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 AUERBACH, STEVEN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,726.15 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESOPA, DANIEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,725.17 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $150,723.95 | Date 11/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILES, CHAD K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,722.70 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ST LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $150,722.55 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORK, MARISSA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,721.23 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, TONI F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,714.67 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,710.12 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JANKE, ROBERT D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,709.67 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VRIES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,708.24 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REICHEL, SCOTT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,701.15 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, KURT T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,701.15 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIFIERS, MARCEL J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,695.17 | Date 08/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, GLADYS R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $150,687.87 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERO, JOHN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,687.21 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPATTA, JOHN A | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $150,685.80 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENKE, KENNETH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,677.91 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, BRUCE D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,677.33 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,676.61 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, GEORGE O | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,676.42 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $150,673.67 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $150,671.64 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYFIELD, CLIFFORD | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $150,667.90 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, WILLIAM F | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $150,667.86 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFFREDO, CARMEN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,667.07 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREEDEN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $150,666.64 | Date 02/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, PATRICIA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $150,658.51 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $150,658.05 | Date 08/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALORE, PHILIP A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,651.25 | Date 10/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $150,651.10 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROQUADIO-PONS, DALE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,649.86 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLOTTI, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,643.71 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLATTNER, ALEXANDRA D | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $150,642.39 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, EDWARD J | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $150,637.95 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBY, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,636.80 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMPTON, VALERIE J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $150,629.29 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, KEVIN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,620.86 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHEN-SUMIDA, JENNIFER C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $150,616.10 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROYAN, GARY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,601.89 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, ROBERT S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,596.30 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $150,595.31 | Date 02/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, BRENDA M | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $150,593.09 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENEMENLIS-HOPKINS, HELENE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,590.88 | Date 04/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,588.29 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,583.44 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, JOSE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,582.16 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CAROL | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $150,578.80 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETERE, ROBERT L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,574.14 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCINOWSKI, RICHARD A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,569.76 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAKE, AARON B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,568.19 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNING, VANESSA P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $150,562.58 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,559.91 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARLO, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $150,553.72 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LANCE R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $150,543.52 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURTAGH, RICHARD T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,541.82 | Date 05/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETERS, LYNDEN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,539.15 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, VINCENT A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $150,537.25 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, DENISE G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $150,529.69 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURZIO, MARIO | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,527.10 | Date 04/05/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEINZ, GERARD V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,518.49 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLANNERY, BRIAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,518.20 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYPEK, BRIAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,517.48 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLASKO, JOHN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,511.80 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIYATISSA, HITIHAMILLAGE I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,507.00 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ONOFRIO, VINCENT J | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $150,503.85 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARLOT, JEAN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,501.18 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMELIO, ROSANNA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $150,496.08 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, FRANK | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $150,493.80 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWNEY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,487.29 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIANCASPRO, SERGIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,485.80 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, RICHARD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,478.07 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GAIL YVETTE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,475.40 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWE, SCOTT E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,475.36 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMESTAD, CRAIG R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,474.72 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, SUSAN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,473.90 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTUCCI, GENNARO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,467.67 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REITER, DEAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,459.15 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, ANTHONY R | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $150,458.36 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELBOL, ALBERT A, SR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $150,455.90 | Date 09/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLUSINSKI, JOSEPH L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,455.79 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,451.15 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RULAND, KENNETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,449.85 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORIHISA, JOHN M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $150,448.17 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVERSPIKE, CHARLES B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,447.48 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORBITT, LARRY C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $150,444.43 | Date 07/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHE, GLADYS | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $150,443.03 | Date 12/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, JESSY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $150,442.87 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERL, GREGORY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,441.83 | Date 06/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, JOHN M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $150,438.14 | Date 04/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,434.64 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, SHAWN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,427.32 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,424.14 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $150,421.64 | Date 08/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONTOLEFA, JOHN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,415.30 | Date 04/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,414.07 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, SEAN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,409.78 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, KERRY A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $150,407.05 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $150,406.09 | Date 09/17/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALTA, JUAN A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,400.71 | Date 09/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SICA, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,392.54 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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