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 SPERO, RONALD J, JR | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $146,690.80 | Date 08/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAFELE, ROBERT W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,688.12 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, ASHOK | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $146,671.06 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASQUITH, KENNETH M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $146,669.41 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAU, JOEL S | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $146,668.87 | Date 12/22/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEESE, CHAD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,666.58 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KONIK, ROBERT C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,664.16 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAFFA, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $146,662.25 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENKWITT, ROBERT R, III | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $146,660.53 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATUOGNO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,655.51 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $146,651.49 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ROBERT F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $146,644.05 | Date 11/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DARRYL P, II | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $146,643.75 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, KEVIN S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $146,640.96 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINE, CHARLES O | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $146,638.26 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARLETT, BARBARA WESTBROOK | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $146,634.99 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FILIPPIS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,634.19 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRSIN, STEPHEN D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $146,632.67 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GREGORIO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,629.48 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, VANESSA V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $146,628.53 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INNACE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,626.13 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAWLEY, ANNE G | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $146,625.14 | Date 07/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, USHA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $146,624.83 | Date 05/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENKEN, JASON M | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $146,622.62 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NETHERCOTT, KEVIN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $146,622.34 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARILLA, DONALD M, JR | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $146,621.54 | Date 04/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLICK, JANET A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $146,619.72 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, SCOTT | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $146,612.84 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMINIELLO, EMANUEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,610.70 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,605.03 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, RONALD W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,599.64 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, EDWIN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,597.06 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELYEA, DARCY A | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $146,596.73 | Date 11/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,594.95 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYNER, EARL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,594.82 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, MICHAEL V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $146,592.38 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARCROW, RICHARD | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $146,589.95 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ALLISON A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,589.71 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPADARO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,588.87 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $146,587.18 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, CHARLENE L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $146,585.67 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINDER, DIRCK C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,583.80 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, DANIEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,581.04 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROMBETTA, ADRIENNE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $146,576.42 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SRENIAWSKI, JOSEPH L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $146,572.48 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, EILEEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $146,558.68 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIDEN, RINA D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $146,558.21 | Date 09/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATTIE, KEVIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,556.49 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCARSELLI, STEVEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,548.59 | Date 10/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KETELTAS, BRIAN T | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $146,545.79 | Date 10/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENA, YOHANNY D | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $146,544.36 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZA, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $146,543.56 | Date 11/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONNELL, TERENCE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,542.37 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, HENRY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $146,527.78 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,527.52 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, ANTHONY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,524.52 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORST, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,524.50 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCKERILL, JOHN F | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $146,523.82 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $146,522.99 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, JANICE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,520.05 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ALEX J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $146,519.46 | Date 11/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $146,518.27 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPANO, CLAUDIO A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $146,514.02 | Date 01/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $146,513.44 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, DOUGLAS J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $146,512.91 | Date 05/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,510.07 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,507.42 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITARDO, HAROLD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,503.89 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRATTNER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $146,501.50 | Date 01/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALTIMONDA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,497.74 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO PICCOLO, VIOLET A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $146,496.05 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLDANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $146,493.88 | Date 08/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARDEGUEZ, RAY F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,492.80 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLING, DONNA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $146,490.88 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSSIN, CRAIG | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $146,487.47 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLEY, LISA M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $146,484.22 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUILFOYLE, DANIEL C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,475.35 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR-CROTTI, MICHAEL M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $146,462.76 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,462.43 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, HELBERT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,456.31 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASTERN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $146,451.77 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCA, PAUL | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $146,445.02 | Date 01/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERO-SIMMONS, RENEE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,444.61 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, ROBERT L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $146,440.84 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINE, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $146,440.62 | Date 11/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONITO, SALVATORE F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,436.31 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $146,434.20 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUST, ALLISON D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $146,433.60 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $146,431.25 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANYO, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,429.15 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CAROLYN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $146,428.72 | Date 09/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, BRANDON J | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $146,428.02 | Date 08/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NALLI, MARK A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $146,425.50 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, STEVEN K | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $146,424.76 | Date 06/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PECK, MATTHEW G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,422.15 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRYCHODKO, MICHAEL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $146,414.41 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, GARY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $146,412.10 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, DAVID M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $146,409.23 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RECKSON, NATHANIEL | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $146,407.39 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLEICHNER, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $146,403.58 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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