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 BEATY, KIMBERLY L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,817.31 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSONS, CHARLES F | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $123,816.17 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, SCOTT D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,815.71 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAPINSKI, ANN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $123,813.16 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKLERODE, CHARLES T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,812.80 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, WILLIAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,812.80 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIENZA, JAMES V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,811.48 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEELEY, JOHN O | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $123,811.23 | Date 11/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURZINSKI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,810.28 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASTROIANNI, ALBERT S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $123,806.62 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLERMAN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Hauppauge Public Library | Amount $123,806.61 | Date 07/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, STEPHEN | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $123,803.71 | Date 12/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONN, FREDERIC F | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $123,798.73 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIOVANNI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,793.64 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, KENNETH P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $123,792.84 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORTH, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $123,792.84 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMODY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $123,792.84 | Date 05/02/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTIS, BRANDON A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $123,792.84 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $123,792.00 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULITZER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,791.28 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBS-WATKINS, VATASHA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,790.97 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGUST, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $123,789.86 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBUTO, AMBROSE A | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $123,789.84 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, CHARLES J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,789.46 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRITCHFIELD, WILLIAM R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $123,788.82 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACANTI, FRANK, IV | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,787.32 | Date 12/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIAN, JOHN M | Employer name Bellmore Fire District | Amount $123,784.99 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, WILLIAM R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,783.91 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEY, JAMES D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,783.62 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAKI, JOSEPH D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,782.76 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKITTONE, JUDY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,778.36 | Date 12/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CASSE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $123,776.79 | Date 05/14/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, YOLANDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,774.98 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMALDI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, CATHERINE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKO, JAMIE M BUTCHIN | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 10/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, LORAINE | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 03/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOEPFFLER, PETER H | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, WILLIAM G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, ANN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $123,773.88 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, LYNDA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $123,771.69 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLEY, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $123,768.02 | Date 03/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORELLO, ANTHONY N | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $123,767.54 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, CHARLES W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,766.36 | Date 11/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, DAVID M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $123,766.07 | Date 05/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPOCK, SHAWN N | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $123,763.66 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARK D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $123,763.36 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOL, PILAR | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $123,761.52 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALZATE, LISA B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,760.52 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASAL, DALE E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,760.04 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPERSMITH, TED | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $123,760.00 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIZHAKEPURAM, TESSY THAMPI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,758.69 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORISHNY, THEODORE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,754.71 | Date 03/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SHIJI | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,752.40 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONCI, ALEXANDER M | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $123,752.31 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONDUS, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,750.63 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORJA, LOURDES B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,749.82 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-LOUIS, MARIE SONIA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $123,748.44 | Date 03/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, SHANE T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $123,744.59 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POGOZELSKI, PAUL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,740.92 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JOHN M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $123,740.34 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, STEPHONNE J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $123,739.81 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $123,739.59 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL ADAMO, SHARON | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIE, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, JAMES J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TERRI Y | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, STACEY S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAGNUOLO, LINDA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 12/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRATT, ELIZABETH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNES, LEONARD G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,739.48 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLETON, CATHERINE R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $123,737.87 | Date 11/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMISANO, DOMINICK | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $123,736.80 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC BEAN, LESLIE P | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $123,736.02 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, ROY W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,735.41 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, SHARON M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $123,733.35 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JERAM, JENNIFER P | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $123,732.62 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAREUS, ROOSEVELT | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $123,732.10 | Date 01/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, ANDREW R | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $123,731.90 | Date 02/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MOISES M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $123,731.44 | Date 04/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, FRANK J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,728.16 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DOUGLAS P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,725.82 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, NEIL | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $123,725.45 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTCHMAN, MARINA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $123,725.37 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $123,725.37 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS, SHIRLEY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $123,725.37 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROSPERI, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $123,725.34 | Date 07/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDELSOHN, ERIK P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,722.75 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DULFER, LOUIS F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,721.50 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, PAUL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $123,720.07 | Date 03/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAKIS, ARTHUR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,716.47 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCGOVERN, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,712.62 | Date 03/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGY, ANDREW | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $123,712.33 | Date 04/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, TODD A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $123,712.32 | Date 12/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, WILLIAM F | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $123,712.32 | Date 06/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEESAY, MALLEH | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $123,710.52 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALSKI, MATTHEW R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,710.29 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOULIHAN, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,709.84 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, MARTIN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $123,708.24 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,708.23 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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