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 BEVERLEY, CORDIA L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $243,777.16 | Date 02/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSSAIN, SHAVIN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $243,745.09 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $243,626.78 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, STEVEN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $243,500.39 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI SCALA, STEVEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $243,294.05 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, STUART M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $243,277.68 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, RAFAEL F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $243,141.44 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REISS, ALAN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $243,052.10 | Date 09/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLAN, ROBERT B | Employer name Village of Quogue | Amount $243,029.91 | Date 05/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JEFFREY F | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $242,920.45 | Date 05/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, KEVIN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $242,865.53 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JAMES P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $242,861.63 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVISTA, ANTHONY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $242,836.46 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LONNIE, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $242,766.46 | Date 10/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARAGO, LAWRENCE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $242,700.87 | Date 07/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENDERGAST, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $242,674.19 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARESTA, JOHN C | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $242,592.78 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOHNERT, PEGGY A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $242,513.10 | Date 09/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, BRYAN O, JR | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $242,480.95 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ODDO, JOHN W | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $242,425.65 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $242,418.72 | Date 01/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHIUDDIN, GOLAM | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $242,343.26 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOGNA, CARLO L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $242,330.77 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $242,328.38 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, DEVIN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $242,274.24 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANARELLO, JAMES M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $242,209.48 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAFEADES, JAMES M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $242,061.57 | Date 03/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURSZTYN, HARRIET | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $242,001.67 | Date 08/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, JAMES A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $241,972.24 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $241,932.45 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, THOMAS G | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $241,926.34 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, LI-WEN G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $241,801.26 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTABILE, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,710.79 | Date 07/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $241,637.20 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, MICHELE K | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $241,603.14 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOMBERG, KENNETH W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $241,572.48 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $241,571.87 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CARLA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $241,502.03 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $241,477.81 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAIOLI, PAUL | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $241,471.64 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGGS PAULY, LEAH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $241,361.54 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKRYNECKI, STEVEN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,299.43 | Date 06/16/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAUT, CARLOS O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $241,177.86 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, DAMON L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $241,151.01 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JAMES P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,145.31 | Date 01/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRUMPTER, THOMAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,143.01 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASKIW, RICHARD P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $241,109.58 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $241,106.75 | Date 11/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, CLARENCE C, III | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,085.17 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEINDL, DEBORAH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $241,064.18 | Date 05/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARESCA, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $241,051.66 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOXER, HARRIET S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $241,035.45 | Date 02/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDER, MAURINE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $241,033.74 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLISZ, STEVE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $241,027.68 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, JESUS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $240,951.30 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIMARANAN, JONIFER J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $240,864.05 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASTEARD, ROBERT D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $240,856.58 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEA, THOMAS P | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $240,838.77 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOOL, GARDY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $240,835.69 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUBENSTEIN, RICHARD | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $240,728.41 | Date 11/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALANAKIS, DENNIS K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $240,670.34 | Date 07/19/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARACE, JAMES O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $240,643.10 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $240,586.52 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, ROBERT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $240,552.04 | Date 09/19/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, GERARD | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $240,546.60 | Date 05/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANDO, NICHOLAS L, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $240,459.63 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, DANIEL S | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $240,436.46 | Date 07/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, LUIS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $240,355.22 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, GREGORY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $240,317.05 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKRZYPEK, JOSEPH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $240,297.26 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, IVORY G | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $240,276.06 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYAPPA, PREMA LATHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $240,265.99 | Date 07/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MATTHEW B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $240,167.52 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, JAMES P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $240,088.04 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, BRIAN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $240,041.68 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, ZACARIAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $240,032.20 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSTEL, JON R | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $240,000.28 | Date 01/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,980.16 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALT, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,962.89 | Date 01/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENIG, DANIEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,957.48 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, MASUM | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $239,885.68 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASSAR, KALLID | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $239,853.05 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLINDWORTH, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $239,836.29 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDNICK, KIRK J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $239,833.63 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EASY, MAXINE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $239,695.14 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,613.04 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JOHN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $239,514.12 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINA, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $239,418.64 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESER, CHARLES E, II | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,414.43 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEALE, MARK R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $239,369.40 | Date 11/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELMURO, ROBERT M | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $239,316.72 | Date 04/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TITARCHUK, ANASTASIA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $239,281.09 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOINUDDIN, KHAJA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $239,275.95 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHARFF, CHARLES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,213.73 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OHRI, RAVINDER K | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $239,178.37 | Date 01/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $239,157.13 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOUDREAUX, TYSON J | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $239,089.80 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANESE, GERARD A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $239,070.00 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, MARK E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $239,042.76 | Date 07/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUCOLO, EDWARD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $239,000.19 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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