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 DEVITT, BRIAN E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,254.53 | Date 05/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOUCHE, PHILIP H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,246.64 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KISSOCK, JEFFREY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,244.80 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEER, NEEL N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,243.30 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, MARIO | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $148,243.15 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIDLER, CAROL S | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,243.09 | Date 03/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, MICHAEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,237.57 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUSCO, LISA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,235.10 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNJES, GARY M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 11/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEDY, MATTHEW M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, HEATHER P S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, THOMAS F | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUDENTI, ANITA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCETTA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGATANO, ALBERT J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, ESTHER R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABAY, SHEILA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELTZ, JODY B | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEMPNER, ROCHELLE K | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERBUSH, JEFFREY | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMES, HELEN S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSSEN, VICKY A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-PULAKOS, CHARLENE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYMAN, ROSEMARIE A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEANT, CHARLES L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 08/31/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASS, KATHY M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, DANIEL E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, MARLENE | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETSON, FREDRIC W | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUGELMAN, MARK J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODY, CHARLES L | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 07/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, PETER F | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $148,232.87 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDELSON, BARRY A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $148,231.74 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCCO, PETER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,218.90 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUIDICE, FRANK G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,206.22 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALYS, JAMES G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $148,206.07 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, JAMES T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,204.91 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JOHN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,193.00 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, BRIAN P | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $148,191.65 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, WILLIAM P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,190.22 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, ARIANNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,189.91 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMFLETH, TERESA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,187.47 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRAMONTES, PAUL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,184.89 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHIR, SCOTT K | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $148,182.64 | Date 05/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEILER, JONATHAN D | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $148,178.49 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCLURKIN, WILLIE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,172.31 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, REBECCA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,165.14 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRANMOE, TROY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,159.26 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARLES, DEBBIE | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $148,159.12 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,155.58 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, TY R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,155.14 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAPOLUCH, SUSAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,154.95 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWAN, MARK T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,153.60 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH, NANCY M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $148,152.62 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATZKAMER, RONNIE | Employer name Village of Flower Hill | Amount $148,145.50 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, DANIEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $148,144.47 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACZMAREK, DANIEL T, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $148,141.31 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARON, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $148,140.28 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGANELLO, JAMES | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $148,136.59 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAUGHAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,131.22 | Date 07/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLANTONE, ANDREW M | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $148,131.19 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCHANASZ, MATHEW B | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $148,130.26 | Date 07/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RALEIGH, TRACY FAY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $148,129.83 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NAPOLI, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $148,125.96 | Date 04/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOHN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,124.30 | Date 04/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,115.80 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JAMAL K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,111.58 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEREMETA, GLENN W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $148,111.32 | Date 05/03/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVALLEY, LAURA H | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $148,108.83 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALEZENTIS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,108.00 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNELLY, KAREN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,105.00 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABER, NANCY J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,104.02 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDMAN, ROGER L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,104.02 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMPONG, SYLVIA E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $148,101.59 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESANTI, JASON B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,099.93 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, DORIAN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $148,086.20 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENON, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $148,085.70 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UMINA, THOMAS F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $148,079.89 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RICHARD W | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $148,078.60 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $148,077.01 | Date 12/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGATHER, PATRICK W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,071.87 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLETTI, CRAIG A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $148,069.63 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHNER, CRAIG P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $148,066.55 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARPP, RUSSELL J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,065.29 | Date 09/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ADRIENNE E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $148,065.29 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $148,065.29 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAZI, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $148,062.21 | Date 01/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRAIN, SEAN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $148,056.81 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,053.78 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBY, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,045.30 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOECKER, RICHARD D, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,044.61 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RANNEY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $148,043.77 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GECSEDI, RONALD J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $148,036.89 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, SUSAN J | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $148,029.86 | Date 06/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, PAUL S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $148,028.75 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMKOW, THOMAS M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $148,028.75 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONG, WAI N | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $148,022.05 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETO, BRIAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,018.84 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOKE, JUDITH S | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $148,013.48 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, EILEEN B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $148,012.56 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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