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,863.16 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALA, JEROME J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,856.75 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO BIANCO, MARIO J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,855.95 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, KATHARINE S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $156,854.97 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, CLAUDIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,852.46 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VESPERMAN, RICHARD L | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $156,850.01 | Date 09/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JEREMIAH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,849.90 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKIEWICZ, ANTHONY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $156,848.60 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASCIGLIONE, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,845.93 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIEBEL, BETH ANN | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $156,841.34 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, GREGORY A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $156,841.34 | Date 10/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, JOSHUA A | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $156,829.26 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSIER, AMY B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,827.74 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, SALVATORE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,826.44 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAL, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,825.56 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLSTER, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,824.71 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMMISSO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,822.58 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEARNE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $156,820.43 | Date 07/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANDIN, DAVID M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $156,820.06 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $156,817.68 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, PAUL S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $156,816.18 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENTHAL, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $156,801.48 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, MATTHEW P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $156,800.48 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTANAN, MONTALEE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $156,797.62 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASCONE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,795.55 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACATANGAY, ELLEN V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $156,793.07 | Date 06/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCCOLI, ARTHUR L, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,786.85 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, GERARD T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,786.49 | Date 10/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPPIELLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,786.20 | Date 12/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELESKI, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,776.63 | Date 03/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, JAMES D | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $156,771.93 | Date 01/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, JOHN L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $156,769.15 | Date 04/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, BENJAMIN F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,768.06 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTIJO, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,765.76 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLTMAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,765.70 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, BRIAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,757.05 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSIELLO, CRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,751.34 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, MARGARET A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,751.21 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, BYRON J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $156,749.76 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON-GRAHAM, WANDA | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $156,747.64 | Date 09/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTORE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,744.64 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, LARA S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,744.38 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, THOMAS R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $156,743.33 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPIUS, PAUL W, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $156,743.33 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, PAUL M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $156,743.33 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLENBECK, DAVID P | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $156,743.33 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, DAVID P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,742.38 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NECHIS, BARRY S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $156,737.27 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LAURA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,736.78 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTENDORFER, KEITH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,732.87 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, JOHN C, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,728.64 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CAHEY, NEELY F | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $156,719.61 | Date 01/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUMOV, NICHOLAS N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,718.42 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILIN, THOMAS V | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $156,713.46 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLADE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,710.69 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIMOPOULOS, TOMMY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $156,706.93 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MARK H | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $156,702.70 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $156,700.65 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, SHAUN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,691.89 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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