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 CUSMA, JEFFREY J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,459.30 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALTABIANO, PEGGY M | Employer name Village of Massapequa Park | Amount $154,452.39 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEITZES, MICHAEL | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $154,447.21 | Date 10/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEENBERGH, WILLIAM A | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $154,442.18 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRANO, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,441.32 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANDERMAN, PHILIP | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,433.64 | Date 05/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORCH, HAROLD J, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,424.25 | Date 09/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,422.04 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,417.26 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LI, WEIDONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $154,417.03 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BENJETTA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,410.15 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAYMAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,406.85 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOHLFORD, ALAN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,401.83 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, KARL H | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $154,396.17 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, EUCLYN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,394.93 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, WARD L, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,394.22 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, VINCENT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,385.70 | Date 04/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUBRAMANI, KRISHNAIYER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,384.00 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRIAM, ERIC M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,376.35 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAMONE, ERIC R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,373.59 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TERENCE P | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $154,371.84 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALISZEWSKI, ELISSA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,366.14 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $154,362.27 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, PATRICK J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $154,360.69 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRADLEY G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $154,354.14 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHADING, DOUGLAS H | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $154,353.93 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFONSO, SALVATORE | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $154,353.11 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHOADS, MICHAEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,352.32 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELUCA, JASON P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,343.33 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAGNO, VINCENT M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $154,341.51 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHROMCZAK, ANTHONY | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $154,336.02 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERROYER, MARGARET M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,334.11 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRANNUM, SANDRA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,310.07 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNIAN, JOHN C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,309.96 | Date 07/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $154,306.36 | Date 07/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUNT, RYAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,299.79 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BODISCH, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,292.95 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, ADRIAN | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $154,292.61 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, CYNTHIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,285.13 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENZIGER, DEBRA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,282.58 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, HAROLD F | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $154,278.49 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLESON, DANIEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,267.23 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPORUSCIO, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,265.42 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, JOSEPH P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,260.00 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAW, BRIAN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,256.47 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,248.76 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIEDERT, DONNA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,240.06 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, JEFFREY W | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $154,234.92 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, THERESA M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $154,232.48 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YEZZO, MARIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,217.44 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARWOOD, BRET C | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $154,217.22 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOKS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $154,216.07 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,212.95 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $154,209.40 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $154,207.25 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUPP, MATTHEW B | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $154,207.09 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERMAN, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $154,204.04 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESDUNES, PAUL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,197.75 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, TODD L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,196.95 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $154,193.67 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CREGEEN, ERIC J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $154,190.62 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUDGE, TERRENCE T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $154,189.88 | Date 01/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORTH, PETER R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $154,186.98 | Date 03/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ALARY, JOHN J | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $154,186.00 | Date 07/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RUDOLPH B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,177.45 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NECROTO, LOUIS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,171.70 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRETER, DENNIS W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,169.66 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVAGLIONE, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,164.89 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ORAL V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $154,161.94 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASH, CATHERINE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,159.19 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, STEVEN B | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $154,154.90 | Date 07/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, EILEEN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,151.60 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAXTON, GLADYS E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $154,133.40 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, STEVEN R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $154,133.40 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULDOON, BRUCE A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $154,133.40 | Date 08/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUTTER, GEORGE T | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $154,119.86 | Date 07/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, PAUL J | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $154,119.67 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTROLOGO, PAUL | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $154,118.97 | Date 08/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGRISANO, LOUIS A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $154,115.74 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERMANS, GEORGE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $154,107.73 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHMANN, CRAIG M | Employer name Port Washington Water Poll Dist | Amount $154,091.67 | Date 10/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRELLA, ANTHONY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,089.12 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JAMES F E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $154,087.77 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRIGHT, JEFFREY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,085.53 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANDSTADTER, ROBERT H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,079.39 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCDONNELL, PAUL | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $154,075.07 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUDSEN, RONALD U | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $154,075.04 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COCOZELLO, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $154,068.74 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,067.06 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGI, GERALD R | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $154,063.57 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KEITH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,050.96 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEALY, STEPHEN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,043.27 | Date 06/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARNO, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,035.92 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZILNICKI, CHARLES H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,031.98 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALARCON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $154,027.82 | Date 08/25/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACK, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $154,027.36 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINCIELI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $154,023.66 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, R CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,017.99 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, JOHN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $154,017.23 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLI, DAVID A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $154,014.19 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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