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 CLEARY, GEORGE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $124,802.76 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLESTON, GWENDOLYN P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $124,802.76 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $124,802.31 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,801.90 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JERRY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $124,801.88 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, MICHAEL G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $124,801.43 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOIACONO, DANA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $124,801.43 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUNTLETT LA FONTANT, BRIDGET | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $124,801.43 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTIGOLE, R ELLEN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $124,800.00 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMPONIO, BRUNO | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $124,800.00 | Date 07/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONG, ERIC S | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $124,800.00 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOCH, DONNA A | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $124,796.65 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERARIO, KRISTEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,796.53 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESTBROOK, THOMAS P | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $124,791.75 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, GARY | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $124,791.47 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRO, KENNETH R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $124,789.32 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACIELLA, MARY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $124,786.73 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, REBECCA C | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $124,786.20 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUERR, TERRY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,784.48 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATANZARO, MARK S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,784.00 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE SHANE, KEVIN L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $124,782.09 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, DAWN E | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $124,779.26 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, ERIC | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $124,778.97 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMATO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $124,778.97 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIDGELL, STEVEN M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $124,777.34 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONREALE, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,775.30 | Date 11/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREGY, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $124,773.73 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, MATTHEW S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $124,771.46 | Date 01/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORIO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $124,770.08 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHREN, CATHERINE A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $124,765.10 | Date 11/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLESKO, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $124,759.16 | Date 05/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAVES, MARK E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $124,759.04 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLION, MELISSA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,756.09 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RANDONE, RICHARD M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $124,753.40 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, MAURO G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,753.40 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLIA, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,753.35 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERCKE, KATHERINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $124,748.21 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, YU-WAN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $124,747.52 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORG, DEBORAH L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $124,745.88 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MUNN, JASON E | Employer name Village of Quogue | Amount $124,745.02 | Date 04/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGWORTH, CARA | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $124,744.36 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRISH, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $124,743.30 | Date 08/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, JOHN F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $124,738.75 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, DANIEL S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,737.39 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASKOSKI, ROBERT W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,735.84 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEITZHAUS, JOHN G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $124,735.11 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELKIN, BEBE HUSSAIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,734.67 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ROBERT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,732.68 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILEO, PAUL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,731.42 | Date 05/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANISE, GARY E, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,728.29 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAJEWSKI, CHERI M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $124,728.07 | Date 12/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,726.27 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEKS, BRAD J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $124,722.25 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBAULT, ELAINE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,721.11 | Date 03/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHENLAUB, ERIC D | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $124,720.96 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONERB, MATTHEW V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,720.68 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SISCO, SCOTT D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,718.52 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, DAVID M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $124,718.00 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, GEORGE B | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $124,716.05 | Date 07/05/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $124,715.60 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, JOHN D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $124,715.59 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'EUFEMIA, FRANK J, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,715.50 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERONE, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $124,715.22 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, VINCENT S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,714.45 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINO, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $124,714.29 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ILLIG, MATTHEW C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $124,709.71 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HICKMAN, JAMES F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,706.95 | Date 12/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANKEN, CHARLES L | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $124,703.07 | Date 04/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONCANNON, SEAN M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $124,697.76 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SCOTT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,694.95 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, PHILLIP A | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $124,692.92 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI CHIARA, JOHN M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $124,690.60 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOTAN, BRIAN S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $124,688.69 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SUZETTE B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $124,688.06 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGTRY, PAUL F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,686.35 | Date 04/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, MICHAEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $124,680.00 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JEFFREY W | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $124,677.09 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHUNIAK, JEANINE STANDER | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $124,675.94 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANSON, JOHN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,672.76 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGELHARDT, JEFFREY H | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $124,672.38 | Date 10/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $124,671.92 | Date 07/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATTINER, STEVE S | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $124,669.37 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, MAXINE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,668.99 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, SHARON-LOU | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,666.20 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONVERSE, PATRICK I, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,662.53 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JOHN GERALD, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,661.90 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,659.10 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPPY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $124,658.50 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECERE, ROBERT A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $124,657.26 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, JOHNATHAN M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $124,657.10 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,655.63 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON KEMPT, DONNA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $124,654.98 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,654.20 | Date 09/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWING, DAVID M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,651.76 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDO, SALVATORE J | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $124,650.86 | Date 01/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, KYLIE R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,645.60 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOVERNANTI, LINDA J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $124,644.00 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $124,640.16 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE DONATO, JOY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,638.91 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAFINSKI, JOHN A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $124,638.16 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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