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 HANER, JEFFREY P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,439.95 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $185,422.08 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KELVIN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,420.96 | Date 12/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, EDWARD F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,417.20 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECIALE, FRANK S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,414.61 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, BRIAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,414.19 | Date 04/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOVE, JUSTIN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,405.89 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, PASQUALE F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $185,395.54 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENIS, ERIC | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,390.71 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, EPHRAIM F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,382.87 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTEIRO, WILLIAM A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,376.56 | Date 01/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, EILEEN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,374.18 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIESKE, JASON J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,371.34 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUIKART, WILLIAM R | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $185,366.04 | Date 01/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, BRIAN W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $185,347.70 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CHARLES A | Employer name Village of Babylon | Amount $185,337.99 | Date 07/10/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YETKA, CHERYL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,334.90 | Date 03/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, JOHN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,317.80 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUST, WILLIAM J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,313.67 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JAMES B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,313.25 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NADIG, MAHESH K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $185,309.48 | Date 04/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDZILOWSKI, JUILA B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,306.70 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAROLLI, STEVEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,291.53 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALCANO, EDUARDS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,276.94 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNAM, THOMAS E | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $185,273.43 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TARANTINO, DAVID E | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $185,269.55 | Date 07/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, JEFFREY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,269.43 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHOW, PATRICK L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,256.23 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LADAGA, RAELENE R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $185,247.55 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIZANO, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $185,237.92 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHUN, MICHAEL M | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $185,232.85 | Date 01/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POALILLO, BRIAN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $185,224.87 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, ANTHONY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,216.63 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOLTZAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,212.91 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELCHER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,194.97 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERDMANN, CHARLES S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,172.63 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARRO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $185,159.05 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, STEPHEN T | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $185,157.14 | Date 06/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, ANDREW G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,152.90 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,152.72 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIMOND, CAROL L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $185,151.67 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $185,142.91 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JOHN T | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $185,134.42 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERONKO, JAY B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,123.02 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUSICK, TIMOTHY D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $185,119.20 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIEDA, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,112.92 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $185,108.37 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHELS, BRIAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,101.23 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUNYAN, RICHARD P | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $185,095.56 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SODEN, WILLIAM B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,086.21 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLEWAY, JOHN G | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $185,083.79 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JOHN F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $185,069.72 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOELBEL, JOHN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,048.83 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYRES, ADELINE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,047.66 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAROSA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $185,043.16 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BINKOWITZ, MATTHEW I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,041.32 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, BRIAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $185,027.95 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARY B | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $185,026.44 | Date 09/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYLMER, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $185,022.22 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WETTER, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $185,008.37 | Date 05/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $184,999.88 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DING, XINXIN | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $184,998.43 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ALBERTO J | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $184,975.02 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARFEIN, CAROL F | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $184,974.59 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, PETER A | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $184,973.04 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITO, JOSE P | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODSKY, ELLA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, PIERRE L | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BART, ROBERT Y | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHALDAROV, ULYANA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINFIELD, LOUIS S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 10/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIMER, HELEN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, STUART W | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEL, ZINAIDA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFOBI, CHUKWUEMEKA K | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSPITRE, MICHELINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 01/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTORE, FRANK R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHINAPANDIAN, FRANCIS X | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVYCKYJ, JURIJ | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, ROBERT A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMOGENES, HERMINIA W | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTIS, MARC J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERY, TRINIDAD | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 01/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHITAN, GABRIEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, NINA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANGASWAMY, PRABHAKARAN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $184,971.51 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, PATRICK F | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $184,944.28 | Date 08/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMRAM, LAURA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,943.43 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBATO, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $184,938.04 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANAT, STEVEN R | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $184,936.23 | Date 12/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JULIO | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $184,933.42 | Date 03/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, GEORGE T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $184,928.69 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASEMANN, GREGORY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $184,921.82 | Date 08/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPONE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $184,910.04 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTNER, HENRI J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $184,903.27 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, ROBIN M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $184,886.11 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNSIDE, DANNY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $184,882.85 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVONA, KERI E | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $184,872.00 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, TIMOTHY H | Employer name Village of Brookville | Amount $184,865.21 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHI, RICHARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $184,856.31 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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