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 KIRSCHNER, DAVID J | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $141,298.96 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, MARTIN V | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $141,298.04 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOK, LINDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,296.20 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTO, MARIA R | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $141,293.95 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, TIMOTHY F | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $141,293.78 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACARO, CHRISTINA N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,290.59 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUDIGALA, ERIK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,290.43 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLINGBEIL, DONALD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,289.34 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,289.02 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMBRIDGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $141,286.86 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,283.93 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTA, ALPHONSE, JR | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $141,283.68 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANZALDI, VITO J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,283.50 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, DAVID M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,282.22 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON-MALORGIO, AMY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,281.41 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILITO, FRANK J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $141,274.48 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTZ, ROBERT D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $141,264.68 | Date 08/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, SUZANNE M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $141,263.04 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTERVALLO, ANTHONY W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $141,260.36 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARLANTI, ANGELO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $141,250.96 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROUD, WALTER B, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $141,249.06 | Date 10/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUE, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,243.06 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, WESLEY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,241.85 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARBERO, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $141,240.54 | Date 07/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOWA, LAURA J. | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $141,237.78 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITKA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $141,235.58 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, ANTHONY C | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $141,229.19 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, LEONARD J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $141,229.12 | Date 01/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCIA, PETER B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $141,228.58 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECCHIA, RENEE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $141,228.58 | Date 08/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFRAN, EILEEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $141,224.97 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, VARGHESE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $141,224.97 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,223.80 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHY, MATTHEW | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $141,222.85 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DAWN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $141,222.82 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALMY, DONALD C | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $141,219.95 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,215.46 | Date 04/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELGRADER, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $141,212.93 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONROFF, JENNIFER A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,212.42 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, PETER J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $141,210.76 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLFORTE, MICHAEL N | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $141,205.96 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPRE, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $141,200.71 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWLETT, DEBORAH K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $141,197.64 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOJAK, ARTHUR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,192.76 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHARIF, MARYAM | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $141,192.40 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, RACHEL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $141,190.86 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY-HUMPHREYS, SOLANGE N | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $141,190.24 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIMMEL, PETER K | Employer name Bethpage Water District | Amount $141,185.91 | Date 12/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, GERARD R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $141,182.87 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SITLER, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,182.76 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS-DESIRE, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,182.30 | Date 06/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESMAILZADA, MOHAMMED Q | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $141,178.00 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,177.32 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEQUAR, FRANK J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $141,176.72 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHL, STEVEN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,176.12 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,175.17 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, JAMES T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,173.46 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MARK | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,172.96 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TABACHNICK, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $141,163.95 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTES-AMAYA, LUIS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,162.70 | Date 04/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANE, MARGARET M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,162.30 | Date 04/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, DOUGLAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,161.50 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINBY, CHRISTOPHER W, II | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $141,161.02 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RHO, IRENE I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $141,156.66 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETROMICCA, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $141,153.97 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DION, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,150.67 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELITTI, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,147.88 | Date 04/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOROKA, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $141,147.23 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, MAUREEN L | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $141,144.21 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, PETER R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $141,141.92 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALI, JOHN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,140.92 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRESNAHAN, DENNIS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,140.81 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EHRENREICH, BARBARA S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $141,139.81 | Date 09/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVUTO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,139.11 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, KUNJAMMA P | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $141,138.73 | Date 11/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ALEXANDRE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,138.01 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITI, JAMES C | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $141,137.36 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROYAN, PETER, JR | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $141,136.44 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURGHER, WILLIAM | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $141,134.93 | Date 10/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,134.76 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, ERIN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $141,134.45 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINETTI, CLAUDIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $141,128.85 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAIVA, LISDALIA I | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $141,128.70 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMORELLO, CAROL | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $141,128.64 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, STEVEN V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $141,128.35 | Date 01/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, ROGER J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $141,127.85 | Date 08/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KERN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,126.32 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $141,124.00 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, GINO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $141,122.09 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, STEVEN L | Employer name Supreme Court Justices | Amount $141,118.31 | Date 02/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELHOUS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $141,108.82 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DEBBIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $141,102.68 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, CHAUNCIE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $141,100.38 | Date 07/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, CHARLES R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $141,098.62 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTA, FRANK | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $141,097.76 | Date 09/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, JAMES L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $141,097.23 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZAJKA, JOHN M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $141,085.91 | Date 05/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREMPASKY, STEPHEN | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $141,084.28 | Date 09/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JEANNE M | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $141,081.87 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCALLY, DANIEL S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $141,081.60 | Date 06/03/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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