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 WARD, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,578.50 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $139,577.79 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWOL, JOSEPH G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,576.98 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, EDWARD F | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $139,574.63 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUZANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,568.78 | Date 02/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINN, BARBARA C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $139,568.50 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIGMILE-SCIACCA, SHAWNA E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $139,562.95 | Date 05/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOROCCO, PAUL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,560.71 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEHR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,560.68 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEGNER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,559.47 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GO, MARIA TERESA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,558.69 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,555.63 | Date 10/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLIZZI, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,555.62 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IORIO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $139,552.30 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, ROBERT E, III | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $139,551.69 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARCURI, CAROL F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,550.48 | Date 03/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, WAYNE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,550.48 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, STEVEN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $139,549.91 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CATHERINE M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $139,549.17 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, ERIK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,548.51 | Date 11/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, KEVIN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,547.71 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEED, ANTHONY J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $139,546.24 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNING, EDWARD D, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,544.98 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOBART, DAVID L | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $139,539.04 | Date 06/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, BRENDAN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,538.60 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, TERRY P | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $139,538.00 | Date 04/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, JOANNE E | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $139,534.98 | Date 01/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBECCHI, BERNARD F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,528.44 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, MARTIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,527.86 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,525.83 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TONYA N | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $139,524.26 | Date 06/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TERENCE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,523.74 | Date 07/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $139,523.06 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, ROHAN N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,520.40 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, JEFFREY G | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $139,519.33 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOYNIHAN, EDWARD C, III | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $139,518.87 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, PHILIP J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,515.97 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMOVICH, EDWARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,513.32 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONCHEK, MARK P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,513.17 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, BRIAN M | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $139,504.86 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, D PAUL | Employer name East Aurora UFSD | Amount $139,504.60 | Date 01/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, JEFFREY L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $139,503.87 | Date 11/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRA, LOUIS J | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $139,498.04 | Date 03/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAG, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,497.90 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASTRINOS, KRISTEN I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,497.54 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WREN, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,496.16 | Date 01/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANS, BRIAN M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $139,492.51 | Date 05/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVARES, MARIA L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,490.01 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,488.47 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELFELDT, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $139,488.05 | Date 11/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILOPOULOS, AGATHY | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $139,474.72 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRUZZA, MATTHEW A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $139,474.46 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, HANS F, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,473.50 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTI, JEANNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,471.00 | Date 06/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, JONATHAN | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $139,470.18 | Date 03/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JEFFREY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,469.76 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYTTENBERG, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,463.39 | Date 01/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMMACK, CAITLIN E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $139,461.94 | Date 07/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $139,461.86 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERINI, SUSAN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $139,460.87 | Date 05/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVELLI, ANTHONY R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $139,457.88 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARO, MARCUS J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $139,457.60 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, ERNEST F | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $139,455.76 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACETO, THOMAS A | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $139,453.44 | Date 08/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, JAMES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,453.22 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHHORN, ANDREW J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,448.12 | Date 09/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAAGER, RONALD W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,447.52 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHOLDI, CHARLES D | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $139,445.93 | Date 10/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAXYMILLIAN, TERRI B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $139,444.85 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METCALFE, JOSEPH G, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,439.40 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI CHIARO, VINCENT A, III | Employer name Orange County | Amount $139,437.92 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEITLICH, APRIL S | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $139,436.38 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, ALBERT J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $139,434.97 | Date 12/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GILBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,433.15 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, GUETTY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,429.73 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, DENNIS P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $139,423.61 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY-WALLACE, GAIL M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,423.52 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAEGER, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,422.69 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARKENHAGEN, JAY P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $139,422.57 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBLATT, MARTY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $139,422.57 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHESTER W | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,422.57 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISCO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $139,421.67 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, LUC M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $139,420.09 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JEANETTE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $139,419.62 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIEVE, PAUL S | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $139,416.08 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, SUSAN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,415.01 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANEKAMP, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $139,412.08 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, TRAVIS W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,407.26 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARENBERG, JASON L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,396.35 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONZ, GREGORY H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,393.60 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERALIS, EVANGELOS | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $139,390.07 | Date 08/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINTRAUB-PFERR, LAURIE A | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $139,386.99 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFFER, KARL S | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $139,382.07 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WENGERT, NOLAN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $139,378.88 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSEBACK, SCOTT R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,378.35 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC VEAN, RACHAEL M | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $139,375.58 | Date 07/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USINGER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,375.26 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, ANTHONY R | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $139,374.46 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGUE, MELVIN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,369.39 | Date 11/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWANOW, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $139,365.13 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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