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 MERANTE, ROBERT A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $119,863.96 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, MICHELLE ANN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,860.75 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, RICKY C | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $119,860.66 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, DEBORAH D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,859.31 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, ARNOLD | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $119,856.73 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, JANET E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,855.84 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKSON, RICHARD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $119,854.21 | Date 10/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZAROVA, NATALYA N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $119,853.68 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $119,850.65 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STACHELSKI, TARA B | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $119,850.44 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, KARLENE S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $119,848.42 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, RICHARD A, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,845.04 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAFFIOTI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,844.42 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, JEFFREY L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $119,844.34 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DRISCOLL, KEVIN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,843.60 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL KERRIGAN, DOROTHY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $119,843.06 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $119,842.95 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNA, PHILIP J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $119,842.48 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $119,841.20 | Date 11/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONGO, JOHEL E | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $119,841.14 | Date 03/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, MARY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,838.69 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSIN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,838.69 | Date 12/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Muttontown | Amount $119,838.00 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINCK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $119,837.40 | Date 05/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,836.95 | Date 03/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SARAH Y | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $119,834.40 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, KEVIN F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $119,832.62 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $119,831.95 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIKIRCH, BERNARD L, IV | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $119,831.32 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, HARVEY J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $119,831.11 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGHOFFER, MARK S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,831.00 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, BARRY | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $119,830.91 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYSTAL, STEPHEN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,830.13 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LU BRANT, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,829.86 | Date 01/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBIO, ADMELINDA J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $119,828.98 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SHAWN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $119,826.81 | Date 01/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTZMER, DAVID JON | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $119,826.44 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHAIR, GORDON T | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $119,826.14 | Date 04/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, WILLIAM T | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $119,819.75 | Date 07/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODERQUIST, LEONARD R, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,815.43 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, DENISE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,810.90 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDERMAN, PAUL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $119,810.25 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDINICH, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOW, JAW W | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOS SANTOS, MANUAL A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIGEL, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGIU, CORNELIA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREIG, MITCHELL J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 04/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOHN P | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASKIN, VADIM | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 09/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIMAWI, SAMIR Y | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUEST, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $119,807.86 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, ERIC J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $119,806.56 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAUS, WILLIAM S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,805.08 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UKAJ, OTON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,803.37 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,803.09 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECATUS, LUCIE M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $119,802.90 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $119,802.29 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,801.30 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESER JOSE, RICHARD U | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,800.90 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNARDO, RAYMOND M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $119,796.58 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, ANTHONY D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,796.09 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINIECKI, CASSANDRA F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $119,795.59 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMANICO, THOMAS P | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $119,794.75 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WURSTER, PAUL E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $119,794.72 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDINGTON, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $119,794.50 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALIENDO, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $119,792.16 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ULLRICH, RHONDA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $119,791.48 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIATER, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $119,791.04 | Date 10/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIZZELL, KAREN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,790.80 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, BARBARA R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $119,788.88 | Date 05/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $119,788.50 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAXON, YVONNE S | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $119,788.48 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPUS, GREGORY A | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $119,787.65 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, MICHAEL V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,786.76 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNALLD, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $119,785.42 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANACORE, TONY A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $119,783.15 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, MARIAN R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,782.48 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELSON, BRIAN M, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,781.08 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSCA, STEPHEN N | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $119,779.26 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKLE, KYLE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,778.14 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THIERSTEIN, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $119,777.80 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, SHRONDA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,777.29 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NABEREZNY, JAYME M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,776.31 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, DONNA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $119,775.40 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRONE, FRED A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,772.40 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL SAYED, NAZIH H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $119,772.07 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, ROBERT F | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $119,771.55 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHN, BRUCE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $119,765.12 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIE, SHEILA O'SULLIVAN | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $119,762.42 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, EDWARD M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $119,761.65 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUSAK, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $119,759.20 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, DAVID G | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $119,756.46 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, STEPHEN R, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $119,756.09 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURCELLE, ERIC M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,754.35 | Date 08/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $119,753.61 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITIS, STEVEN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $119,753.12 | Date 06/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, MARCO L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $119,750.12 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $119,746.68 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCCISANO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $119,745.53 | Date 07/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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