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 SNOW, OMAR A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,716.67 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAN, HING-WAH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $151,710.28 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNKIRK, KEVIN A | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $151,709.62 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TABACCHI, DWAYNE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $151,706.32 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAMBACORTA, JOSEPH E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $151,704.46 | Date 05/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASZCZEWSKI, EDWARD M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $151,702.88 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREL, DANA D | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $151,701.46 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, AUSTIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,699.69 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,694.76 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC KINNON, SHAWN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $151,692.46 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, LOUIS P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $151,691.80 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMINELLI, PETER C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,691.40 | Date 11/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTO, JOSEPH S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,688.65 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, LOURDES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $151,676.55 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARIA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,676.34 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERBOYS, DENNIS M | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $151,663.92 | Date 02/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SUSAN J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $151,660.22 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROH, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $151,656.00 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $151,651.47 | Date 01/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINBERG, KEITH D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,647.63 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAIA, ENZO P | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $151,647.61 | Date 08/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, HOWARD F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,645.07 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOREY, DONALD P | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $151,644.29 | Date 01/19/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, PETER F | Employer name Jericho Water District | Amount $151,642.76 | Date 11/13/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRISOLA, ELIZABETH C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $151,642.23 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBERA, MARY T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $151,633.14 | Date 04/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKWALTER, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $151,632.25 | Date 05/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $151,630.95 | Date 02/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, EVRIL E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $151,629.20 | Date 09/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDERMEYER, JACK E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,628.20 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, VIRGINIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,621.80 | Date 07/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZ, JOHN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,621.73 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORKOWSKY, MITCHELL T | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $151,619.03 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARID, NICOLE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $151,616.18 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RICHARD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,616.16 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $151,614.73 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIRAGUSA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $151,614.03 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRABAND, FRANK C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $151,606.19 | Date 01/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY LESTER, KELLY A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $151,592.39 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, IVAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,591.79 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $151,581.01 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BEAUVERNET, MICHELLE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $151,578.92 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOULCEY, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,576.02 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONKLING, MARK E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $151,571.72 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLIG, JEFFREY SCOTT | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,562.04 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLERY, THOMAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,555.81 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLWELL, BRIAN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,555.63 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, SEAN M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $151,555.16 | Date 06/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGLESE, NANCY J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $151,555.14 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLACH, JEFF D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $151,552.06 | Date 12/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACKS, BARBARA K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $151,552.02 | Date 09/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, MILKA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,548.73 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, BRIAN V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,548.35 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCARANO, MARK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,544.55 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, BRIAN G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $151,542.26 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, MARTIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,542.09 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JOSHUA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,540.45 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGSBURG, ALEXANDER H | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $151,534.63 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOPP, DOUGLAS H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $151,530.48 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SELTZ, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $151,527.81 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEGER, TROY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,526.24 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAIN, DOUGLAS | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $151,524.29 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JASON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,522.42 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRADO, MELQUISEDEC | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $151,517.72 | Date 10/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMESANAS, DAVID | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,515.33 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAY-GORE, KELLY A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $151,510.63 | Date 11/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $151,510.50 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANCHALAN, RAMESH K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,509.60 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, WILLIAM L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $151,509.14 | Date 05/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,502.97 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, BARBARA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,502.78 | Date 10/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,492.38 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANK, APRIL I | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $151,480.65 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, GEORGE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,473.90 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,466.43 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULIZOTTO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $151,465.86 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERGER, YITZCHOK | Employer name Village of Kiryas Joel | Amount $151,458.29 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, JOHN F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,457.50 | Date 12/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, SEAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $151,455.77 | Date 04/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIZIRUSSO, ERNEST A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,450.72 | Date 01/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROHMAN, DAVID A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,448.63 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSSE, JAMES W | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $151,442.82 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, MARYCHRIS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $151,442.51 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZDORFF, HOWARD A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $151,441.30 | Date 10/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASCO, FRANK J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $151,441.13 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIMECA, VINCENT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,435.71 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, KEVIN F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $151,432.91 | Date 07/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLCHOVY, PATRICK S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $151,427.54 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, NANCY A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $151,425.66 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, MARK R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $151,422.25 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAWLAK, KELLY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,418.12 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, MARGERY C | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $151,416.34 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINA, CHARLES J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,415.69 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOLL, DENNIS W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $151,407.66 | Date 01/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, AVERILL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $151,407.50 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIXBY, THOMAS A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $151,402.39 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, BRIAN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,400.13 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $151,397.50 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $151,392.22 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEY, BRIAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $151,391.36 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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