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 KULKARNI, VEENA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,786.75 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORGAISSE, MICHAELLE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $154,783.58 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,783.30 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEBERN, JOSEPH | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $154,782.20 | Date 07/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON-INNOCENT, ICILDA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $154,775.31 | Date 09/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, BRYAN R | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $154,775.09 | Date 01/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,769.69 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNAS, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,766.61 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, MARK L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,766.61 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, JAMES M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,764.53 | Date 05/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATARINO, MANUEL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,764.44 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,763.86 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, ALAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,755.14 | Date 03/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THURLOW, WINTHROP H | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $154,751.70 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTSCHI, RYAN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,750.13 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANTASANO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,746.82 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, JAMES L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $154,743.45 | Date 11/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, KITTY KAY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $154,740.81 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARECEK, EDWARD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,721.27 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FULGENZI, CARL | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $154,716.57 | Date 01/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, STEVEN T | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $154,715.58 | Date 01/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACCIO, ANTHONY | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $154,714.55 | Date 03/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAFF, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $154,712.20 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCOLI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,707.51 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, MARK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,707.38 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,706.29 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,703.61 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOX, TATUM J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,702.44 | Date 02/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $154,699.31 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSTERMAN, PAUL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,697.32 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, CHRISTINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,695.00 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, KAREN E | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $154,693.62 | Date 02/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, BRYAN R | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $154,693.29 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, KEITH L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,689.22 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, THOMAS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,676.99 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, THOMAS P | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $154,676.42 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIACCI, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,672.87 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMMINS, DANIEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,671.21 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPANO, BILL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,669.98 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARRAZABAL, ERNESTO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,668.90 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MERCYLIN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $154,667.31 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $154,667.19 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAJOR, GEOFFREY P | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $154,654.07 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, JANNINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,651.43 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, BRANDON P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,647.96 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, SPENCER B | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $154,643.75 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACIDO, MICHELE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,642.36 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, SARIKA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $154,638.55 | Date 04/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAMIGLIETTI, ERIC | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $154,637.68 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITOPOULOS, DEAN T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,637.00 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARGOLIES, MARK G | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $154,632.95 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRIANO, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,630.32 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLASCO, MERLY P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,628.66 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Lawyers Client Protection Fund | Amount $154,623.94 | Date 09/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAHER-GAFFNEY, BERNADETTE | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $154,619.26 | Date 03/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPISARDA, JASON | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,613.32 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIMMONS, PETER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,612.70 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVERING, LORI A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,608.49 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUAN, ZI Q | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $154,607.58 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DANIELLE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,605.95 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, DANIEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,603.65 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPADACCINI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,601.46 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANO, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,597.85 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEARDEN, ROGER A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $154,594.22 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, ROBBIE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,592.94 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINAMORE, PHILLIP | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,583.70 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPICCOLO, THOMAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,580.22 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MAUREEN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $154,579.30 | Date 07/27/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, MICHAEL W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $154,577.86 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNISON, BARBARA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $154,577.18 | Date 11/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRIAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,568.20 | Date 09/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, MATTHEW C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,566.91 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, MARY F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,562.25 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANDVOLD, ROBERT A, II | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,560.33 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAL, ANDREW M | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $154,560.15 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UST, RYAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,556.18 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DETRAGLIA, PHILLIP M | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $154,555.56 | Date 04/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, KARA A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $154,550.00 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, TRACY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,540.94 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZUMATTO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $154,539.55 | Date 07/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOBOBEL, DWAYNE L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $154,536.53 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLER, BRIDGET R RAHILLY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $154,526.41 | Date 08/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIL, EDWARD M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,524.78 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONN, WINSTON | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $154,522.28 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, JANE C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $154,518.72 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINS, PETER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,503.82 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAEGER, JEAN L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $154,501.97 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAINE, LISA L | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $154,500.42 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, KENNETH R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,494.35 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINES, RICHARD F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $154,491.40 | Date 05/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, DAVID M | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $154,490.05 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOBBITT, DAVID T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,485.20 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDRICH, MARCUS E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $154,481.90 | Date 10/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, BRIAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,478.91 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATAJCZAK, BRIAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,474.54 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIARIELLO, MARIO D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,472.77 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BADER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $154,470.87 | Date 03/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $154,466.37 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $154,465.42 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UMBRINO, FRANK R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $154,464.79 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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