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 CRESPO, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,475.50 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULL, DAVID M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $118,475.38 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, YUL W | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $118,474.99 | Date 09/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, PHILIP J | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $118,474.53 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,474.36 | Date 01/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZAFERRO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,471.55 | Date 10/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMIN, STEPHEN R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $118,471.04 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANEY, JULIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $118,469.52 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $118,469.50 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNICCHIARICO, ROBERT T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,467.35 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALCIK, MICHAEL B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,463.56 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CHIRO, ELLEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,463.20 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $118,462.19 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, KEVIN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,457.67 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTAGNA, TAMMY J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $118,454.84 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIHALYOV, DAVID J | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $118,452.90 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, CARL O, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $118,452.26 | Date 02/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACAL JIMENEZ, RAFAEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $118,451.43 | Date 03/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, BRIAN T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $118,447.06 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPARA, MICHELE D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,447.00 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, DAMITA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,446.43 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, TIMOTHY P, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $118,444.88 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOWALEWSKI, SCOTT C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,443.09 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, DAVID E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,443.07 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, KAREN A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $118,441.43 | Date 06/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, RICHARD D | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $118,435.51 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, LAURENCE W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,430.02 | Date 11/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCARI, RICHARD B | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $118,429.93 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, JOHN E | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $118,429.06 | Date 03/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, KENNETH H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $118,424.70 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONDS, THADDEUS E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,423.24 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHENK, ERIK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,420.50 | Date 06/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LAWRENCE M, JR | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $118,419.39 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNOT, VINCENT M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $118,418.68 | Date 06/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, HYLTON V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,417.96 | Date 09/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISPENZA, DOMINIC A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $118,414.26 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIARA, CATHERINE B | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $118,411.80 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, EDWARD J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $118,408.51 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, MARK P | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $118,408.12 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAMIT, ROMMEL M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $118,408.12 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, LINDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,407.70 | Date 09/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALKINS, SCOTT E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,405.61 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, MARIA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,405.08 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREE, LAURA J | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $118,404.99 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANG, KRISTY-SIUYIN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $118,404.14 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $118,402.96 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARINA, RYAN D | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $118,400.87 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SEAN | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $118,399.84 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUYTER, JOSHUA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $118,399.29 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, MARTIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,396.72 | Date 11/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKAROWSKY, TERESA G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $118,396.00 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMSER, DANIEL S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $118,394.13 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEATOR, JAY W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,392.48 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNELL, DAVID P, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $118,392.32 | Date 01/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JOANNE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $118,388.58 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCHOFF, TIM C | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $118,387.97 | Date 06/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLICINO, THOMAS, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $118,387.63 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEHN, ANNE | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $118,384.66 | Date 12/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,383.78 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, ADAM C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,382.64 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NG, JOHNSON C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $118,382.03 | Date 04/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, GREGORY F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $118,382.03 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURVIS, JANICE P | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $118,382.03 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JONATHAN P | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $118,380.36 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSH, THOMAS G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,377.90 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPIE, JOSHUA S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $118,375.02 | Date 10/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWYER, ROBERT J, II | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $118,374.51 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATESSINO, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $118,374.40 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, ERIC V | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $118,368.57 | Date 07/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, STEPHEN F | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $118,368.08 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANI, DINO | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $118,367.50 | Date 11/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, GREGORY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $118,365.38 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DO BELL, DANIEL C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $118,364.36 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACONI, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,364.21 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAFFEO, JOSEPH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $118,363.46 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, ANDREW W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,361.98 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EREMA, DANIEL O | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $118,361.28 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIEX, RANDAL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $118,360.08 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUM, LAURIE | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $118,359.00 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERS, JENNIFER M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $118,355.24 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, PANKAJ | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $118,351.69 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIO, STEPHANIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $118,347.88 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, DEREK M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $118,346.39 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LISA R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $118,346.22 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWEN, MATTHEW | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $118,343.83 | Date 08/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORULLA, EUGENE K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,341.78 | Date 08/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAI, NISHA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $118,341.32 | Date 05/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARY, JAMES R | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $118,340.59 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YANKOWSKI, EMILIA | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $118,339.90 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, TODD W | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $118,338.95 | Date 09/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCRIVANI, ROSA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $118,338.16 | Date 10/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $118,336.70 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDDE, MARY JANE | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $118,336.21 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRONDA, LINDA ANN | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $118,336.07 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAMINI, RAYMOND | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $118,333.86 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINTYL, HUDSON | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $118,333.08 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONN, MEREDITH A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $118,332.23 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, KEVIN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,328.49 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DISOTTO, BENEDICT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $118,327.10 | Date 10/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TAYLOR R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $118,326.21 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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