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 MILLER, DARCIE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $156,691.40 | Date 03/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCKBAUER, THOMAS W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,680.40 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,679.96 | Date 08/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILACCIO, WILLIAM C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,675.36 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, GEORGE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,675.00 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MYRON L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $156,674.05 | Date 02/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANDREW L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $156,669.15 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, EDWARD F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $156,666.46 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RE, DAVID J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,661.80 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, ROBERT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,658.29 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCY, ANDREW A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,652.21 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIOCCA, EDWARD J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $156,650.27 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVANYU, JEAN M | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $156,648.26 | Date 03/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JESSICA A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $156,644.36 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASSIS, LUKE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,644.30 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNDAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,644.30 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHSON, WANDA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,642.93 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, WILLIAM H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,642.78 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, SCOTT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,638.40 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE GUZMAN, ARMIL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,638.29 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PURVIS, WILLIAM B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,636.08 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTIK, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,635.07 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, ROGER W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,632.10 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, DWANE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,629.71 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPATTA, RICHARD R | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $156,622.74 | Date 05/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,603.34 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT-STAUB, AMY | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $156,601.57 | Date 07/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCAL, WOODY | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRION, JOHN P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, CARMEN L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 09/21/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIBAUGH, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, W VALENTINE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMITZ, RUSSELL J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERDIERE, MICHEL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGENSTERN, MAURICE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINTRAUB, CATHY L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 05/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCKERMAN, PAUL A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 02/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARREN, THOMAS K | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEDLER, JAMES S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, ROSEMARIE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,596.23 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASPARIAN, N MICHAEL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,596.15 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, EDWARD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,593.29 | Date 12/07/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOHAVICKA, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,584.62 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTMAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,584.44 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITT, KEVIN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $156,582.99 | Date 05/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANYAMENE, VINCENT C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,571.07 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOLPH, ERIK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,569.68 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, SUSAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,566.30 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBERMAN, GLORIA A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,563.53 | Date 01/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MICHAEL E | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $156,557.27 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHCART, ANN R | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,555.26 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, DAVID J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,553.18 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, RYAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,550.59 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, SHEILA E | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $156,547.39 | Date 08/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTHIMER, BETH A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $156,545.90 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, CHARLENE C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,545.88 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANTONUCCI, JOHN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $156,543.18 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOYSIUS, AROKIASAMY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,539.80 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,538.11 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNSCH, THOMAS | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $156,536.25 | Date 08/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEDHAM-DEAN, DENISE H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,530.18 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDA, GEORGE N | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,529.31 | Date 02/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DAVID | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,529.31 | Date 08/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSSAIN, VASHAWN I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,526.30 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE BERNARDO, MARK A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $156,526.11 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFFMAN, RICHARD L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $156,523.63 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, RICARDO E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,518.72 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKETT, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,518.45 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEST, STEPHEN J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,516.27 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORFMAN, NATHANIEL J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,514.65 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,513.52 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,512.31 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIAN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $156,509.38 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, MARK D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $156,508.05 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TANCIOCO, GRACIANO S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,507.75 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADINOLFI, MICHAEL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,505.25 | Date 04/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOS, ARELYS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,504.90 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLONE, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $156,504.81 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, CHARLES A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,499.18 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, PAUL XIAOBO | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,498.92 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMELSTEIN, STUART E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $156,496.44 | Date 12/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HO-SHING, VIODELDA C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $156,491.82 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDESI, PETER G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,488.36 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COQUINCO, ERICKSON D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,487.24 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, THOMAS H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $156,485.97 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARK S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,485.73 | Date 12/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, SUSAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,480.60 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSACK, CRAIG S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,475.68 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUSMANN, DONNA M | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $156,466.67 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, DENIS A | Employer name Rockland Co Solid Waste Auth | Amount $156,463.20 | Date 02/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JEFFREY E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $156,462.04 | Date 01/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,453.46 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCMAHON, JAMES S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,452.70 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTY, JAMES C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,450.69 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YIP, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,440.09 | Date 05/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, JACQUELYN L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $156,437.53 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,436.20 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASULTO, DENNIS M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $156,428.37 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN-GHOLSON, SHEILA K | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $156,424.65 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABY, RACHEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $156,418.54 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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