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 JONES, DEMETRI M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $172,024.61 | Date 07/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBOWITZ, JAN L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $172,021.98 | Date 08/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAM, TASBIRUL M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $172,015.09 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMSEN, GREGORY R | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $172,004.65 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLDENGRABER, PAUL B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $172,004.10 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MADELYN S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $172,001.36 | Date 05/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLINI, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,999.96 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, DONNA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $171,999.54 | Date 06/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIESS, ANDREW W | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $171,994.50 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGUIO, JORDAN R | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $171,992.47 | Date 10/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, JOHN T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $171,988.91 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIVAK, MARK L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,974.27 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSACK, MICHAEL E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $171,970.13 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, ANTHONY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,967.75 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORDINO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $171,948.88 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOONEY, PATRICK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,942.44 | Date 12/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONSTE, DONALD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,941.62 | Date 07/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, MARGARET A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $171,940.21 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZZELLO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $171,939.12 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHERT, KENNETH D | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $171,935.66 | Date 08/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABARA-PALAGANAS, SHARON R | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $171,932.89 | Date 08/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKS, DAVID | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $171,932.89 | Date 03/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATIASHVILI, NONNA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $171,932.89 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMON, RONALD H | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $171,932.89 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASSMER, FRANCIS J | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $171,932.31 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JOHN J | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $171,908.23 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERA, ADAM | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $171,908.23 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, ANTHONY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,906.18 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, MARCO D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,905.07 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROBELE, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $171,902.05 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, JEREME J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,899.17 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, WAYNE S | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $171,891.87 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINN, GEORGE J, JR | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $171,881.10 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCUDERI, DENEEN B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,880.38 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURO, WILLIAM A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,876.13 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARAGON, LUIZ C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $171,875.02 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $171,875.00 | Date 12/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, SARA | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $171,875.00 | Date 11/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATTIGAN-DAVIS, THERESA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,865.11 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,864.14 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANNESY, UMAKANTHA E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $171,855.42 | Date 08/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, RAYMOND | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,848.40 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, THOMAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,847.77 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ST VIL, ELMER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,843.16 | Date 09/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENEHY, DALE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,842.02 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACHESON, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $171,832.57 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLADUNJOYE, HELEN S | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $171,817.26 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, MAXIMO R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,816.22 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALSAMIS, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,816.14 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATZEN, DAVID | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,790.64 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WREN, GARY J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $171,789.17 | Date 07/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, DERRICK S | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $171,786.10 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPRIANO, EUGENE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,785.60 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OUTHOUSE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,781.40 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JAY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,780.08 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $171,779.47 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REITZ, JAMES | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANDRICH, MARK H | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 01/12/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURFURE, MARIANNE | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JOHN S | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 01/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABUDA, FRANK J | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIN, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KEVIN K | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 04/02/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, GUY P | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $171,779.00 | Date 06/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRKO, THEODORE D, JR | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $171,773.14 | Date 03/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, LORI R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,770.30 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASTEARD, ROBERT D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,768.63 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOEWKE, THOMAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,762.04 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, DAMIAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,752.41 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, SCOTT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,750.88 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULIERI, RICHARD D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $171,749.80 | Date 01/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGOIRE, JANET L | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $171,746.43 | Date 06/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUR, SANDEEP | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $171,744.11 | Date 01/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, JENNIFER K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,730.74 | Date 05/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, ROBERT W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $171,730.72 | Date 06/07/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINO, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,729.33 | Date 06/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHARAJ, DEWAN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,726.27 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, EFRAIN, JR | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $171,718.99 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THILBERG, JACK H, JR | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $171,716.62 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEMIS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $171,709.14 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIE, TODD | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $171,695.40 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GILIO, THEODORE M | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $171,688.33 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, SUSAN C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $171,687.28 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLAR, ERIC | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,674.75 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, LA FONDA C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,673.44 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, RITA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,672.75 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEALL, EDWARD A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $171,671.03 | Date 08/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RONALD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,670.29 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, BRIANNA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,668.10 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAMRAN, MUHAMMAD T | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $171,664.42 | Date 07/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, PORTIA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $171,660.97 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,654.25 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTIVEGNA, ROBERT V | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $171,648.54 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTER, MARTIN J | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $171,640.73 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINTIM, KONTOH | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $171,638.95 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOG, DEBRA S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $171,636.82 | Date 11/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMLER, SHERLITA N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,634.84 | Date 12/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, MICHELLE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,620.85 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGH, EDWIN Y | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,607.56 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $171,588.74 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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