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 THOMAS, PAULETTE G | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $127,308.52 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOWIK, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $127,307.97 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, JEAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $127,306.93 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSI, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $127,305.60 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINIHAN, JAMES J | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $127,305.47 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGROI, PAMELA | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $127,302.57 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODING, DESMOND C | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $127,302.27 | Date 04/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASON, PAUL, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,295.96 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUMPF, MATTHEW W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,294.09 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, DANIEL B | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $127,289.04 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BRIAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,287.42 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ALOIA, JOHN S | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $127,283.75 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $127,280.88 | Date 01/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISTAD, SHANNON B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,280.21 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,276.80 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUKIEWICZ, KATHRYN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,275.08 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, LAZARO | Employer name Department of State | Amount $127,273.52 | Date 12/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPTON, MELVIN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,271.23 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARATTA, DONALD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,268.51 | Date 08/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMAWALDI, ILAF | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $127,265.58 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLL, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,265.44 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENBERG, ADAM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,265.15 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JEROME S | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $127,265.07 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUTE, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $127,259.04 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGLER, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,255.65 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, KEVIN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,254.86 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, NIGEL A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $127,249.35 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,248.09 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, WARREN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,247.63 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREMENT, RONALD M | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $127,245.93 | Date 11/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $127,243.19 | Date 07/12/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, DAVID G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $127,240.29 | Date 11/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,240.27 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLLAPOUR, MEHDI | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $127,238.06 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAN-PAPELE, BRENDA G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,235.30 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBIERI, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,234.63 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETEANI, STEPHEN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,232.72 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, DIANE G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $127,231.95 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOUSDEN, JOSEPH C, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,228.39 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANGERO, FRED | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,224.62 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGHLIN, MICHAEL V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,223.92 | Date 10/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSLING, ERIC J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,221.85 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFLER, MARK E | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $127,221.19 | Date 06/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEINHANS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,219.25 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARYJANOWSKI, WILLIAM J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $127,214.59 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,212.22 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILL, SCOTT K | Employer name Orange County | Amount $127,208.51 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL RE, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,206.59 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, JOHN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,206.44 | Date 11/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIKAS, GEORGE W | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $127,200.04 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOODY, THOMAS P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,196.91 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, WILLIAM F X | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $127,195.65 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, RICARDO M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,194.35 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMSING, WILLIAM T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,193.99 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUMAPLEY, ROBERT K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,193.10 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEIERLEIN, DEBORAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $127,191.91 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, KEVIN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $127,183.85 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASOPUST, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $127,180.64 | Date 04/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REAGAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,178.30 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATZELLE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $127,177.87 | Date 12/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOELLER, STEPHANIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,174.57 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFLING, JOHN B | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $127,170.14 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BIASE, PETER P | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $127,169.78 | Date 03/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCCINI, LISA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $127,169.62 | Date 08/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ANGELA R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,168.99 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JAIME L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,166.50 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARE, DANIEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,164.46 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STATINI, JAMES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $127,163.32 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCAULEY, KEITH M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $127,159.40 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENFANTI, WILLIAM J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $127,152.43 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, JONATHAN S | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $127,151.51 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAGAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $127,150.10 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLS, LOIS I | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $127,148.97 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATURA, RAYMOND A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,144.70 | Date 12/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, BENJAMIN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $127,143.85 | Date 03/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHEZZI, FRANK C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $127,142.50 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANOURY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,141.93 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, STEVEN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,141.43 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRIEST, STEVEN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $127,141.06 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN ORDEN, AUGUSTUS E., JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $127,137.51 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACE, JAMES D | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $127,136.86 | Date 08/31/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEUBAUER ROGERS, ANDREA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $127,135.10 | Date 04/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENKHOUKHA, ESSMA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,132.81 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARON, ERIC J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $127,132.33 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, GEORGE C, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,131.95 | Date 07/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, KEITH F | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $127,130.65 | Date 05/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, WALTER F, III | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $127,129.76 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, MARY C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $127,129.17 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALVANO, ROSARIO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $127,127.10 | Date 10/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, ANDREW A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $127,124.85 | Date 11/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUFRANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,123.41 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEACH, DEBRA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,122.01 | Date 08/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARREIROS, JORGE | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $127,121.72 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBER, MICHAEL S | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $127,121.10 | Date 12/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACOUBI, MEGAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $127,119.85 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDRE, FEDELINE M | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $127,118.99 | Date 03/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARANTINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $127,114.53 | Date 10/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, DEREK S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $127,114.08 | Date 10/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICARDO, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $127,113.78 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIGAN, MAUREEN P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $127,113.49 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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