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 STABILE, ANTHONY N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,547.21 | Date 12/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTICE, BARBARA I | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $140,546.45 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUMAN, ERIC | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $140,546.43 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, LAWRENCE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,540.15 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATIN, HASAN I A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $140,537.04 | Date 03/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOVONI, MEREDITH W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,536.89 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GJONAJ, LEKA | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $140,533.75 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOHWALD, RONALD W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,532.36 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAMAY, JERRY E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $140,530.64 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAWAY, CHARLES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,529.65 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARD, MICHELLE D | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $140,520.25 | Date 05/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAYETTE, JOHN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,519.28 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENA, RONALD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,519.24 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, JOHN R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $140,514.23 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALERA, FRANK M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $140,506.34 | Date 03/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $140,506.29 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $140,503.46 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSTON, JOHN C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $140,503.27 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, ANDREW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,498.61 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALARICO, PETER G | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $140,498.56 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIECHTER, RENE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,488.85 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ERWIN S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $140,486.38 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECARLO, DOMINICK J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $140,482.20 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGWER, TODD R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,482.00 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, KEVIN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,480.55 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, PATRICK T | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $140,478.01 | Date 12/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORGEA, DARREN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,473.39 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENSAH, EDMOND | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $140,470.58 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $140,470.46 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, RICHARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,468.50 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURNIN, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,465.72 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORCARO, JOSEPH L | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $140,461.84 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, BRUCE C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $140,457.61 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIMM, JANINE T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $140,456.58 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, MATTHEW F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,456.12 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $140,454.26 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WENTLAND, BRIAN W | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $140,448.45 | Date 02/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTIMORE, GARY R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,448.31 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, WESLEY E, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,448.06 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DETORO, ROBERT P, JR | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $140,444.64 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $140,441.32 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, WILLIAM | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $140,440.78 | Date 03/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY-JORGENSEN, CHARLENE A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $140,437.02 | Date 11/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPTOULIS, MELISSA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $140,435.90 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLAR, PAUL C | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $140,434.94 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARTOLA, AHMED M | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $140,433.47 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURA, LOIDA S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $140,430.86 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $140,427.05 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERUSSE, JOSEPH S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,426.46 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZELENYAK, JOSEPH J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $140,424.53 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIENER, JOSEPH | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $140,423.20 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLA, JOANES | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $140,422.16 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, LYLE D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $140,422.00 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, DARLENE M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $140,418.42 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, DEREK G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,416.71 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUILTER, THOMAS J, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,411.21 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLICK, HARRY | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $140,411.08 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, ERICA S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $140,409.22 | Date 03/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILY, CYNTHIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,405.67 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, EDWARD G | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $140,405.30 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLOWER, RICHARD P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,402.33 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALLARD, DARYL R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $140,397.24 | Date 07/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOZZA, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,391.60 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOESSNER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,390.43 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, BRIAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,389.09 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STYCZYNSKI, DANIEL K | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $140,383.92 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOANNOU, KYRIAKOS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $140,383.73 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JOSEPH C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $140,383.42 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUIHEEN, PATRICK T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,382.68 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLUDD, VERA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,379.74 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWATCH, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $140,379.37 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRO, ANDREW | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,373.23 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, KEVIN S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $140,373.06 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VATTIMO, BRIAN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $140,372.95 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITO, SANDRO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,363.55 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOLL, RUSSELL J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $140,360.07 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONATY, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $140,358.35 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JAY F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $140,352.68 | Date 12/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEIREDO, ANTONIO M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,351.83 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLING, STEVEN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $140,350.65 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CHARLES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,349.66 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHHOLZ, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,348.28 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORLETTA, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $140,345.17 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRES, CAROL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $140,343.66 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, TREVOR F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $140,341.04 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOEPFLIN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $140,337.40 | Date 01/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $140,336.76 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $140,332.39 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDEN, RYAN A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $140,330.18 | Date 01/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUYER, DANIEL P | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $140,325.22 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINO, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $140,323.73 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHILLIPS, SHAWN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,319.99 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, RACHELLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,319.91 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVEROS, HENRY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,314.70 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, EUNICE A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $140,313.22 | Date 10/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNN, SIMON D | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $140,313.22 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, WILLIAM A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $140,308.97 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $140,305.20 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, JAMES M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $140,299.17 | Date 12/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, ROBERT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $140,291.62 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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