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 GILLAN, DAVID C | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $258,397.69 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, SAEED-UZ Z | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $258,379.29 | Date 12/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERSON, DIANA R | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $258,261.46 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNABE, ANGEL, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $258,197.45 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLFESTER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $258,189.29 | Date 07/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, DEAN A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $258,170.41 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAF, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $258,041.57 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, DAVID I | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $258,031.38 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUMENTA, RONALD W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $257,976.23 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRMACHER, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $257,939.90 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANGULI, NILADRI | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $257,899.69 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERTORA, RICHARD P | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $257,726.04 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MODICA, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $257,723.57 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DERRICK B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $257,722.00 | Date 08/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ALEVEY, JOHN B | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $257,716.66 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTON, WILLIAM F | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $257,711.09 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARBEDIAN, JOHN C | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $257,660.55 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, STUART K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $257,218.12 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JATA, CHRISTOPHER N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $257,162.66 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALOVICK, JAMES J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $256,863.81 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, BRUCE A, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $256,740.28 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JISEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $256,662.02 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROWNER, MARTHA L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $256,652.25 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ROSEANNA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $256,443.35 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALWAN, AJAY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $256,428.93 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOURLOUKIS, GEORGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $256,181.96 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INAGANTI, MANI M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $255,871.00 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURUP, SHEELA M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $255,615.66 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, JAMES | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $255,431.00 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUASHIE, WILFRED | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $255,162.63 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIRINCIONE, ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $255,134.41 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSEN, LEE W | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $255,086.51 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, BRIAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $255,031.48 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, BRIAN R | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $255,000.44 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, MURIEL | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $254,936.15 | Date 04/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOKHAR, AZHAR I | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $254,795.38 | Date 07/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $254,678.19 | Date 06/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, ERIC R | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $254,455.85 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUSS, WILLIAM P | Employer name Village of Kings Point | Amount $254,405.99 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRONZEK, ERIC C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $254,370.33 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, KENNETH W | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $254,093.81 | Date 06/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, BRETT D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $254,050.56 | Date 12/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTORIA, DANIEL V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $253,847.02 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRAGOS, JOSEPH E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $253,785.87 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACQUARIO, STEPHEN J | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $253,717.12 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, JOSE H | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $253,592.73 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNZ, MICHAL | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $253,498.65 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODGORSAK, MATTHEW B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $253,461.19 | Date 12/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, RUSSELL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $253,398.59 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIFFLEY, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $253,248.09 | Date 07/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARA, RAJA S | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $253,243.94 | Date 12/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $253,199.52 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, MILTON | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $253,177.56 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, KEVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $253,128.96 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLOSI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $253,068.25 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLTHALER, FRED W | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $253,062.61 | Date 09/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOTI, TERENCE H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $253,000.78 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, KENNETH E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $252,757.24 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $252,666.15 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, BILAL A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $252,644.79 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JUAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $252,579.84 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARZAL, ANA LUZ G | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $252,553.12 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, MAHIMA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $252,534.21 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $252,367.69 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, BONNIE D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $252,284.40 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, STEVEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $252,273.32 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGDE, BALLANGE S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $252,101.65 | Date 05/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $252,057.94 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREMER, TIMOTHY G | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $251,839.54 | Date 08/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSAGNE, ROBERT G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $251,732.61 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDELLA, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $251,658.93 | Date 09/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSTABILE, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $251,615.54 | Date 11/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, WILLIAM E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $251,604.00 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCORZELLI, RONALD P | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $251,586.55 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANDOLFO, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $251,548.87 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATTALANI, MARK | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $251,520.40 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMBOLI, CARA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $251,466.20 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, DANIEL S | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $250,906.05 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASHMI, AMYR R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $250,792.63 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABER, DAVID R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $250,763.83 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGAULEY, RYAN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,759.28 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $250,638.17 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VICINANZA, TIMOTHY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $250,601.43 | Date 03/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, WILLIAM C | Employer name Rochester-Genesee Trans Auth | Amount $250,529.34 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGANTE, GERARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $250,452.38 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDAYADI, ALEXANDER P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $250,336.47 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALONE, SALVATORE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,321.58 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Old Brookville | Amount $250,157.96 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLITHO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,149.05 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINSTON, CHARLES, II | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,019.20 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUIRANTE, GLORIA S | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $249,864.01 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIAN, RASHID A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $249,746.54 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, JAMES C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $249,745.65 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, EDWARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,698.74 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, THOMAS A, II | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,554.00 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, RICARDO | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $249,546.91 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELARDI, BETSY | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $249,543.75 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $249,510.10 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, FERN J | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $249,360.00 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMARO, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,291.28 | Date 01/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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