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 FISCHER, SCOTT D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $150,391.11 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSTERT, ERIC K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $150,390.19 | Date 05/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE-LASHER, KATHRYNE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,387.82 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUGLER, TERRI L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $150,385.19 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERDLY, WENDY K | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $150,385.15 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOODY, STEPHEN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $150,385.15 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, WILLIAM L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,384.28 | Date 02/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, ERIC | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $150,371.83 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWICKI, ROBERT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,359.34 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATONE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $150,351.02 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, LOUIS F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,349.10 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEGLIA, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,342.04 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADIBHATLA, RAMANA R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $150,339.56 | Date 04/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPULLA, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,338.85 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, RYAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,336.85 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANNARELLI, STEVEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,333.31 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,331.21 | Date 04/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, GEOFFREY F | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $150,329.28 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CAPUA, PHILLIP A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $150,329.23 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTHROP POLLACK, DEBRA F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $150,329.23 | Date 04/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANACA, PATRICE G | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $150,327.52 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNER, GLORIA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $150,326.01 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVIN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,325.63 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANTONELLI, JOHN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,321.91 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, WILLIAM A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $150,318.06 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENZ, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $150,316.86 | Date 07/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BATES, ANDREW J | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $150,316.53 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORREGO, VLADIMIR D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,312.87 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYERS, ARLENE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,311.00 | Date 12/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, CHARLES P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $150,309.28 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,308.89 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGUISH, RICHARD F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,305.81 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KWASNA, RAYMOND J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,305.39 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUGERI, JULIANA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $150,303.15 | Date 12/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANECEK, WILLIAM R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $150,296.00 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLLMAN, JESSE C | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $150,295.23 | Date 04/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TREACY, WILLIAM V.P. | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $150,285.64 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, RICHARD T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,278.16 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, PAUL F | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $150,273.69 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $150,270.06 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JAMES T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,266.59 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, SEAN B | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $150,266.01 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESTERGARD, CHARLES R | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $150,263.75 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,259.56 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI RUZZA, SANDRA A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $150,258.94 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, THOMAS H | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $150,253.29 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERDERIAN, CHARLES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,251.00 | Date 11/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLSTEIN, JANET L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,244.70 | Date 08/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIS, JOHN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,244.24 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYNOR, KELLY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,241.60 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, LESLIE I | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $150,239.28 | Date 01/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIMMEL, WILLIAM B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,236.62 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, DEBORAH N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,230.82 | Date 03/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, LISA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $150,225.28 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, JAMES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,224.13 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH-VARLACK, CAMILLE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $150,222.77 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, EDWIN W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,220.50 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURBOTER, RICHARD A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,219.69 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUGER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $150,217.96 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JANOCHA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,215.00 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURENT, JULIAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,207.39 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NICHOLAS A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $150,207.27 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUEVAS, JESSICA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $150,198.81 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPPENBERG, MARILYN | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $150,197.32 | Date 09/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTOL, KENNETH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,189.58 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABOU ZEID, FADI M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,186.28 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLISSIMO, MICHAEL N | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $150,184.66 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WERCBERGER, CHAIM B | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $150,183.68 | Date 08/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPITTO, CAROL G | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, ANNE MARIE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JASON M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 05/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSLANDER, BETSY | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, COLLEEN M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, JOHN E | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $150,182.62 | Date 07/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, MARILYN G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $150,180.06 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, NOEL | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $150,177.05 | Date 01/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $150,166.81 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, RYAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,158.38 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAWCZYK, JAMES M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,156.40 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERSHLER, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,153.25 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLATT, DAPHNA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $150,147.14 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATICE, WAYNE D, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,142.63 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILCHEZ, EDWARD P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,140.00 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, THOMAS E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $150,139.27 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, KATHLEEN B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $150,134.58 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, JAMES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,133.05 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFSKY, MARTIN D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $150,133.02 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRACKSINGH, KERRY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,127.95 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HADINGER, PAUL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,117.77 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, PAUL B | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $150,115.60 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, HUI M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,102.00 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LYN A | Employer name Town of Halfmoon | Amount $150,096.87 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, KEITH | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $150,093.48 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKSDALE, ROBERT E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,093.46 | Date 01/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, DAVID E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $150,085.48 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, EDWARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $150,084.40 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLINGER, JEFFERY W | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $150,084.09 | Date 05/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHORSKI, ROBERT G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,082.39 | Date 12/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TITKA, JAMES A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $150,077.69 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBERA, MARC A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,077.57 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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