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 SHELDON, PERRY G | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $116,031.57 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, JOHN B | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $116,031.51 | Date 09/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIARDINO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $116,031.18 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALADIN, JASON R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,029.62 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIPACE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Sharon Springs CSD | Amount $116,029.30 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMIA, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $116,026.99 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAGEL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,026.82 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAHNE, CURTIS P | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $116,024.67 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEUDT, STEPHEN W | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $116,021.76 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILAAD, HEATHER | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $116,020.16 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGIN, MATTHEW T | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $116,019.86 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTAPPILLIL, SALY B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $116,016.44 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBRUZZESE, PAUL M | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $116,016.28 | Date 09/28/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICCHIARIELLO, JASON C | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $116,015.71 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEGNA, JOSEPH L | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $116,014.85 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, PHILIP B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,012.70 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOOBY, MAUREEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $116,012.70 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINSTEIN, JUNE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $116,010.47 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GERALDINE S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $116,008.90 | Date 10/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, CHARLES E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $116,006.60 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, MARGO E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $116,003.39 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MARY K | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $116,003.09 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, BARBARA J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $116,003.09 | Date 09/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURA, JASON W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $116,002.29 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRIGAN, PATRICK G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $116,001.92 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUREK, KAREN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $116,001.50 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, GLENN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $116,001.50 | Date 05/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $116,000.12 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCANLON, WILLIAM M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $115,995.32 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHI MEI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,995.00 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, PAUL M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $115,992.50 | Date 02/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPION, MARGARET | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $115,991.43 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIMAN, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $115,989.39 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLTON, PATRICK P | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,988.91 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLO, VICKI A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,988.91 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINKLE, EARL S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,988.91 | Date 12/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERAGA, KELVIN | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,988.91 | Date 08/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARIO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $115,988.91 | Date 03/27/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENTZ, RONALD E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $115,988.02 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, MATTHEW A | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $115,981.02 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURCK, NICHOLE K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,980.70 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROPER, ROBERT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,980.68 | Date 11/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTORE, FRANK G | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $115,979.73 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENOVESE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $115,979.19 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JAMES P | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $115,978.71 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, MARC D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $115,978.44 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKWATER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $115,978.34 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONCI, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,976.51 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEPHEN, SIGIMOL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $115,976.34 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZECH, FRANCES M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $115,975.31 | Date 06/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERRY, PAUL D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $115,974.69 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULICK, GREGORY J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $115,974.68 | Date 07/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, KENNETH J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $115,974.13 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $115,972.84 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHLENBECK, KENNETH D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,969.24 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDINIER, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $115,969.20 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASSALLO, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $115,967.74 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, PATRICIA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $115,965.64 | Date 11/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASSONE, JAMES V | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,964.88 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEITCH, PAUL M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $115,962.21 | Date 06/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, SOPHIA R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $115,961.22 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELINSKI, JOSEPH T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $115,961.15 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABU-GHALLOUS, JAMAL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,959.20 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSTEIN, ROBERT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,959.20 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, JENNIFER B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,959.03 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, GLEN T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $115,959.02 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, SUSAN R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $115,958.48 | Date 06/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMBINI, ROBERT J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $115,956.02 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, BRUCE B | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $115,955.16 | Date 01/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBIASI, CARL-JOHN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $115,954.15 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRALL, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $115,952.29 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANE, THOMAS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $115,952.07 | Date 07/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOOB, DAVID A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $115,951.85 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULIOT, WILLIAM A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,951.76 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARMENGOL, FRANCISCO, JR | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $115,949.93 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURDY, WILLIAM | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $115,948.39 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARASCANDOLO, FERDINAND V | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $115,948.35 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $115,947.43 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLERS, DEBORAH E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $115,946.82 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, JOANNE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $115,946.61 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, JAN PIERRE | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $115,946.52 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTSON, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $115,945.76 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAN, WEN-LI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $115,944.28 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROWSKI, GARY D | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $115,940.65 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, BRIAN K | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,938.50 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGO, VICTOR E, JR | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $115,937.26 | Date 04/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZMAURICE, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $115,936.99 | Date 05/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $115,934.81 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, JASON T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,933.81 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUFFECOOL, TRACY A | Employer name Nanuet Public Library | Amount $115,933.72 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, KATHLEEN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $115,931.44 | Date 10/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,931.38 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, ROBERT M J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $115,931.29 | Date 11/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCHI, LOUIS P | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $115,930.96 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, DAMIAN R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $115,930.18 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, EARL J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $115,928.97 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMATO, PAUL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $115,926.95 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDALL, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $115,926.75 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOHLFAHRT, SYLVIA K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $115,926.05 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTO, LAWRENCE | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $115,920.43 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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