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 HOLGUIN, FRANK E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,341.25 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, AMY E | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 10/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CATHERINE F | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALES, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KEVIN D | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATA, MARK L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 12/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIMI, EUGENE R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,340.31 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,336.26 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, ERIC S | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $143,330.49 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,322.42 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCELLI, RICHARD F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $143,316.86 | Date 09/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE-SIPONEN, GAIL P | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $143,312.00 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, ROBERT L | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $143,312.00 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, ELLEN | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $143,312.00 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, ROBERT J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $143,312.00 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTO, ALANA | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $143,310.49 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLEA, SAMUEL, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,310.43 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DEBBIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,309.76 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, BRIAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,300.72 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEE, DANIEL M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $143,296.01 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, LAURA E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $143,291.51 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCOPO, ANTONIO | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $143,290.16 | Date 07/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHALFEN, LUCIAN | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $143,287.55 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKNESS, BRIAN P | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $143,283.22 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, EUGENE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,281.46 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $143,278.73 | Date 12/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $143,277.66 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYON, GORDON W | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $143,275.93 | Date 10/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, THOMAS O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,274.65 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEYETTE, JOHN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,268.86 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, STUART D | Employer name Greenville Fire District | Amount $143,264.46 | Date 08/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NADOLNY, CAROL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,262.90 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCERA, MARCIA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,262.70 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTY-KNODEL, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,262.70 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANG, MARION M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,262.70 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ERIC M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $143,262.04 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, ROBERT T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,261.20 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,261.20 | Date 12/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIPPLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,259.40 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, RICHARD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,257.00 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAATZ, GLEN P | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $143,255.73 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYER, SUSAN B | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $143,255.73 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICH, EDWARD G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $143,254.69 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO DESTRO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $143,250.97 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,250.91 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DEVITT, PATRICK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,248.12 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUGHAN, PAUL G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,247.70 | Date 01/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,246.62 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $143,244.60 | Date 01/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANISAIT, SHEILA NAAZ | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $143,243.40 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, KYLE W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,243.29 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENTIVEGNA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,242.67 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $143,237.86 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $143,237.86 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRETTI, MICHAEL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,232.78 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,232.59 | Date 06/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORSEN, DENISE W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,232.59 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPEL, PETER T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,227.55 | Date 07/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILOT, ROY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $143,224.52 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,223.48 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NASH, LOREEN E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,222.61 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, RENEE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,218.54 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, DAMIAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,215.70 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, KEVIN A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $143,215.36 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DACUS, HEATHER L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $143,212.96 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAMORE, CARMINE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,212.78 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEAHAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $143,209.33 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURIA, MARIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,206.31 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MEARA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $143,197.33 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, GREGG J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,195.86 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINKO, STEPHEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,193.00 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHNER, ANNMARIE R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $143,191.91 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, DAVID S | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWIN, STEPHEN P | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUF, MARY K | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, KEVIN J | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, AMY J | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREASER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, LAUREEN A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 04/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 12/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSMAN, CAROL B | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLO, CATHERINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 01/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, SARAH M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 09/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMAINO, ANDREA E | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AITCHESON, JESSIE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASADOURIAN, AMY | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, SHANNON A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 06/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, FRANCES C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 01/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAYIAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENSMORE, JAMES H | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 01/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY-MAY, BETH V | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 11/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, LEANORA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 03/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, ROBERT J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLIWINSKI, CATHERINE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDETTO, THOMAS | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTI, NICOLE J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMOPOULOS, ANN | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARBER, DEBORAH G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 05/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, BARBARA E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $143,187.88 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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