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 BARLOW, MATTHEW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,525.07 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOSTRANT, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $131,520.04 | Date 06/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCZINSKI, CAROL | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $131,520.02 | Date 05/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $131,519.64 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, DONALD C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $131,518.78 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERZA, DEREK M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,514.89 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMELLA, GLORIA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $131,506.10 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSKINEN, KYLE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $131,503.41 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CALIXTO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,501.50 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, STEVEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,500.97 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUENDEL, JEFFREY R | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $131,498.59 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, MATTHEW M | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $131,498.42 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BHOLAN, CATHERINE S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $131,493.82 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULA, HENRY E | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $131,488.77 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MATTHEW M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $131,487.30 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, BRENNAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,485.98 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, TRACEE N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,484.96 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRONE, DIANE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $131,478.94 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ANDREW R | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $131,472.13 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMO, CORY R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $131,469.31 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, BARBARA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $131,468.25 | Date 11/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCONE, BRIAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,467.81 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, JAMES A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,467.64 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESCENT, PATRICIA L | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $131,464.33 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELETIER, MATTHEW | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,463.78 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPORE, ARMANDO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,460.30 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, ALAN W | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $131,457.31 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURKE, LINDA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,456.25 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, DOUGLAS T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,456.08 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANBREDERODE, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $131,455.18 | Date 03/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENSTEIN, MARK | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $131,454.95 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALMON, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $131,449.76 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEPA, GAIL S | Employer name West Babylon Public Library | Amount $131,447.18 | Date 06/29/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILSENROTH, THERESA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,446.40 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSINI, REMY M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $131,445.38 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLESTY, LORRAINE B | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $131,445.38 | Date 09/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEY, RANDAL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $131,443.81 | Date 12/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $131,443.33 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LENNOX D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $131,439.78 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, PAMELA C | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $131,438.89 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELFARE, EVERETT | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $131,438.86 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, BRYAN D | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $131,438.82 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKWELL, SHANNON L | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $131,438.82 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUK, HENRY C | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $131,435.78 | Date 06/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, STEPHEN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,435.04 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, LAWRENCE F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $131,434.55 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULPA, JERRY | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $131,434.27 | Date 12/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERFETTI, MAURIZIO | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $131,433.72 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $131,431.65 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, YDANIA | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $131,431.47 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, SUSAN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $131,430.73 | Date 06/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELLE, FRANCIS X | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $131,428.45 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUNSBURY, LEE A | Employer name Welfare Research Inc | Amount $131,423.71 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KAREN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,423.14 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WILLIAM A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $131,423.09 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERROW, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $131,420.13 | Date 06/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDING, KENNETH C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,419.84 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGLOFF, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $131,412.84 | Date 08/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTNICZUK, DOROTA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $131,411.65 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHSAN, QUAMRUL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $131,410.83 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JOHN J | Employer name Jericho Fire District | Amount $131,403.17 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULIANOS, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $131,403.06 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, WILLIAM O | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $131,399.80 | Date 05/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELTZ, ERIK N | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $131,397.94 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLENDER, JASON P | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $131,393.33 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIBBERING, EDWARD | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $131,390.08 | Date 01/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNIE, LINDA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,387.03 | Date 12/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, BARTON S | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $131,386.25 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMAN, LEOROSA O | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $131,383.25 | Date 07/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULTIS, GLENN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $131,382.21 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGE, MATTHEW L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,381.48 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALTON, THOMAS | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $131,377.93 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, LISA M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $131,375.88 | Date 03/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, PATRICK J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $131,373.35 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYRELL, SCOTT R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $131,372.81 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSCHILOK, AMY C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $131,372.34 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEHM, ROSS H | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $131,371.44 | Date 04/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPENMEYER, TODD | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $131,370.97 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHE, ANDRE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $131,369.92 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA GRAY, JEFFERY C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $131,367.34 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, MARY R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $131,365.23 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $131,364.73 | Date 04/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEDOS, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,362.74 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTALBANO, GASPAR A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $131,361.78 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, ANGELYN A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $131,359.98 | Date 09/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLAGER, LINDA D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $131,359.20 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARINO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $131,358.91 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, TANIE G | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $131,357.71 | Date 06/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSLER, KLAUS | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $131,355.89 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, THOMAS R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $131,355.70 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $131,352.00 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULVER, ARTHUR I | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $131,350.94 | Date 09/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTEN, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $131,349.63 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOKS, LAVETTE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $131,349.53 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSTEIN, TERRI E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $131,348.59 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELFER, JASON G | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $131,348.23 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, RICHARD C | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $131,347.54 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOELKL, CASEY M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $131,347.17 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $131,345.35 | Date 07/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOACK, PATRICK R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $131,337.76 | Date 07/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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