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 CAPRARO, RICHARD J, III | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $138,048.30 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $138,041.61 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WETZ, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,040.10 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, DEAN C | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $138,036.25 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIEDERMANN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,032.23 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, KEVIN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,031.61 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WIERCISZEWSKI, MARK K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,030.80 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC WHIRK, PATRICK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,020.70 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,020.28 | Date 12/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALI, VIKAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,008.00 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUGH, FLINORA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $137,998.93 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPULECKI, CHERYL A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $137,998.67 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORBER, DANA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,988.60 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHEY, SUZANNE P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,982.77 | Date 12/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTERNICOLA, NICHOLAS M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $137,977.55 | Date 05/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON BRAUN, KARL H | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $137,975.10 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, DONNELL J | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $137,966.76 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIASULLO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,964.64 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFF, JAMES R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $137,963.05 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ISIMINGER, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,961.37 | Date 10/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANDREANO, PETER J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $137,958.23 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $137,956.62 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, EDWARD S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $137,954.12 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANKEL, RICHARD E | Employer name Islip Housing Authority | Amount $137,948.92 | Date 07/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, MARY AGNES | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $137,947.17 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, BRADFORD I, II | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $137,941.07 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC HAYLE, BLOSSOM M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,928.01 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, KYLE A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $137,927.62 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, ELIAS D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $137,924.08 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAOUEN, MICHAEL F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,918.31 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, RAYMOND J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,916.85 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABRIZIO, EMILY R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $137,916.81 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHTA, HEENA P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $137,915.24 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $137,914.05 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GDANSKI, PAUL | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $137,913.98 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENDERGAST, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $137,913.97 | Date 11/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JAMES S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,913.60 | Date 01/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, QUINTON | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $137,911.38 | Date 07/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLNEY, DAVID N, SR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,911.21 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, REGINA D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $137,911.19 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINKLEY, TYRONE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $137,907.44 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLMANN, FRANK | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $137,903.93 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGERI, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,897.85 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RHINE, KRISTIN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,894.54 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARMIDA, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $137,888.62 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILDEA, SEAN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,887.58 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LANINGHAM, JOHN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,886.72 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAINE, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $137,885.20 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROULIS, WILLIAM T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,882.04 | Date 05/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARE, JASON | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $137,881.33 | Date 03/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRONSTEIN, JASON L | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $137,873.14 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, JOANNE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,872.01 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARVIN, FARIDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,868.94 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $137,864.22 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGELS, WESLEY B | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $137,862.89 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARMIENTO, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $137,857.93 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRY, GAVIN B | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $137,857.53 | Date 03/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $137,853.53 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, COREY W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $137,851.53 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.48 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KENNETH J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.46 | Date 10/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEUER, ADAM C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.45 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PNG, KOK M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.44 | Date 01/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCARO, ADRIENNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.43 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, JUNE C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.43 | Date 04/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ARLENE R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.43 | Date 05/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGUBANDI, RADHIKA S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.42 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALISE, FRANK | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.41 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MOLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,848.41 | Date 07/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JULIET I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,846.13 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEYMENOVA, LARISA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,840.62 | Date 06/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUMPF, CHARLES F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,834.46 | Date 03/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CREDLE, MARCUS L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,833.16 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSTROVSKAYA, NORA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $137,832.30 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHNER, JOSEPH G | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $137,830.20 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DANIEL J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $137,830.20 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, MICHAEL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,828.31 | Date 09/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMONY, KEVIN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,826.46 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, LAURA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,821.78 | Date 06/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARA, JEAN-PAUL | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $137,816.14 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PILIERO-KINDERMAN, ANDREW D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,814.93 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAPKE, BETH W | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $137,814.92 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMAN, KENNETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,813.33 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OMAECHEVARRIA, JOSU | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $137,807.71 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $137,800.75 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAUSER, ETHAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,791.99 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROCHER, CHARLES A | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 24 | Amount $137,787.83 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACAMPORA, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $137,785.76 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABUJABER, JANDARK | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $137,785.65 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, DEMIAN H | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $137,784.57 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDOLA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,782.91 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTO, JANET F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,776.00 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,772.22 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNABAIO, BRANDON A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $137,772.20 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODHINES, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,769.39 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENK, KURT W | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $137,762.77 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, SHAWN J | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $137,762.01 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUCCI, ELIO T | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $137,759.05 | Date 08/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, KEVIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $137,754.38 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALFETTONE, LOUIS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $137,750.98 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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