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 MCCARTHY, DONNA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $139,362.03 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITWIESER, ERIK D | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $139,361.84 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZACK, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $139,361.40 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, DANIEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $139,359.73 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXSON, DE WANIE L | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $139,352.77 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMBERGER, KEVIN L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $139,350.08 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONDELLI, MICHAEL R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $139,348.10 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWERGO, MICHAEL M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,344.05 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $139,341.48 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUSQUET, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,341.19 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, BLAKE G | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $139,338.74 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHMAN, MARTIN J | Employer name Financial Control B0Ard | Amount $139,338.05 | Date 03/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICK, DAVID C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,330.92 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEINRICH, WILLIAM R | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,328.48 | Date 06/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, NEIL O | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $139,326.01 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAKER, COREY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $139,324.95 | Date 05/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONOPKO, STEPHEN G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $139,322.44 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUREUTHER, MELANIE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $139,322.10 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERNA, JAVIER G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,320.12 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, VIJAY G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,318.50 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, RAFAEL T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,317.00 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENA, JOSE A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $139,311.84 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MARK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $139,310.44 | Date 11/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARTH, THOMAS R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,301.80 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORGONE, BRUCE C | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $139,300.08 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DAMIAN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 02/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WILLIAM W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 08/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLETTA, CARMEN T | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 02/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MARY L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSSIER, NANCY W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 06/19/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINOSKI, MARK W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 11/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMUS, LAUREL | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, FRANCIS E, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 07/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, STEVEN E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 11/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCCHI, VICTOR A | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, LANA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHER, MARK D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, DAVID M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTZER, MADELINE L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 01/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, RUSSELL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCH, BRUCE E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, JAMES D | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINBERG, JONATHAN D | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 08/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENNETT, JOHN J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 06/18/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, JUDITH E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, WILLIAM L | Employer name Department of State | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 12/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, BRIAN C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONDON, C L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, ANDREW T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLK, MARK F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 01/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, DEBORAH A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 12/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, DANIEL M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETTIG, DAVID V | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONDINARO, JOHN E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 02/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, DIANE C | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODAK, JULIE A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLLNER, DAVID V | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JOANNE P | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 02/25/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, KENNETH I | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ALLAN J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,294.57 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $139,291.27 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIETRICH, DAVID L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $139,290.96 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNS, CRAIG H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $139,289.28 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, JOHN P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,285.27 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, KIMBERLY | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $139,283.15 | Date 02/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGEVIN, DEBORA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $139,282.27 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $139,280.75 | Date 03/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINGUEZ, NELSON | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $139,279.54 | Date 10/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, BRADLEY F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $139,278.77 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, ANDREW P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,278.28 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORAL, CESAR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $139,278.12 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHANE, OWEN J, JR | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $139,276.20 | Date 11/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHRMAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $139,276.18 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, SUSAN | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $139,276.18 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANARKIEWICZ, ROBERT W | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $139,276.18 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINEY, REBECCA N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,276.18 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENHAM, CATHERINE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,265.64 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURIVAGE, EDWARD C | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $139,262.93 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JESSE P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,262.47 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, LORRAINE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $139,259.04 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNT, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,255.55 | Date 10/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, SEAN P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,252.57 | Date 07/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, MICHELLE M | Employer name Financial Control B0Ard | Amount $139,252.34 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUYNE, JUSTIN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,250.49 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETRONE, LOUIS J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $139,250.48 | Date 12/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $139,247.27 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANG, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,246.37 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, INGRID S | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $139,246.04 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POKORNY, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $139,244.04 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, JAMES F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $139,243.20 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, EDMUND J | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $139,240.21 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, THOMAS R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $139,239.01 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, SCOTT V | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,237.56 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLILLO, CHARLES JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $139,237.37 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $139,236.18 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMETER, DAVID J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $139,236.09 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, RONALD W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $139,234.90 | Date 12/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MARK W | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $139,230.92 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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