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 MANOR, DANIEL W, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,802.78 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, JAMES C | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $126,802.45 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, MARY B | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $126,797.90 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONG, WAI K | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $126,797.90 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELZEY, LEONARD D | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $126,795.71 | Date 10/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLARD, BRYANT W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $126,794.88 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLERS, MARTA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $126,793.92 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKER, PETER J | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $126,789.64 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YEDOWITZ, JOSEPH M, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,788.56 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERDE, JOAN B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,787.50 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, BART A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $126,785.56 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODSIDE, LAURA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,782.01 | Date 02/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNATOVICH, MICHAEL W | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $126,781.72 | Date 12/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCKER, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $126,777.09 | Date 03/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASNIGHT, RUSSELL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,776.49 | Date 01/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDOCK, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $126,775.97 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVILLE, MAUREEN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $126,775.92 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, KENNETH | Employer name Erie Co Fiscal Stability Auth | Amount $126,774.40 | Date 05/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIRITO, JOANN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,773.40 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IBRAHIM-KUTTY, JOHARATH C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $126,771.12 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $126,769.58 | Date 08/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DONALD W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $126,768.75 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, BRYON K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,766.22 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLINGER, KAREN E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $126,765.50 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIMS, JOAN D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $126,765.50 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWICKI, CHARLES W | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $126,765.12 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAGHER, BRIAN | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $126,763.60 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGERI, JOSEPH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,760.51 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ERIC | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,759.96 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCULLO, ALLEN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $126,759.76 | Date 05/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,759.26 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $126,758.48 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELHARDT, KURT M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,758.36 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI FEO, LINO | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $126,757.28 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CHARLES W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,755.59 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, HELEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,750.32 | Date 06/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILES, KEVIN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,747.76 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, SEAN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,745.98 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOROVICH, PETER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,745.74 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, SIMA S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,745.60 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,745.37 | Date 05/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARICO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $126,744.80 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHLHUT, MICHAEL T | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $126,741.32 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $126,741.24 | Date 10/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALD, EDWIN B, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,741.02 | Date 01/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILLI, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,738.50 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONLINDEN, MICHELE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $126,737.15 | Date 06/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEILER, MARY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $126,736.19 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, PHYLLIS R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,735.33 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, RA'QUEL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $126,733.25 | Date 12/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARESE, THOMAS F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $126,732.20 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSSE, JENNIFER R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $126,732.20 | Date 09/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUB, LAWRENCE A, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $126,732.16 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DERRICK S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,729.85 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,729.55 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TART, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,727.69 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUTE, SEAN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,725.01 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, MARLAINE P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $126,721.13 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNNEY, MATTHEW C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $126,718.75 | Date 01/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUZETA, RAMILO J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,718.15 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTELNIK, MICHAEL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,712.82 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRISANTI, ADAM P | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $126,711.65 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAMAH, TENNEH | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $126,709.97 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZBICKI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,709.27 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, SCOTT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,708.32 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,705.95 | Date 04/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ELIZABETH T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,705.73 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCHER, GARY E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,704.80 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, KEVIN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $126,704.48 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSIS, MARK P | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $126,704.15 | Date 10/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANG, MARK C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,702.58 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREAT, WILLIAM T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,701.72 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERNAN, KEVIN A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $126,700.20 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AULETTA, ERIC V | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $126,699.19 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDIMAN, COREY M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $126,697.86 | Date 09/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,695.91 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETROCOLA, DEBORAH A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $126,689.13 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBEE, KEITH E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,688.61 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENKRANS, TODD C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,686.56 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYMONETTE, MARK E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $126,679.65 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GASTON, DARYL L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $126,678.65 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAISING, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $126,678.49 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, KEVIN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,677.08 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREHL, RICHARD A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,676.20 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DAWN J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $126,675.75 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINGUEZ, FREDDY C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $126,674.20 | Date 11/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDATTEL, THOMAS G | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $126,673.57 | Date 09/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERVERA, NELSON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,670.30 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI BENEDETTO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $126,669.83 | Date 01/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEF, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $126,669.37 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNICK, JOHN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,668.57 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,666.52 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANNOUSAS, PETER H | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $126,666.15 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABIT, ANDREW M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,663.25 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACHADO, JAMI M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,660.86 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISLEY, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,660.52 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ELIZABETH A P | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $126,657.24 | Date 06/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENASK, DAVID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,656.07 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERG, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,654.77 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAVEK, TROY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,654.28 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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