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 PERRICONE, THOMAS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $127,708.53 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIACENTE, RAYMOND J, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,704.81 | Date 03/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY-SAPRAICONE, EILEEN C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $127,702.51 | Date 02/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FADDEN, PETER J | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $127,702.18 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERY, TERESA I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,700.78 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIEBIG, MATTHEW T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,700.66 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $127,700.49 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMLEY, CRAIG S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $127,698.88 | Date 07/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, GLORIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,698.15 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENEMAN, ANDREA J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $127,697.90 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, ROBERT H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,695.10 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KWONG, LISA S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $127,692.37 | Date 10/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRMINGHAM, PATRICK E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,690.79 | Date 06/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, GEORGE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $127,690.31 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERVELLO, RICHARD N, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $127,689.06 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANSONE, SAMUEL R, II | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $127,687.94 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, RONALD V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,684.67 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JAMES L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,683.52 | Date 10/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESTARE, DOREEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $127,682.68 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLINI, ANTHONY D | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $127,677.42 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTIAN, CHRISTIAN F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $127,666.50 | Date 06/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEND, GARY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,666.24 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DYKE, THOMAS M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,665.61 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKALA, FRANK M | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $127,663.09 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIGGIA, JOSEPH N | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $127,662.52 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEI, DOUGLAS M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,660.65 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, AIDA L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $127,648.43 | Date 09/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,647.86 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, SHERRY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,644.93 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA COMBE, JASON A | Employer name West Hempstead Water District | Amount $127,636.84 | Date 11/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARMODY-LATHAM, PAUL O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,635.85 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLORIUS, CHRISTIAN B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $127,633.52 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, MELVIN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,631.16 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, KEVIN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,630.04 | Date 02/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIVE, BRUCE C, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,629.97 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, MARCELLO A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,629.75 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALAF, GABY | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $127,629.71 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELNICK, STEPHEN L, JR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $127,627.51 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, JAMES R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $127,625.38 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTY, NOREEN P | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $127,622.68 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $127,620.67 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,617.91 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONNEMBO, JAMES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,615.31 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, MARLA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,612.00 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERVELT, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $127,611.81 | Date 10/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSET, JILL M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $127,610.68 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNDERDALE, JOHN R | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $127,607.63 | Date 08/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREE, BARRY J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $127,605.13 | Date 06/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,603.69 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSANDI, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,600.13 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZATKOVICH, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $127,598.53 | Date 12/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $127,597.71 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHIGIAN, KENNETH M, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,596.60 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLEFIELD, ADAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,594.45 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, KEITH R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $127,583.37 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAPPELL, THOMAS C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $127,578.50 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODAS, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,575.74 | Date 04/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, JASON S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $127,575.60 | Date 08/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $127,574.98 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, JAMES | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $127,572.93 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATZEL, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $127,571.21 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINK, JEFFREY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,568.23 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $127,565.60 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $127,563.82 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLVERE, MARIO J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,562.72 | Date 03/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOREK, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $127,560.18 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEHM, ANNE T | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $127,558.92 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ANDY L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $127,558.86 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARFONE, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,558.52 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORNE, WILLIAM L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,557.89 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, KELLIANN | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $127,557.72 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIFFMAN, STEVEN E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $127,551.89 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, I-CHUAN | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $127,546.96 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, STEPHEN M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $127,545.86 | Date 12/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, LYNDSEY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,545.62 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, MYLA TERESITA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,542.03 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUKWUMA, JUDITH E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $127,539.37 | Date 07/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $127,537.68 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, JEFFREY | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $127,535.88 | Date 07/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAGAN, ERLINDA D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $127,535.80 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPA, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $127,535.58 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SHARON | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,535.39 | Date 08/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEIGLER, JARED R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,533.90 | Date 06/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE FALCO, BETH H | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $127,533.89 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMERI, CARL C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,532.72 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, BRENDA E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,530.00 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGROI, KENNETH R | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $127,528.92 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, PETER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,525.10 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAXTON, PAULINE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $127,524.85 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROBERTIS, LOUIS A | Employer name Suffolk Coop Library System | Amount $127,519.83 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTI, RONALD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,517.45 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINACCIO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $127,516.37 | Date 01/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, EDITH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $127,508.88 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVILLE, VALDA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $127,503.27 | Date 03/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, ASHLEY L | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $127,502.12 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNES, KAREN L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,500.18 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFANO, FRANK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,499.86 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOLBAUGH, MICHAEL S | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $127,499.68 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, STEPHEN G | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $127,497.64 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VIOLETTE, JANET D | Employer name Fire Island UFSD | Amount $127,497.18 | Date 09/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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