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 LEE, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $148,010.90 | Date 10/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATHERLY, GAIL E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,007.37 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELES, EVA MARIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,007.16 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONG, KEVIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $148,005.77 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTELLI, LAURA LEE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $148,003.88 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVERNOR, GEOFFREY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $148,003.76 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRANTE, ANTHONY N | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $148,003.40 | Date 12/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZES, ROSALIND J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,997.90 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMESI, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $147,996.15 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLAMENBAUM, HANNAH K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $147,996.09 | Date 05/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, GARY R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,992.94 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUIGNAN, MARGARET M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,992.52 | Date 01/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, BARBARA K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $147,990.81 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUDIO, STEVEN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $147,990.64 | Date 09/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIENCICKY, IRKA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $147,986.69 | Date 01/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANCELLA, ANTHONY III | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $147,980.79 | Date 05/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, ROBERT A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $147,980.53 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,972.60 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGARIN, MARILOU G | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $147,966.42 | Date 08/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RACHEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,965.42 | Date 07/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, MARK | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $147,963.54 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, PETER | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $147,958.29 | Date 10/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CASSANDRA D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,958.20 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-GARGANO, JENNIFER | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $147,955.04 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $147,954.63 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, KEITH A | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $147,952.29 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANGAKIS, EVELYN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $147,949.59 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, ANGELA M | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $147,934.10 | Date 01/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILAZZO, PATRICK R | Employer name Village of Sag Harbor | Amount $147,933.56 | Date 05/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARK R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,930.05 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, PAUL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $147,923.72 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALBO, VINCENT J | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $147,921.07 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,920.07 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLSTON, LARRY E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $147,906.79 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORR, ROBERT C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $147,904.55 | Date 08/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRINE, DWAYNE A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $147,904.20 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEITH R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $147,900.19 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE YOUNG, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $147,897.46 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHUNG, JEONG-AH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $147,895.48 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, JOHN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $147,894.13 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEE, STEPHEN F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,891.91 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATT, JAMES C | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $147,891.83 | Date 10/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARMO, TODD T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $147,887.50 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIULLI, MICHAEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,883.97 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMIOLO, ANDREW A, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,883.92 | Date 02/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERBURNE, AARON F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,878.30 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,867.66 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, DEBORAH R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $147,860.25 | Date 05/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JEFFREY R | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $147,857.98 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GARRETT R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,857.00 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCIDO, MARIA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $147,854.24 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLSKI, EDWIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,853.72 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, AARON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,849.29 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUBBS, MARK A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,843.65 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $147,840.60 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, REGINA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $147,839.11 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JAMES M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $147,838.56 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, MICHAEL D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $147,831.35 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNER, PATRICK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,828.60 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPISAK, JON D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,818.68 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, ERIN T | Employer name Chester UFSD 1 | Amount $147,815.82 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, LARRY, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,812.40 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODDIE, REGINALD A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGGS, CHEREE A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AUGUSTE, JAMES E | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 11/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, ERIKA M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, JOSEPH | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DORIS M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, KATHERINE A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASLEY, ANDREA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, DONALD A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 06/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL LEVY, KELLY | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, ROBERT R | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, CAROL R | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, SHAWNDYA L | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, PETER P | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCOVICH, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANE, EDMUND M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Co Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERESIA, ANDREW G | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MARK L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JANET C | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $147,810.62 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGLIAFIERRO, LETIZIA P | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $147,809.68 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALARNEAU, BRIAN C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $147,800.52 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANEPPS, BARBARA | Employer name NYS Conference of Mayors | Amount $147,800.00 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELZAR, STEVEN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $147,799.96 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGOBARDI, DOMINICK A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $147,791.70 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, THOMAS W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $147,788.22 | Date 05/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BICK, JONATHAN P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $147,787.46 | Date 12/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALTZMAN, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $147,787.32 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SVENTORAITIS, LAURA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,784.72 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEARY, ROBERT L | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $147,781.83 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,780.00 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $147,775.24 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, GEORGE O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,771.26 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, SAL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,771.07 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UYEKI, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $147,766.68 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASTA, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $147,760.57 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TAWANNA H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,760.44 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAMUDER, ROBERT A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $147,759.67 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, EDWARD P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $147,756.28 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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