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 KOWALSKI, NIKKI | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,012.16 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JAMES G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,012.16 | Date 10/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, KELLY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $154,006.45 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAWLEY, MAUREEN T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $154,004.88 | Date 07/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, THOMAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,993.72 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRUNIER, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,990.71 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, J COLLINS | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $153,985.92 | Date 08/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, DANIEL C | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $153,983.51 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAND, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,979.79 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUECK, STEVEN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,975.97 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN N | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $153,972.13 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID J | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $153,965.77 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTA, ANTHONY | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $153,960.95 | Date 10/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVIN, ARTHUR J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,955.81 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALE, SEAN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,951.56 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, STEVEN W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,949.93 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCE, STEPHEN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,949.51 | Date 02/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORRELL, SEAN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,946.20 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGG, RANDY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,945.10 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASUTTO, KEVIN J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $153,943.63 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDA, EDWARD R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $153,939.56 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFARELLA, DAVID R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,921.51 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONASIA, JAMES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,917.25 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, EDWIN O | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $153,911.18 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REIDEL, KEITH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,908.38 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-LENA, LAURA S | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $153,906.27 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIRIENZO, DIANE M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $153,902.88 | Date 07/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODELL, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $153,902.76 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAIN, PETER R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,900.10 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROKITKA, DENISE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $153,898.76 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KEITH G | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $153,897.99 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNEY, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $153,896.51 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, STANLEY CHAODA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $153,895.77 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENKMAN, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,894.27 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MONDA, DANIELLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,893.23 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, THOMAS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,891.76 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, JAMES R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,891.65 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINK, JANET R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $153,875.07 | Date 01/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROZYK, DANIEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,871.03 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MELISSA A | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 11/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, THOMAS F | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 04/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIZZI, CAROL A | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, WILLIAM | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINGEL, MELISSA B | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBER, JANE R | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ROSALI | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 07/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, LISA D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, WILLIAM | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, ROSALIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARDINO, MICHAEL M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MARISA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, JAMES M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DONNA J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISH, JAMES T | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 09/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PABLO G | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSLER, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $153,869.03 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, LUIS E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $153,864.83 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIZON, SOREN I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $153,859.65 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, EILEEN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $153,858.50 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, CASEY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,855.42 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POSTEL, JOHN J | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $153,852.06 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHTA, DIPAK M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,850.60 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FELICE, LOUIS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,847.45 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIFRIERI, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $153,843.46 | Date 04/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARACAPPA, JOSEPH T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,839.37 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVIN, THOMAS W | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $153,834.71 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, BRENDAN M | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $153,832.03 | Date 03/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN H, III | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $153,831.74 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNECK, DAVID H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,824.37 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLACK, SUZANNE | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $153,823.90 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENBOW, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,815.86 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESPINASSE, SANDRA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $153,815.86 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LIEROP, NATASHA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $153,814.43 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MARY E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $153,800.29 | Date 10/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLENBECK, EUGENE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,797.99 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALERIOTI, GUY A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,796.39 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAYAND, CHARLES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,794.86 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MARK D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,788.22 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, TOBY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,784.70 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LAY CHENG | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $153,781.25 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTTILA, ERIC J | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $153,777.69 | Date 02/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROZANSKI, JAMES | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $153,774.88 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUENGLING, DEREK G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $153,774.24 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,769.36 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, KIRK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,769.36 | Date 07/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, KEITH A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $153,758.41 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JOYCE A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $153,757.43 | Date 11/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMANDT, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $153,744.40 | Date 05/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARIBOTTO, THOMAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,744.01 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARILLARO, JOHN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $153,739.12 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUEGER, WILLIAM J | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $153,733.57 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, MATTHEW G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,732.13 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, SUSAN T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $153,715.13 | Date 04/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINUCANE, DAMIAN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $153,706.26 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, DAVID E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $153,706.02 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHANAN, ROSAMMA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $153,698.27 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, JOHN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $153,691.77 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENZINGER, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $153,681.27 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, PEDRO | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $153,677.12 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEARY, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $153,677.12 | Date 03/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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