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 LE MASTER, DAVID M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, BARRY R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER-KELLER, ABIGAIL M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALKINS, RONALD F | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 06/05/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, JOHN G | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLIHER, DENNIS M | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 02/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDINER, DONNA M | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, WINIFRED M | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYCHTARIK, ROBERT G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $135,764.20 | Date 03/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDAITIS, SARAH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $135,758.10 | Date 04/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, GEORGE B | Employer name Village of Ocean Beach | Amount $135,756.09 | Date 05/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEE, JEFFREY F | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $135,753.24 | Date 03/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ELAINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,751.19 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, RONALD S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $135,751.09 | Date 04/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHRIS L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $135,749.21 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSAGNOL, DIDIER J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $135,748.63 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, CRAIG R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,748.57 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETROPAOLO, BRIAN V | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $135,747.25 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, JAMES T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,746.12 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $135,742.90 | Date 05/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASS, PETER H | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $135,741.08 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, WILLIAM W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $135,739.80 | Date 08/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPOW, KAREN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,733.33 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAY, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $135,731.90 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAPANESE, MARCIA BLOCK | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $135,730.52 | Date 01/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANZY, DWAYNE E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $135,728.52 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, YOLANDE T | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $135,728.16 | Date 01/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPTIS, THOMAS N | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $135,726.64 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHANEMAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $135,726.09 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDBERG, RICHARD E | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $135,723.33 | Date 03/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DAVID H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $135,720.68 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYSOCKI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $135,717.07 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, VINCENT J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $135,716.90 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, JEFFERY B | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $135,716.46 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CONNO, ALAN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $135,715.23 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEGAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $135,714.98 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, CHIA JEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,713.50 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANIERI, KATHRYN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $135,707.90 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, NANCY J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $135,707.48 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYLAN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $135,706.88 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOX, WILLIAM T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $135,706.56 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELHANO, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $135,703.46 | Date 08/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MICHAEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $135,699.13 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAGLIA, JOHN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,698.74 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIGNORELLA, MARIO P | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $135,691.39 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUD, ROWENA BLACKMAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $135,690.53 | Date 07/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPORE, ALICE | Employer name Sayville Library | Amount $135,690.52 | Date 09/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLUKACI, ALP | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $135,688.27 | Date 10/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALK, RAYMOND | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $135,687.77 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $135,686.91 | Date 09/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, MELISSA R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $135,684.99 | Date 10/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, LOUIS A, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $135,684.09 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKLAND, IMANI A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,683.29 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUARLESS, DUNCAN A | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $135,682.87 | Date 09/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROULX, GARY J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $135,682.43 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, CHELSEA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,680.11 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $135,678.99 | Date 08/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LISI, JEAN MARIE S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $135,678.98 | Date 05/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTHMAN-ABADOM, JILLIAN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $135,675.03 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,672.64 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIAVOLELLA, MARGARET M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $135,670.61 | Date 12/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRADOVICH, DAVID W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,667.20 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZYK, BARBARA B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $135,665.47 | Date 06/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNZEN, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $135,664.00 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STERLACE, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $135,660.84 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, DARRYL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $135,658.95 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MA, JOHN H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $135,650.41 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, ERNEST M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $135,646.07 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, ROBERT K | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $135,643.96 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $135,642.47 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, HOWARD R | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $135,642.12 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, BRIAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $135,637.78 | Date 07/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, NICOLE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $135,631.44 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFFREY, SUMMER | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $135,630.85 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMPS, ROY N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,629.71 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $135,627.72 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, RICHARD M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $135,615.53 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, RANDY E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $135,613.12 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMSER, JAMIE L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $135,613.12 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, SAM | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $135,612.64 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $135,612.64 | Date 05/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGOREK, ELKY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $135,611.82 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THANOS, PANAYOTIS K | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $135,610.03 | Date 10/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOELFEL, JEFFREY N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $135,609.11 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, MARTHA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $135,606.26 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIOLA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,601.56 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,597.44 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRA, PETER M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $135,594.87 | Date 02/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADHAVAN, JAYA K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $135,594.36 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMED, MOHAMED S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $135,593.48 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THERESA A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $135,593.01 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDEPRIEM, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $135,592.26 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCHWELL, CHARLES LEE | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $135,591.80 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,591.57 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAAB, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $135,590.60 | Date 05/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, RICKY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $135,586.35 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERDI, MELISSA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $135,584.77 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOODY, JOHN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $135,584.27 | Date 02/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $135,580.90 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $135,577.70 | Date 03/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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