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 PROBEYAHN, CAROL A | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $158,523.09 | Date 08/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNETTINO, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $158,521.34 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LEON C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,520.64 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VARESIO, STEVEN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,517.82 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENEVENTO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,513.82 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $158,513.75 | Date 11/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATALDO, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,513.38 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUERBACH, STEVEN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,508.08 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVAO, ANTONIO E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $158,506.66 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, JAMES P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,496.02 | Date 06/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, GARY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,490.95 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHN, BARBARA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $158,490.78 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, GARFIELD N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,487.85 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOTITO, THOMAS J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $158,481.10 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRINGTON, MARIA L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $158,480.06 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ANIBAL | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $158,477.40 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROCCHIA, FRANK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,466.82 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROKITKA, DENISE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $158,464.47 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, KRISTINE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $158,463.37 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBALDI, WILLIAM S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,459.76 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIROLNIK, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $158,451.64 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRATA, RYAN A | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $158,448.06 | Date 02/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAUTH, GARY J | Employer name East Meadow Fire District | Amount $158,447.14 | Date 04/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METRUCK, BRUCE C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $158,442.37 | Date 06/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, GEORGE T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,438.60 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLIN, CAROLYN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,435.76 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOGACHUNAS, PETER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,428.26 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, KEITH | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,424.27 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTH, DAVID B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,423.16 | Date 07/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAPARATTO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,422.69 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFUSCO, JAMES J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,418.70 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUESADA, LOLA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,410.17 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, SHANNON | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $158,409.51 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEMARANO, PAUL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $158,400.12 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORWARD, JEFFREY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,394.36 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, MARK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,385.59 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUROUGHS, EDWARD E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,375.09 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZARELLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $158,368.78 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEGGEN, KAREN A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $158,365.80 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIONE, JOSEPH | Employer name Greene County | Amount $158,365.26 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORRICO, ALFONSO F | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $158,365.04 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYLEWSKI, LEO J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $158,359.28 | Date 08/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINAGRA, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,358.67 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,357.36 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASKEY, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $158,348.98 | Date 05/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CESTARO, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,340.13 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOLI, KEVIN V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,339.12 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARAHONA, BERNADETTE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $158,339.00 | Date 04/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, RAYMOND G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $158,332.35 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $158,330.61 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETROSINO, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $158,324.41 | Date 01/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAMMILLO, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,318.67 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUPFER, RUSSELL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,316.97 | Date 03/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOCK, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,311.04 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JANET | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $158,305.93 | Date 01/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITKIN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $158,305.93 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAGHY, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $158,302.80 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SNAPP, KENNETH W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,298.40 | Date 07/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARK W | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $158,297.83 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARD, CARTER O | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $158,294.24 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, VITO | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $158,289.47 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEN-AMOTZ, PICO P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $158,284.95 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKS, CALVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,281.80 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, KENNETH B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,281.11 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL T, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,280.43 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ANN C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $158,277.73 | Date 04/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAND, KENNETH I | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $158,267.72 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, DARRELL M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $158,267.72 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, DEAN F | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $158,265.74 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAURITANO, NICHOLAS F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,262.54 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,259.84 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, JOHN P | Employer name Village of Piermont | Amount $158,255.96 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KIRKWOOD D, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,251.51 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETTINGER, JILL | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $158,250.36 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIGOTTI, LORA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,244.98 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAUMOV, NICHOLAS N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,241.93 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANN, BRIAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,241.86 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA BAW, ROBERT M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,241.33 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERUSSE, JOSEPH S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,239.98 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,229.78 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $158,228.06 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSANO, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $158,227.17 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTARPIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,226.03 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWABY, GERFIELD L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $158,225.99 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ASHLEY E | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $158,221.28 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ-GABRIEL, NANCY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $158,218.70 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLITES, PHILIP R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,218.62 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRIERE, JAMES D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,217.10 | Date 09/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANAHAN, SUSAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $158,217.03 | Date 09/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, CHENG | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,210.00 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIMPE, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $158,204.23 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WING, CRAIG A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,185.76 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCIRRI, DEAN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,183.96 | Date 08/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $158,180.67 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, STANLEY J, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,178.89 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, MARIO | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $158,172.58 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHLGRIM, DANIEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,166.08 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKGRAF, EDWARD L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $158,161.67 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, JOSEPH P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $158,152.66 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAHEBJAM-ATABAKI, MANZAR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $158,146.10 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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