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 RESETARITS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $155,196.75 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOT, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,196.46 | Date 05/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APFELBAUM, ELAINE L | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $155,196.20 | Date 07/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTACH, LARRY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,191.93 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXIMO, DARRELL K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $155,190.46 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $155,183.57 | Date 03/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWDEN, ADRIAN | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $155,180.08 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, WENDY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,176.91 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASSO, DAVID J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $155,176.89 | Date 11/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZA, MATTHEW | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $155,172.44 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,172.27 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYDISH, THOMAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,171.15 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $155,166.96 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $155,160.31 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, THOMAS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,158.30 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,148.89 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORY, MATTHEW G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,148.10 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, DENNIS I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $155,146.64 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINGIONE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,145.10 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMSLAND, RICHARD | Employer name Village of Asharoken | Amount $155,134.21 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANN, KRISTA J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $155,133.99 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORESH, FAYELYN J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $155,130.82 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JAMES F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $155,128.65 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YE, JING YAO | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $155,115.28 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIINO, FRANK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,115.19 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, KOBIE | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $155,115.15 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGSTEEN, SHAWN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,112.81 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWEEN, BRIAN A | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $155,099.84 | Date 02/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRACCHIOLO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,094.19 | Date 12/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUINA, PAUL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,084.98 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILLERMAN, STEPHEN R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $155,077.73 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ANDREA C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $155,077.73 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAGNA, ROBERT | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $155,075.44 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JAMES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,071.40 | Date 05/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, JAMES P | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $155,069.63 | Date 09/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JILES, ADELL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $155,062.70 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, HOLLIANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,053.64 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAPAGNA, FRED C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $155,044.80 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIOMBER, PAUL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $155,033.26 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, DANIEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $155,031.81 | Date 09/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANSON, DEBRA A | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $155,025.30 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $155,021.52 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERESS, DIANE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,005.98 | Date 07/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JAMES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $155,004.71 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULREIN, WILLIAM J, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $155,000.44 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEWALK, JEFF M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,990.27 | Date 10/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LATARSKI, KEITH A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $154,989.90 | Date 01/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARWANTA, KHALID | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $154,986.82 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPACCIO, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,979.23 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JONATHAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,978.01 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WU, STEVEN C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,973.64 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITT, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,973.44 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, JOHN C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,948.19 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FONVIL, SIMONE | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $154,947.14 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICCOLELLA, VINCENT A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $154,944.30 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, PAULA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,940.85 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $154,938.23 | Date 12/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTTENSCHON, KEVIN F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,936.17 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOLZENBERG, ETHAN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,927.61 | Date 06/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, EIFFEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,925.33 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ECKLES, SHERRI L | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $154,922.77 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSS, ROBERT L | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $154,919.57 | Date 01/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIFSHIN, BETH A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $154,916.55 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, DAVID P, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,912.37 | Date 01/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORVATH, JEAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,904.84 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MACK L | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $154,904.01 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULLER, THOMAS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $154,902.39 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE QUARTO, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,901.34 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICH, DOREEN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $154,894.75 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDIAES, RUI | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $154,888.17 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREYS, TODD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,879.85 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, ANDREW O | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $154,879.33 | Date 07/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, PETER | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $154,879.33 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, EDWARD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,871.88 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, ALCIRA N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,871.41 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSLOW, BRETT S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,864.96 | Date 09/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, SCOTT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,861.82 | Date 07/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSHEY, GREGORY W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,861.00 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUSLER, CHARLES E | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $154,856.40 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURTHA, PATRICK K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $154,849.74 | Date 07/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZENKEWICH, CHRISTINA E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,843.65 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREIER, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $154,835.65 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $154,832.47 | Date 06/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HITE, DUSTIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,831.47 | Date 02/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILIGATO, ANTHONY S | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $154,825.10 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, BRUCE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,817.77 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEUMAN, MOSES | Employer name Kiryas Joel Housing Authority | Amount $154,813.00 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFEDER, PAUL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,805.87 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEETS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,803.19 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIDLEY, LEROY | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $154,802.48 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, STEPHEN H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,800.28 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAGURA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,797.03 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUPPLE, RALPH S | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $154,796.48 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLEAGA, PAUL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,794.34 | Date 08/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, JANICE E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $154,793.33 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANEJA, RAJESH | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $154,793.29 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEEPELL, CRAIG E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $154,793.29 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, JAY W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $154,793.29 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASELLA, GARY L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $154,787.55 | Date 09/07/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERCEG, MARK S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,787.36 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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