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 CHAPETON, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $122,599.19 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, COLIN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,597.04 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEEB, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $122,596.10 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEIGH, JOSEPH C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $122,593.86 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, CHERYL L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,589.78 | Date 06/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, SURENDRA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,589.54 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGLIONE, SHEILA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,588.79 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGLER, HOWARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,587.93 | Date 06/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JOSEPH T | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $122,585.67 | Date 01/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCHUGH, JEAN B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $122,585.48 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROJANOWSKI, ROMAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,584.69 | Date 02/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $122,581.91 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JUAN C, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $122,581.15 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AARON, CHRISTINE Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $122,576.56 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EDWARD A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $122,575.26 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, LUIS R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,569.96 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WARREN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,568.28 | Date 07/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUI-PANCHO, ANNABELLE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,564.69 | Date 08/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESLER, KRISTINE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $122,561.14 | Date 06/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDNER, JOSEPH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,560.82 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIERCZEWSKI, ADRIAN M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $122,558.04 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYED, SADAF | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $122,554.31 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, LYNN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $122,552.47 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSO, MATTHEW W | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $122,552.23 | Date 10/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, COLLEEN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $122,551.71 | Date 12/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOLLEN, BRIAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,551.66 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOSI, MICHAEL S | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $122,549.59 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, MARY BIRD | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $122,546.64 | Date 04/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELORMINO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,545.31 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, JANINA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,545.30 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DANIEL G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $122,543.98 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROJAN, JEANMARIE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $122,543.29 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNETTE, VICKY-MARIE J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $122,539.46 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, GLENDA M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $122,539.11 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDEL, ROBERT T | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $122,537.70 | Date 06/17/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, SCOTT | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,536.90 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARDIER, DANIEL J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $122,535.92 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOUTE, DOMINIQUE | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $122,535.91 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, RONALDO C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $122,534.13 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CALLAGHAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $122,532.63 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHERS, MICHAEL W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,532.47 | Date 07/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THOMAS R | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $122,532.33 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARSHEN, SUSAN J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $122,528.21 | Date 02/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCARO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $122,526.59 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMMIRATI, NORA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,526.21 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, RODLIE S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,524.33 | Date 08/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLACCIO, FRANK | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $122,522.35 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORNO-TOCCO, SANDRA S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $122,521.64 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITZ, KATHLEEN H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,520.46 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARESTA, DONNA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $122,518.42 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURPEE, ANDREW J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $122,517.29 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, MARK J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $122,516.38 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, RENEE M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $122,515.84 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'URSO, LISA M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $122,515.84 | Date 03/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, JOHN F | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $122,515.84 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, KENNETH E | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $122,515.84 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARTORETTI, JOHN | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $122,515.84 | Date 07/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEIN, JENNIFER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,514.94 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, LORI A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $122,514.76 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, RAYMOND A | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $122,512.92 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, LISA F | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $122,511.34 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNDER, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,507.96 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRISLEY, GERALD, II | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $122,507.34 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, DAVID A | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $122,503.73 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARSAW, DENNIS R | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $122,503.54 | Date 08/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDYSHYN, JOHN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $122,503.32 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, WILLIAM D | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $122,502.65 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAESTRI, LOUIS J, II | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $122,501.93 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPPA, FRANK W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $122,501.71 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $122,500.74 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JENNIFER | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $122,499.96 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECELESTINO, MICHAEL B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $122,498.61 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, DUANE P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $122,498.33 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, THOMAS J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $122,498.08 | Date 12/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASSONE, JOSEPH E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $122,497.09 | Date 12/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL BENE, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $122,496.20 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULD, LESLIE M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $122,495.69 | Date 04/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHSMAN, ERIC M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $122,495.50 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, EUGENE J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $122,495.17 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, OWEN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $122,492.79 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $122,491.70 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, ERNEST J | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $122,491.59 | Date 09/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $122,487.66 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESINGER, SHELLEY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $122,487.36 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOELLKOPF, THOMAS J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $122,487.35 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,485.75 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD D | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $122,484.98 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, OUIDA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,482.69 | Date 10/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, CATHY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $122,482.69 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZEL, GEORGE A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $122,481.81 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $122,479.21 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, GILBERTO A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $122,478.98 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAJMAN, RONALD | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $122,478.20 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ISAAC | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $122,474.90 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JANE R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $122,470.82 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, ANNETTE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $122,470.36 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, RAYMOND T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $122,469.04 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRIFARI, DONNA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $122,468.90 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, KELLY A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $122,468.81 | Date 01/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, JAY G | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $122,468.22 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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