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 WHITTON, WILLIAM F | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $255,635.00 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JAMES | Employer name Village of Kings Point | Amount $255,328.04 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREMER, TIMOTHY G | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $255,323.77 | Date 08/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, JAMES | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $254,927.59 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALSAM, LEAH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $254,882.99 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DENISE R | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $254,823.08 | Date 08/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISBERG, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $254,713.82 | Date 01/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $254,216.53 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AUKEN, BRADFORD H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $254,216.53 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDEL, BRAD R | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $254,188.77 | Date 12/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPRIO, MARIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $253,907.60 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $253,800.34 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIM, EDWARD W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $253,700.94 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLATE, JAMES C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $253,690.84 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRAVICIUTE, SONATA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $253,598.57 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE-HATCHARD, STEPHEN J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $253,410.07 | Date 06/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIRINCIONE, ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $253,141.06 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMAELING, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $252,874.94 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEY, ALAN I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $252,633.50 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOESL, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $252,499.73 | Date 04/26/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRIMBOLI, CARA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $252,493.31 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, KENNETH E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $252,394.11 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMPANO, MARC A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $252,140.48 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINSTON, CHARLES, II | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $252,111.88 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AQUILINA, JOSEPH C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $251,874.13 | Date 07/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHATTERJEE, SOUMITRA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $251,742.86 | Date 10/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATE, STEVEN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $251,626.40 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELZ, EDWARD | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $251,556.06 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, DEAN A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $251,478.48 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIKAS, MANJULA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $251,465.08 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODEA-CRISAN, NICOLETA CAMELIA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $251,321.34 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INAGANTI, MANI M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $251,225.38 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOVICK, JAMES J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $251,197.59 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSEN, LEE W | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $251,106.62 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUIRANTE, GLORIA S | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $250,961.34 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETRICH, GLENN M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $250,832.70 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CABANILLAS, STEWART | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,708.12 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $250,705.54 | Date 11/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLOSI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $250,700.73 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMUCKLER, DANIEL J | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $250,559.26 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOGNA, CARLO L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $250,482.18 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRUSS, WILLIAM P | Employer name Village of Kings Point | Amount $250,449.31 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ROSEANNA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $250,398.88 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNUM, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $250,108.36 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIE, JIMMY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,988.12 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANAL, CONSTANTIN B | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $249,887.07 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GITTENS, KAREN A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $249,806.22 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGLIONE, MICHELLE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $249,743.35 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, MAHIMA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $249,687.89 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASAN, QUAMRUL | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $249,623.83 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTAMIRANO, LEONARDO | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $249,591.95 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMINERA, PETER F, DR | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $249,513.66 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGWU, KALU N | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $249,380.52 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRMACHER, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $249,373.87 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, TERRENCE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,365.07 | Date 07/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, PATRICK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,352.28 | Date 12/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEVE, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $249,345.50 | Date 10/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, BILAL A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $249,226.34 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORES, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,126.47 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRELLO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $249,105.24 | Date 06/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $248,949.19 | Date 09/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $248,925.31 | Date 01/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, STEVEN T | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $248,917.34 | Date 01/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCORZELLI, RONALD P | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $248,762.03 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARBEDIAN, JOHN C | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $248,519.85 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAUB, WILLIAM R | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $248,402.28 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANDOLFO, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $248,166.11 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUMBACH, JEFFREY V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $248,164.18 | Date 02/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRIGARO, KENNETH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $248,157.37 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UDDIN, MOIN | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $248,056.63 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JISEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $247,922.82 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, STEVEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $247,800.29 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, MARTIN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $247,780.59 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOTLAND, ELEONORA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $247,658.14 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASSAR, KALLID | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $247,525.62 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARA, RAJA S | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $247,463.84 | Date 12/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODGORSAK, MATTHEW B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $247,444.01 | Date 12/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, JOSE H | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $247,286.47 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PONT, JAMES J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $247,117.62 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIFFLEY, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $247,025.55 | Date 07/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $246,983.35 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, WILLIAM E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $246,889.89 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALGISH, JAMES G | Employer name Village of Kings Point | Amount $246,715.45 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROUSE, JEAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $246,694.52 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFONZO, RENALD R | Employer name Village of Lloyd Harbor | Amount $246,674.39 | Date 11/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RESNICK, WAYNE S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $246,628.45 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JOHN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $246,425.20 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTTMACHER, LAURENCE B | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $246,326.34 | Date 03/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $246,081.50 | Date 10/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LERTORA, RICHARD P | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $246,042.94 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, JAMES A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $245,930.30 | Date 08/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKRYNECKI, STEVEN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $245,830.41 | Date 06/16/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLAN, DAVID C | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $245,727.82 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $245,727.82 | Date 08/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURYADEVARA, VANARANI | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $245,725.58 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTORIA, DANIEL V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $245,577.56 | Date 05/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANTH, ANIL M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $245,500.60 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUMPTER, THOMAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $245,446.47 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANGULI, NILADRI | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $245,395.97 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTABILE, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $245,345.65 | Date 07/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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