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 BENNETT, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $126,186.25 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, SCOTT G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,177.47 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENIOR, WILLIAM E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $126,177.36 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, SHAWN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,176.56 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, TARA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $126,175.54 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, THERESE JOIE D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,173.72 | Date 09/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, STEVEN P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $126,171.78 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHENGREEN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $126,168.98 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RASHA, RAMAZAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,167.76 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTHY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,165.70 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $126,164.47 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUNG, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $126,164.45 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAHL, STEPHEN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,163.12 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRAKAJ, LONI M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $126,161.14 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOUBAH, NICOLAS A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $126,160.62 | Date 07/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOIEMMA, NICOLA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $126,156.55 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISANO, RALPH M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $126,155.81 | Date 11/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNSKI, DIANE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $126,155.06 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, WILLIAM F | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $126,155.01 | Date 01/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELTRAMO, JERRY W | Employer name NYS Conference of Mayors | Amount $126,153.77 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFF, THOMAS G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,153.52 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL-JEWAIR, THIKRIAT S | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $126,145.88 | Date 09/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURCSAK, MICHAEL G | Employer name Village of Russell Gardens | Amount $126,142.33 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, ROBERT L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,142.33 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROPEA, FRANK A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $126,141.89 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HWANG, ERIC S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,141.00 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, CARLA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $126,140.87 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYRA, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,138.95 | Date 03/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELARABA, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,138.89 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $126,137.62 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $126,136.55 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, GERALD E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,134.16 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAILY, DARWIN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $126,122.21 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNALL, SCOTT | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $126,120.77 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $126,115.88 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, DAVID M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $126,112.35 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARALEMOS, GEORGE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $126,111.32 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LISA Y | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $126,108.23 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTA, JULIAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,106.90 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLEY, LYNDA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,101.60 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOY, JAY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,100.93 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS-TALLEY, YVONNE | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $126,099.74 | Date 09/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, VALERIE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,099.46 | Date 02/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKWOOD, PAMELA J | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $126,096.38 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, OSVALDO A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $126,093.26 | Date 01/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARMBIER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,088.79 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONNELLA, VITO, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $126,083.67 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MATTHEW L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,082.62 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $126,081.64 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DEVIN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $126,078.10 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, APRIL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,073.81 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAGY, JULIUS I | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $126,064.87 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, DANIEL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $126,064.51 | Date 11/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, GUNWANTI | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $126,064.51 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CHADD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,064.32 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZUCKERMAN, JUDY E | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $126,062.54 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FAYDEN, KARI A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $126,061.72 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAY, TIMOTHY D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $126,061.57 | Date 04/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $126,056.57 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, OLA S | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $126,054.48 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,054.39 | Date 09/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, GABRIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,049.38 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLONEY, MILES S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,048.37 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WONG, YING LAN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $126,046.86 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTMAN, FREDERICK B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $126,044.24 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRIANNO, MARLENE T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $126,042.84 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMSER, PATRICK T | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $126,042.00 | Date 01/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKEITH, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,039.88 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OOMMEN, CELIN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,039.72 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, RICHARD D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $126,037.42 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICANI, ANTHONY A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,036.66 | Date 11/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UMBRO, MICHAEL | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $126,036.08 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DOMIZIO, FRANK M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,034.93 | Date 07/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMERLING, SCOTT J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $126,031.25 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $126,030.54 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TACKE-CUSHING, LAUREN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,029.22 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, MARK A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,027.16 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $126,025.14 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, ROBERT W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $126,019.48 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADISO, JOSEPHINE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,016.98 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOE, JOHN V, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,015.52 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANARO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $126,012.96 | Date 02/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JAMES F, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $126,012.73 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JOHN F | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $126,010.63 | Date 12/08/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, LUIS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,006.90 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERGOL, JOAN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $126,002.02 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEVLIN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $126,001.45 | Date 05/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLMAN, LEE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,001.19 | Date 01/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMOCIDA, ROBERT L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,000.80 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTACIO, OMAR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,000.80 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVIELLO, CHARLES G | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $125,997.23 | Date 01/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHLMANN, GLENN H | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $125,995.25 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDERAKIS, MICHAEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,994.68 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOELZER, MAUREEN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $125,993.51 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, TIMOTHY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $125,991.47 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, VALERIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $125,990.50 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, WINSTON R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,990.28 | Date 07/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, LAUREN B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $125,986.84 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTIERI, MICHAEL L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,982.82 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FURNARI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,979.84 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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