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 KACHMAR, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,749.19 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,747.66 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MONICA A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $148,740.62 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, LAURA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,739.07 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARELLA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,737.85 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, FRANK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,726.50 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRINSON, MELISSA G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $148,723.25 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VON HASSEL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,721.67 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANELLO, AUDREY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,720.00 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JOSEPH T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,716.32 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROZIO, PAUL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $148,706.14 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAROLINE, TODD J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $148,701.26 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREVOZNYCHENKO, KATERYNA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $148,700.63 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, IRA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,695.82 | Date 02/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, CURTIS L | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $148,692.96 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUTENSTRAUCH, BRIAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,689.78 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEHR, KEITH C | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $148,684.60 | Date 01/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,683.40 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALGABA, JOAQUIN | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $148,681.06 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKES, DEBRA C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $148,672.82 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN PIERRE, ABNER | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $148,668.99 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNIBAL, JON M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $148,668.03 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ERIK J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $148,663.98 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, VALERIE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $148,655.59 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KSIAZEK, SUSAN | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $148,649.04 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACOMBER, JAMES F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,648.05 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLIN, PHILIP A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,646.59 | Date 07/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABER, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,645.87 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA FRANCE, GREGORY L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $148,640.96 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, DENNIS W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,637.33 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULMAN, NANCY L | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $148,636.31 | Date 08/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMM, ARTHUR R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $148,635.64 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEQUARTO, DONALD C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,635.07 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLANSHAFT, STACEY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,633.60 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, ELISE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,633.60 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEFER, JACK A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,632.22 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGARELLA, JILL R | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $148,631.48 | Date 10/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BENEDICTIS, DANIEL | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $148,626.95 | Date 05/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAZAN, DARRYL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,618.27 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAX, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $148,616.81 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, TANYA L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $148,616.79 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMHARDT, JOHN M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $148,614.09 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATCHEN, SHAWN R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $148,601.07 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, JAMIE A | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $148,600.66 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERITY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $148,599.16 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOSEPH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,596.55 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, SALVATORE R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,586.30 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, MATTHEW | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,585.07 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, AAREN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,582.25 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MELISSA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,581.72 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISH, JASON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,580.69 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, MAUREEN R | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $148,578.24 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPHAM, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,577.31 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAXTON, HERBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,573.94 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENDRICH, CRAIG | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $148,566.86 | Date 04/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUOCO, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $148,564.45 | Date 04/25/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPECIALE, PETER G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,559.38 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, CHARLES F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,557.89 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, STEVEN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,555.19 | Date 12/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, PETER J | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $148,552.46 | Date 08/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, JENNIFER | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $148,547.96 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ENRICO A | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $148,544.30 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, BENJAMIN H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,543.58 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEBICH, JOACHIM A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,542.93 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $148,541.64 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN P | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $148,541.58 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, ARTHUR F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $148,540.80 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIBERT, LAWRENCE E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $148,533.85 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APRILE, JEROME, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,531.06 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHALOWSKI, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $148,520.35 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JIMMY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,519.23 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, PAUL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $148,517.98 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOL-GABIN, SHERLY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $148,516.38 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $148,516.05 | Date 10/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOON, ROBERT R | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $148,515.52 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHL, KENNETH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,509.77 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, ARTHUR J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $148,507.23 | Date 08/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERKEN, JOHN R | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $148,503.47 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DEMETRIO | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $148,502.70 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, LAURIE A | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $148,501.90 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EYLER, MAUREEN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,501.38 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, JOHN T | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $148,497.47 | Date 02/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RICHARD L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,496.08 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONG, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,488.25 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEY, LESLIE R, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $148,476.34 | Date 10/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,472.60 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, EYON D | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $148,467.34 | Date 08/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMBRA, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $148,466.39 | Date 02/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZABA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,465.49 | Date 01/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, DAVID A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,462.72 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMMS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $148,462.20 | Date 09/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRONE, BRIAN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,459.55 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, MILSON T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $148,454.92 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $148,453.72 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, JOHN M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $148,452.82 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,451.11 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, DEAN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $148,449.52 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLI, STEVEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,446.87 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZZACANO, GARY J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,440.33 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORBIN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $148,432.87 | Date 11/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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