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 SCHENFIELD, JOEL K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $128,192.20 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAEROV, MICHELLE E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $128,192.07 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAILLA, MICHAEL C | Employer name Village of Oyster Bay Cove | Amount $128,191.34 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPOLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $128,190.93 | Date 05/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $128,190.28 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD-SCHMIT, KERRY A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $128,186.76 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLI, FRANCESCO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $128,185.65 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTACIO, ANTHONY F | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $128,184.01 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL-BROWN, DOROTHEA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $128,183.82 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METTLER, JONATHAN C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $128,183.12 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERCIVAL, MICHAEL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,180.90 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, STEVEN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $128,178.73 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINGELSKI, ALISON M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $128,177.38 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLMEN, LINDA A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $128,173.84 | Date 09/22/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGST, ARTHUR H | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $128,170.94 | Date 07/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $128,170.49 | Date 07/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBIERI, LISA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $128,170.08 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $128,168.90 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLEND, DOLORES G | Employer name North Shore Public Library Dis | Amount $128,167.30 | Date 07/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, JASON H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $128,167.22 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, FRANCISCO | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $128,166.56 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BLASIO, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $128,166.22 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $128,165.28 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, JAMES F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $128,165.07 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLICK, EDWARD T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $128,162.70 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERIYAN, SHEEJA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $128,161.90 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACH, PETER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $128,161.25 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUCK, CHARLES H | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $128,155.90 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, SHOUCHU SUSAN | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $128,155.90 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITER, KAREN KOZAC | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $128,155.90 | Date 02/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURESHI, GULAMMOHIYUDDIN N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $128,154.64 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OISHER, LAWRENCE B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $128,153.77 | Date 03/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDHI, PREETHAM | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $128,150.43 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISH, ABE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $128,149.01 | Date 11/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, SEAN T | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $128,142.61 | Date 06/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORTON, SARA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $128,138.23 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $128,135.83 | Date 07/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, ERIC J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $128,135.02 | Date 09/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI CEGLIO, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $128,133.68 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $128,133.68 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUERBACH, ALAN L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $128,133.63 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOU, SUSIE S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $128,133.63 | Date 09/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYKIN, CARL J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $128,130.76 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENET, RON P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $128,127.45 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, THAN E | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $128,127.36 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $128,127.04 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCYSHYN, SAMUEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $128,125.66 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAFDAR, SARA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $128,125.40 | Date 03/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONE, CAREY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $128,120.35 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVATO, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $128,120.35 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSOLINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $128,120.35 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTIERE, DOMINICK | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $128,120.35 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SALVO, ROSANNE D | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $128,120.35 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, DONNA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $128,120.30 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POOVAPPALLIL, THOMAS S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $128,117.58 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, RICHARD L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $128,114.13 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, GREGORY A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $128,114.13 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROWIEC, JOSEPH C | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $128,113.86 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLON, ANDREA L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $128,113.45 | Date 11/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREANOR, BRIAN M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $128,113.45 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, ROBERT L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $128,108.31 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $128,108.10 | Date 01/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLOZZI, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $128,105.01 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PETER K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $128,103.05 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, FRANCIS M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $128,102.35 | Date 03/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGRETO, THOMAS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,100.80 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, LUKE M | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $128,100.75 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, JOSE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $128,099.06 | Date 06/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, ROSE H | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $128,097.28 | Date 02/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOPIETRO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $128,096.22 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, STEPHEN C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $128,094.42 | Date 03/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ROBERT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $128,094.42 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,091.58 | Date 02/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAGAINI, VINCENT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $128,091.56 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELSITO, CHRISTINE N | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $128,088.40 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRACHAN, OMA A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $128,081.79 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNEN, SUE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $128,076.32 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUELSEN, ANIBAL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $128,075.52 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANNIGAN, RORY C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $128,075.21 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIGLIA, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $128,075.07 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, ROCCO A | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $128,074.67 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, RYAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,073.69 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, COREY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $128,072.25 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLEY, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,071.10 | Date 06/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARD, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $128,070.74 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CRACKEN, IRA C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $128,068.65 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENTOFFIO, PAUL S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $128,067.28 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANZA, RICHARD J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $128,067.28 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, VALERIE A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $128,065.29 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, COLIN K | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $128,063.94 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASULLO, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $128,062.86 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAPON, DAVID A | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $128,061.31 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, TRACEY L | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $128,057.02 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAJAC, ANDRE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $128,049.16 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAH, AMADOU M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $128,048.20 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERNY, SHARON E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $128,043.75 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZORN, DAVID | Employer name Genesee Finger Lks Reg Plan Bd | Amount $128,043.12 | Date 01/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENSMORE, JACQUELINE ANN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $128,041.95 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, ASHLEY B | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $128,039.91 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $128,038.96 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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