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 PALUMBO, ALAN J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $114,413.74 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDISH, JEFFERY T | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $114,413.47 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRICHTEN, JEFFREY S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $114,412.06 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINIZ, KIMBERLEY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $114,409.67 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KADER, EDWARD J, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $114,409.36 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, RANDY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,408.76 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENCH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,407.85 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONI, MIKAELA P | Employer name Blind Brook-Rye UFSD | Amount $114,406.94 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINHO, FERNANDO J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,406.83 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, MARK L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $114,406.38 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, HECTOR R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $114,404.18 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGIEWICZ, GARY M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $114,403.14 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CONRAD L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $114,402.33 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, MICHAEL | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $114,400.00 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSHNITZ, ELIOT J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $114,400.00 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, SCOTT D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,399.93 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC PHILLIPS, BARBARA | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $114,398.93 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, GREGORY D | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $114,398.27 | Date 06/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPLIN, MARK D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,398.09 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SISSERSON, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,396.90 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTINARELLI, RALPH J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $114,395.69 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCHETTO, JAMES E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,394.76 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, DAYTON N | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $114,394.20 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOHMANN, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $114,394.06 | Date 07/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, DALE D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $114,392.55 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, ANDRES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,392.14 | Date 08/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAPALAGA, GABRIEL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $114,390.38 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, PAUL H | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $114,388.66 | Date 03/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKARM, PETER J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,386.95 | Date 06/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAHAYEL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,386.69 | Date 12/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,386.36 | Date 12/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, BERNADINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $114,384.09 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSE, KEITH A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $114,383.99 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEDOVATO, GREGORY L | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $114,382.53 | Date 03/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, MICHAEL F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $114,382.45 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLZ, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,382.19 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $114,382.12 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHARRON, THOMAS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,381.16 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUTKA, STEPHEN B | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $114,380.88 | Date 06/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,379.72 | Date 07/10/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLEAU, MARIE N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $114,378.54 | Date 05/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MAHLON R | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $114,377.08 | Date 06/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $114,376.64 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, KENNETH E | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $114,375.33 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREAULT, ROBERT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,375.08 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLERSTEIN, LORA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,375.00 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDALL, JOSHUA M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $114,374.00 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, CHARLES R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $114,372.91 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, J RYAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,372.88 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEPNIAK, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $114,369.88 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $114,369.24 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRABER, NATHAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $114,367.91 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $114,367.60 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, SUSAN WEIGELE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,363.62 | Date 08/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, PAMELA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $114,361.98 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUNTLEROY, LISSETTE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,360.78 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, EVELYN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $114,360.60 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DAYANARA P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,357.00 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOLEDO, BARBARA A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $114,356.84 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PONT, ELIZABETH A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $114,355.92 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, DENISE J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $114,352.96 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKWORTH, KELLY ANNE | Employer name Erie County | Amount $114,352.59 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, DANIEL V | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $114,350.90 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENT, NICOLE M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $114,349.03 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO, FRANK T | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $114,348.98 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANNARD, THERESA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,348.21 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAQUIN, CHARLES L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $114,348.00 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $114,347.59 | Date 05/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARGRAVES, STACEY | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $114,346.29 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANOFF, EDWARD W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,343.89 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, THOMAS A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,343.26 | Date 04/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $114,342.66 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BILKA, ANNA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $114,342.29 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVENDA, DAVID | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,341.67 | Date 09/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, CHAD A | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $114,340.60 | Date 08/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHOSTAK, RICHARD L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $114,340.32 | Date 06/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $114,339.59 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, MATTHEW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $114,339.12 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,337.44 | Date 10/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, MARGARET ANNE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $114,336.86 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORDYSZYNSKI, RICHARD E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $114,335.97 | Date 10/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATYAS, JOHN J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $114,335.93 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHIENZI, ROBERT T, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $114,334.99 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAN, MARTIN J | Employer name Wayne Co Water & Sewer Auth | Amount $114,330.11 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, KATHLEEN ANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,328.93 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBOWSKI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $114,328.65 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, TRETTA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $114,328.20 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, SHANE ROBERT | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $114,327.24 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON-WEAVER, KARA T | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $114,326.22 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, AUDREY G | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $114,325.00 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, LOUIS J, JR | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $114,324.84 | Date 02/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANIA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $114,324.52 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JU, WEI | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $114,324.32 | Date 02/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CECIL | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $114,322.02 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, WILLIAM V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $114,321.86 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JILEK, LISSA A | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $114,321.51 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, TODD H | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $114,321.25 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NADAL, MICHELLE | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $114,320.44 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, RONALD S | Employer name Coram Fire District | Amount $114,320.00 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONVINO, PHILIP J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $114,319.55 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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