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 GELBERG, KITTY H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $125,650.60 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, PHILLIP A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,649.40 | Date 06/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $125,649.17 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, FRANK, JR | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $125,645.73 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $125,641.04 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TERANCE J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $125,638.40 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MAINTO, DAVID B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,637.83 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, ROBERT D | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $125,637.04 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, MARY C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $125,635.88 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREYER, TAMARA L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $125,635.67 | Date 05/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEUTEL, JULIE M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $125,635.53 | Date 03/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERVO, KIM M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,635.20 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILBO, JUDITH ELLEN | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $125,633.97 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDE, MICHAEL E | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $125,633.45 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALKIND, ROBERT H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $125,632.25 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOFORO, VINCENT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $125,630.52 | Date 02/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ADAM R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,629.68 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAZELL, RICHARD J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,626.27 | Date 05/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $125,625.75 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, MARY | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $125,623.26 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TULLY, ROSANNE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $125,623.24 | Date 04/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALLS, STEVEN A, JR | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $125,622.36 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DEIRDRE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $125,618.98 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLTE, CRAIG A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $125,618.92 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHAFFEY, MONICA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $125,618.32 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMAD, SHIRAZ | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,618.32 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, DAVID W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,614.23 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $125,609.85 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $125,609.85 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORLIER, DANIEL J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $125,609.25 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ALBERT A, JR | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $125,609.16 | Date 01/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $125,608.81 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $125,606.13 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRON, HEIDI M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $125,605.59 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGURA, JOSE R | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $125,604.44 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHALMERS, MATTHEW F | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $125,603.93 | Date 01/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, RAYMOND R | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $125,603.01 | Date 11/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, JONATHAN M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $125,602.27 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $125,602.22 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNNELL, KEITH C | Employer name Village of Williston Park | Amount $125,602.18 | Date 09/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKLER, JEFFREY E | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $125,600.53 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENGEL, DALLAS E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $125,598.13 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZENELOVIC, FLAMUR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $125,597.71 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YIN, WAN-CHUAN ROBERT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,597.50 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSON, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $125,596.24 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLOUGHNEY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $125,595.69 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $125,594.67 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMPMAN, DAMIAN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,592.90 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FROEHLICH, MATTHEW J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $125,592.65 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $125,588.42 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER-RODRIGUEZ, ALEX J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,582.96 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFIN, BRUCE P, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,582.55 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACCARONE, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $125,582.16 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, RAJINDER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,576.90 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGUCKI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $125,576.54 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERSEN, DAVID W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,576.49 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, NEAL P, III | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $125,575.08 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $125,572.89 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THEODORE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,568.23 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAQUETTE, JUSTIN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $125,567.87 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLIEBREW, SHARON D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $125,566.68 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICHY, ROBERT P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $125,564.39 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARGARET E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,561.00 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, STEVEN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,559.58 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELINI, TRICIA | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,557.61 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTTERFIELD, JUSTIN F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $125,555.08 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, NELSON | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,553.61 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUMONT, CLIFFORD A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,551.98 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KAI E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $125,550.73 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $125,549.93 | Date 10/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JINU A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,548.67 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,544.17 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, EDWARD F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $125,543.58 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA LONDE, MATTHEW F | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $125,543.23 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOSEE, ARTHUR A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,541.54 | Date 03/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDEN, JASON D | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $125,541.24 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONETTA, AARON M | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $125,539.56 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACE, VINCENT T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,539.02 | Date 01/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCERBO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,537.11 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, JIBRAIL S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $125,536.45 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, LAURA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,536.44 | Date 06/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, STEVE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $125,530.81 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEBRIZIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $125,528.97 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, MICHELLE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $125,528.70 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, CAROL L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $125,523.06 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, SARAH M E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $125,521.96 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDRIDGE-BOGLE, THOMASINE K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,516.29 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JOHN R | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $125,515.77 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMCIK, MARK R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $125,513.69 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BERNARD V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,512.71 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, KELLY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $125,508.97 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOLLES, MELANIE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,507.69 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WILLIAM W | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $125,507.20 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERTON, CATHERINE L | Employer name Rockville Centre Pub Library | Amount $125,504.74 | Date 06/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, EDWARD V, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $125,501.37 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, MATHEWS K | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $125,501.26 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETARY, LA RON D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $125,496.32 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, STEVE P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,493.40 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, STEVE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $125,492.90 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENEIBY, VICTOR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $125,492.90 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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