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 MATOS, MARIA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $149,076.33 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODINHO, CARLOS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,076.06 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HRONSKY, ROSALIE J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,074.17 | Date 10/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, WILLIAM H | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $149,071.90 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCHAL, DENNIS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $149,062.44 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENFELD, ELINOR R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $149,059.57 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONACCHIO, GLEN L | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $149,056.29 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MARK W | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $149,054.83 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRER, ELLEN G | Employer name Merrick Library | Amount $149,044.03 | Date 09/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLEMME, BARBARA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $149,032.27 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAROLY, JOHN N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,028.60 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA RUFFA, THEODORE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $149,022.10 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENKEL, JEFFREY S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $149,019.93 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARDINEY, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,015.55 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WISELY, KEVIN E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $149,012.09 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISDORFER, RICHARD A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,007.86 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAM, PHUONG | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $149,003.27 | Date 07/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINEEN, SHEILA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $149,001.99 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, RICHARD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,997.84 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIEBMAN, STEVEN E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,995.74 | Date 03/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTONE, JOSEPHINE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $148,995.74 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DLABOLA, MARY LYNN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $148,995.74 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINSON, BRENDA S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $148,995.74 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSNAK, NINA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $148,995.74 | Date 03/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALORGIO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,991.13 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEDULLA, LUIGI | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,990.73 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, MARK | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,990.28 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, THOMAS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,989.77 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURIANEK, LISA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,982.67 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $148,979.30 | Date 03/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, KELLY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,978.90 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, STEVEN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $148,974.44 | Date 05/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYER, FRANK A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,972.60 | Date 09/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFINA, FRANCIS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,972.60 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTA, MARCELLO | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $148,972.54 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLZ, JEFFREY G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,966.53 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIACQUADIO, ANTHONY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,964.80 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIKORA, INKEONG | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,964.44 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PHILIP J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,956.21 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KARA, TODD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,951.83 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANZENBERGER, JOHN R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $148,950.47 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, AARON C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,949.59 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASS, WAYNE D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $148,946.88 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, KEITH | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $148,946.42 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURZ, FREDERICK L | Employer name West Hempstead Water District | Amount $148,939.43 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, RONALD | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $148,937.76 | Date 09/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSQUERA, MANUEL | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $148,937.39 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, JAMES P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,929.11 | Date 06/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $148,924.29 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRY, RAQUEL N | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $148,915.33 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,915.13 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREDES, JOEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,911.76 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HODOSKY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $148,902.32 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JAMES R | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $148,901.09 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLOWAY, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $148,896.81 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRESPO, LOUIS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,895.74 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ITZHAKI, SYLVIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,891.84 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURTON, MICHAEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,886.81 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SORIANO, CARYL C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $148,884.65 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHOLLAND, SCOTT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,882.16 | Date 05/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANGELA M | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $148,866.95 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINDRICK, SCOTT R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $148,866.71 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTH, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,862.24 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, PAULA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,859.52 | Date 01/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BING, JONATHAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,857.25 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN-HIGHTOWER, KRISTIE L | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $148,844.63 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYCKMAN, MARK L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $148,838.24 | Date 07/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAICKEL, DAVID N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,833.79 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNACCHIA, ROBERT | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $148,830.46 | Date 03/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, THOMAS E | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $148,826.78 | Date 09/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ERIC J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $148,820.86 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIEDEMANN, BARBARA | Employer name Village of Quogue | Amount $148,817.04 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINKELSTEIN, PETER | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $148,816.21 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLICKEN, DANIEL SCOTT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,814.52 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, DONALD A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $148,809.62 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $148,808.24 | Date 07/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, THOMAS S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $148,808.17 | Date 07/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOLAKIS, GEORGE N | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $148,807.63 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNMORE, DAVID L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,803.51 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALING, RANDY | Employer name Village of Oyster Bay Cove | Amount $148,802.99 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DARIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,795.82 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUGARMAN, MARILYN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,795.74 | Date 03/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANGANELLI, RUDOLPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,791.54 | Date 07/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CORINNE H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,784.35 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LY, XUYEN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,778.30 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUZZI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Greenville Fire District | Amount $148,777.50 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JAMES W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,775.18 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEDORDI, VINCENT G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,774.30 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,774.06 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,773.29 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETTA, ALFRED G | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $148,771.67 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINT AMAND, FABIOLA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,771.31 | Date 07/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEITER, JEFFREY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,769.46 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECKMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,767.40 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNERY, NATALIE A | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $148,765.98 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, FRANK A, III | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $148,765.17 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERB, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,762.15 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SETHI, KAMALA D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $148,761.25 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,759.46 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, JOHN E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $148,754.71 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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