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 LIGHT, DARRON E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $111,801.85 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HELGANS, LAURIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,801.70 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEES, KARMA J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $111,801.48 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFF, ROBERT J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $111,799.02 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENFELD, RICHARD G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $111,798.47 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, KEVIN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,798.41 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN GARDEREN, KATHERINE J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,796.54 | Date 07/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBEIKA, SEMAAN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,796.50 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADE, VINCENT E | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $111,796.41 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARR, TREVOR J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $111,796.11 | Date 01/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, IRENE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,792.98 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREVELE, ROBERT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,792.80 | Date 08/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLYER, DEBRA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,792.80 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRY, KENNETH D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,792.16 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMERMUTH, STEPHEN W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,791.96 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALANAUGH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,791.85 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HELTERLINE, RICHARD W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $111,791.61 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMATO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $111,788.29 | Date 12/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTA, FRANK | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $111,785.72 | Date 12/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, ETROY J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,784.59 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYMAN, GARY T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,783.53 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKHTAR, MADIHA B | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $111,783.13 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERTZLINGER, HELENE T | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $111,782.63 | Date 09/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRETTA, NEIL C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $111,782.16 | Date 03/14/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESSUP, ALLEN S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $111,780.50 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVINE, AARON O | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $111,779.74 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $111,779.67 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, DAVID B | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $111,779.47 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, LEONARD A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $111,779.08 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, JOSE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,776.95 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, KENNETH C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $111,776.67 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDES, RODNEY R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $111,775.64 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, KENNETH I | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $111,772.53 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIENA, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,771.54 | Date 12/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAFFUCCI, SHUK CHING | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $111,769.64 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, DANNY P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $111,769.45 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, EILEEN E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $111,769.44 | Date 01/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTENBERGER, ELIZABETH | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $111,768.43 | Date 09/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORA, ANGELO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,768.02 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORK, JASON W | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $111,767.94 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDEN, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,767.78 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROOF, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,763.54 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULKA, ASHLEY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $111,763.24 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUKYS, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $111,762.45 | Date 06/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZZO, GEORGE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,757.83 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, JOHN M, JR | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $111,755.27 | Date 06/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, ANTHONY L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $111,754.95 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSTER, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $111,754.58 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEWARD, SUNDAN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $111,754.21 | Date 10/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORNICK, ADAM N | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $111,753.56 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BINSEEL, JOHN G | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $111,753.15 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,752.80 | Date 11/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVE, SCOTT E | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $111,752.59 | Date 02/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDELSON, ELLEN S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $111,752.45 | Date 06/05/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARWELL, BRIAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,751.52 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCONTI, RANDY C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,751.32 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYERS, TIMOTHY A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $111,750.88 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, RICHARD K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $111,749.91 | Date 10/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLGREN, CRIS H | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $111,749.66 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LERCH, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,748.11 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, MAGGIO P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,746.55 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $111,745.77 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGOBUCCO, MARY JO A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $111,745.51 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VESIK, HELEN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $111,743.89 | Date 06/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNADY, GREGORY M | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $111,741.95 | Date 06/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSINO, LANCE V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $111,741.73 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ERICA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $111,740.63 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MICHELLE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,740.15 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICCIO, JOHN R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $111,738.76 | Date 02/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, MARISA E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $111,737.53 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, RAYMOND L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $111,737.18 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBECCHI, LOUIS J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $111,736.83 | Date 12/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $111,736.22 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $111,735.57 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, FERNANDO E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $111,734.50 | Date 03/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLOCK-PAYNE, SHARON | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $111,732.16 | Date 05/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $111,729.03 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, EMILIE-ANNE S | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $111,728.46 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SHERRY L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $111,724.94 | Date 05/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVERS, BARRY W | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $111,724.94 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANEJA, VEENA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,724.48 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, SHILPAN B | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $111,723.72 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINELLO, JOSEPH D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $111,723.54 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, JONATHAN A | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $111,723.25 | Date 02/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAMBOA, VIOLETA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $111,721.52 | Date 11/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THREATTE, LONNIE T | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $111,721.14 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KIM E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $111,720.02 | Date 02/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KEITH A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $111,719.27 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUMAN, JACQUELINE S | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $111,718.99 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEEKES, MARK E | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $111,715.53 | Date 07/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, JOHN | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $111,715.35 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURGIGNO, VINCENT A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $111,715.34 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HU, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $111,715.30 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, RUTH E | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $111,714.87 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, SHARON A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $111,712.23 | Date 07/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, NICHOLAS M | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $111,710.17 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TRAVIS E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $111,708.92 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CLAIR, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $111,707.83 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAYEWSKI, STEVEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $111,707.12 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUFF, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $111,706.29 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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