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 GOKHALE, KEDAR P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,493.80 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $124,490.51 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, BRIGITTE E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,489.38 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GACH, GREGORY G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $124,488.03 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMEL, KELLEY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $124,488.00 | Date 02/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRATTON, RYAN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,486.32 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAUPER, JOSEPH L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,486.04 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $124,481.70 | Date 05/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $124,480.82 | Date 01/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MEIYEE V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $124,479.06 | Date 07/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMIRATO, VINCENT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,477.70 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, NATHANIEL H | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $124,475.49 | Date 06/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLARINI, MICHAEL | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 10/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUFANO, FRANK C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 12/19/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COAKLEY, JOHN D | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 02/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYZOWSKI, PAUL T | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERARDELLI, ROBERT | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, GERARD J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 05/31/1963 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGENSEN, DEBORAH L | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANELLA, STEVEN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $124,472.24 | Date 06/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHMANN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,469.13 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAS, CARL J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $124,468.83 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,468.77 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBLATT, CRAIG A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,465.42 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELKER, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $124,464.97 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ROGER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,464.84 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, KEVIN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,464.41 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOSEPH A, IV | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $124,463.08 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, KAREN B | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $124,458.30 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, BERNARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $124,454.35 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, HELEN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $124,452.32 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRY, ROGER J | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $124,449.93 | Date 08/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANAT, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $124,449.13 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESNIAK, ALISON J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,448.50 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YONKER, BRIAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,447.61 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, HYACINTH J | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $124,446.99 | Date 04/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, BRIAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,446.21 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEYS, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $124,442.14 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, KRISTINE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $124,439.96 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHILLON, SANDEEP | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $124,438.65 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURLING, PATRICK B | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $124,438.25 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUBA, MARK E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $124,433.62 | Date 10/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANT, MICHEL M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $124,429.74 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JUDGE, JOHN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,427.49 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMKINS, JUDITH | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $124,426.77 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEE, NORMAN W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $124,426.75 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARY H | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $124,424.77 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, RONALD J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $124,424.77 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINO, ANTHONY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,424.49 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $124,422.42 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISLES, KEITH L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $124,422.30 | Date 06/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROVIDENTE, MATTHEW G | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $124,421.39 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNDO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $124,421.03 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, JOHN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,417.87 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIEN, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $124,417.19 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELMACH, VINCENT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $124,411.93 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JOHN K | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $124,411.66 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $124,409.68 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELKE, CAROL A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $124,408.66 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASKA, JOHN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $124,408.43 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOBRIN, JESSICA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,405.60 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, DANIEL T | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $124,403.51 | Date 04/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINDEL, IRENE N | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $124,401.85 | Date 09/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTESMAN, SCOTT DAVID | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $124,399.50 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, FELIX A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $124,399.34 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, JOSHUA E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,398.02 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAESAR-MC QUEEN, PHEO | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $124,395.17 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHT, ROY A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $124,392.04 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, LEONARD | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $124,392.03 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTOLES, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,391.28 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTA, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $124,389.66 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCAGLIONE, FRANK E, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $124,384.50 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRETT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $124,382.04 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRITANO, CHARLES F | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $124,381.97 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESTYANEK, LESTER G | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $124,381.88 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, PAUL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $124,381.64 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, KIMBERLIE A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $124,380.49 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRASCO, CHRISTIAN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $124,378.13 | Date 01/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMPARA, SCOTT J | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $124,377.99 | Date 05/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, ISAIAH W | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $124,377.29 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HAAREN, EUGENE H, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $124,376.14 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISEL, GLORIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $124,374.28 | Date 07/01/1965 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, STANLEY L | Employer name Rockland Co Solid Waste Auth | Amount $124,372.45 | Date 12/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DEREK | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $124,372.31 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUVA, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMISI, JOSEPH T | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARWOOD, TAMMY M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 12/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, WILLIAM C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAILE, RENEE C | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARACUENTA, IRENE MARIA | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $124,372.24 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, KRISTIN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $124,364.07 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEIS, ROSE ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,362.82 | Date 02/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, PAUL A | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $124,362.20 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENAN, JOHN W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $124,360.34 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSELLE, NICHOLAS | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $124,359.88 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEPPELER, ERIK R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $124,358.09 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LABOY, JOEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $124,356.61 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUES, MARK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $124,355.74 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, KEITH M | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $124,353.92 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JOHN H | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $124,353.56 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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