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 GAZAY, ELIZABETH N | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $140,003.89 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLAFRE, CONSUELO M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $140,003.89 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIAS, LINDA K | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $140,003.89 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNDER, JENEEN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $140,003.89 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, KEVIN V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $140,002.20 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORR, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $140,000.12 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, KAREN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,999.64 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRELLI, SAM A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,999.61 | Date 02/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANO, LOUIS J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,999.60 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGIZIACO, DENISE P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,999.60 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSONE, STEPHEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,999.60 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PERNO, RICHARD G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,998.19 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,996.67 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINKLE, SHAWN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,993.37 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALY, DANTE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,991.32 | Date 06/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAHART, DAVID G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $139,990.16 | Date 04/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMICH, THOMAS C | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $139,988.02 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,986.48 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARIENZO, NATHAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,985.32 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, JAMES E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,985.03 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVERHILL, BRIAN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,982.92 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CELIBERTI, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $139,982.87 | Date 12/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, FRANCIS J | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $139,981.86 | Date 07/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SABATANO, HARRY F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,980.53 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGS-CURRY, MAKEBA B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,977.88 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOTFELTER, WILLIAM | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $139,973.39 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHOMSTEIN, CATHY | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $139,968.14 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANIAK, ROBIN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,964.28 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, BRIAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,962.87 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEMMEL, BRIAN W | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $139,960.64 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CATALDO, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $139,960.33 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,959.98 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JOANN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,958.03 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DAVID A, JR | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $139,955.92 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANZONERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $139,954.16 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LORRAINE JOYCE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,953.83 | Date 05/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ARCADIO R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,952.87 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CEPEDA, ROBERTO P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,952.85 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIRARDIN, ERIC B | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $139,942.55 | Date 04/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEWER, ENRIQUE D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,939.64 | Date 04/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDEN, SHIVAUN S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,938.32 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUYEA, KEVIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,934.29 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURTENBACH, TINA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,931.42 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JAMES D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,929.89 | Date 11/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,929.15 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSON, JAMEL L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,928.46 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUTENSCHUETZ, LANCE T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $139,927.75 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESICH, JEFFREY W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $139,921.96 | Date 07/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, GARY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,920.30 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCANTARA DE PENE, MINESCA V | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $139,919.46 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, KEVIN P | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $139,911.41 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSTLER, DAVID P, III | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $139,910.39 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALEKI, REZA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,908.50 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNHARDT, AMERY E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,906.65 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, WALTER N | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,903.69 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OMILIAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,897.35 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHERN, KEVIN F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,896.91 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANGOSO, MARIA S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,887.97 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, MAUREEN F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,887.38 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, STANLEY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,879.20 | Date 07/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BROADUS | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $139,878.23 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ADDONA, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $139,877.06 | Date 07/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BARRY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,875.60 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOEY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,874.04 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASTRANGELO, JAMIE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,873.79 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAWLEY, GERALD A, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $139,871.81 | Date 03/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WZIENTEK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,859.78 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALY, MARILYN L | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $139,859.07 | Date 05/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALES, DENNIS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,858.88 | Date 09/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROERDEN, JUSTIN K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,857.14 | Date 05/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OKUNDAYE, CHERYL | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $139,856.62 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONIGSBERG, MATTHEW | Employer name Department of State | Amount $139,856.11 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSAY, PATRICK O | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $139,855.50 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUP, JAMES D | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $139,847.36 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALTO, ROBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,847.14 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AKRON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,843.34 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $139,842.88 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONACCI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $139,842.31 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, MAURICE E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,842.23 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, CELESTE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,840.40 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JIN, FANG | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,837.14 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHRAN, KHALED A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,835.65 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZIELLO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,834.20 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOHN A | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $139,830.59 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,829.66 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSEN, ALISON L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,829.55 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,821.19 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIEDRICH, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,820.99 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEANNA R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,818.59 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREESE, MARK W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $139,817.18 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, JOANN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,814.57 | Date 03/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,807.05 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ED J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,807.05 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, GEORGE J, JR | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $139,804.74 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOYK, THOMAS J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $139,801.46 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDONARO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,800.53 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLARINO, SCOTT R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,800.44 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, JAMES E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,800.43 | Date 07/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPP, GREGORY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $139,795.24 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROZLER, MATTHEW L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,793.84 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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