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 BURPOE, JAMES P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $137,150.81 | Date 03/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,150.49 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAKE, DONN H | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $137,149.69 | Date 07/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULAWKA, KEITH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,147.14 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, FRANK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,146.53 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, NORMA | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $137,146.14 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $137,143.91 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELLIS, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,140.91 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEON, JOHN F | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $137,134.36 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, KEVIN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,133.59 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DAVID A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,131.17 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, JOHN C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $137,128.77 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADUANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $137,127.69 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWREY, MATTHEW D | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $137,127.19 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILLECK, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $137,125.75 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOX, DENNIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,125.03 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, DENNIS R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $137,108.99 | Date 09/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTINI, FRANK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,107.08 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASCERI, MARIA | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $137,102.88 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLODORN, ANDREW T | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $137,102.74 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, DOMENICA G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $137,102.11 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOMMEL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,100.67 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Village of Chester | Amount $137,093.40 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,087.79 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCANIO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,083.69 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROBERT T | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $137,081.22 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, NEIL A, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $137,079.88 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHMEN, SANDY W | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,077.61 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLMOTT, MELISSA J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $137,066.44 | Date 10/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, KAREN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,064.54 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAUG, ERIC C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,061.06 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUICKSHANK, RYAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,059.63 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESTHUIS, TODD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $137,057.48 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWLIK, STEPHEN | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $137,055.26 | Date 02/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECHMANSKI, JOHN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,040.73 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALPIN, ROBERT E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $137,037.09 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURENCHALK, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $137,034.91 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALMEIDA, ERNESTINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,033.60 | Date 10/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ALEXANDER, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $137,032.54 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEIGAND, ALICE R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $137,031.02 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, THOMAS P | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $137,030.80 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHES, LUCY V | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $137,026.01 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLETT, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $137,025.83 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTONE, MATTHEW C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,023.28 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNNE, DENNIS, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $137,017.16 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, RICHARD M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $137,012.79 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $137,011.00 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARONE, BONNIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $137,009.50 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBOSA, MICHAEL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $137,009.27 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROZD, CHAD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,005.88 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YAW, NATHAN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,003.49 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODA, PATRICK W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $137,000.50 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $136,999.24 | Date 07/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, GLENESSA R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $136,998.30 | Date 07/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEUNKLE, ERIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $136,997.59 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, JEFFREY P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $136,997.06 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURA, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $136,995.91 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSHYK, MARYANA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $136,995.01 | Date 10/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $136,993.73 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALBY, BRUCE J | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $136,992.24 | Date 02/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERON, NATASHA | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $136,991.60 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEL BELSO, JAMES | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $136,988.21 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATLEY, RORY M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $136,985.49 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, JUSTIN C | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $136,985.35 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCROFANI, ROBERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $136,983.20 | Date 09/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, THOMAS D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $136,978.03 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDNEY, NICHOLAS K | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $136,976.62 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, SHARMINE J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $136,971.10 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIENZO, THOMAS J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $136,965.85 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROMEO T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $136,964.00 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATO, BRUCE K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $136,963.14 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, THOMAS C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $136,961.65 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERICK, GLENN J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $136,961.37 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWTHORN, WARREN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $136,960.44 | Date 07/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, PATRICIA P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $136,956.92 | Date 04/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIEBROCK, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $136,953.66 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTERLY, HOWARD D | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $136,952.54 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $136,949.37 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLANDER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $136,946.11 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $136,942.73 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, KEVIN J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $136,938.13 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHUTOWICH, PETER | Employer name Jericho Water District | Amount $136,933.15 | Date 04/18/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELTRE, MARY | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $136,932.01 | Date 01/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, RYAN S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $136,928.88 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, PETER A | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $136,928.37 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELGARD, MICHELLE L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $136,922.43 | Date 08/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, OMARR S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $136,919.52 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPORAL, STEVEN J | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $136,916.51 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRO, DAVID | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $136,908.36 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILL, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $136,907.62 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DAVID E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $136,907.62 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMONIS, JEAN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $136,905.58 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHALK, GERWIN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $136,903.09 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MEO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $136,903.05 | Date 05/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MRZYGLOD, MICHAEL F | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $136,901.76 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TLOCKOWSKI, JOHN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $136,901.08 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTON, JONATHAN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $136,900.66 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $136,898.63 | Date 06/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $136,896.30 | Date 06/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFLER, JEFFREY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $136,895.30 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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