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 CHOI, HEESOOK | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $156,640.50 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, SHARON B | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $156,638.07 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, RICHARD G | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $156,637.88 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, VINCENT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,637.41 | Date 04/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEGUERO, JULIO C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $156,635.25 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPARELLI, STEVEN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,632.79 | Date 04/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, JAMES D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,631.94 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALCAGNO, DONNY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,627.31 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, STEVEN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,621.86 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASCIONE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,620.94 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSLOW, BRETT S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,613.73 | Date 09/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLES, WAYNE D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,608.97 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSELEY, RACHEL N | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $156,600.85 | Date 05/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORRELLI, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,598.87 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, DANIEL B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,588.84 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $156,578.50 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUSER, ALBERT W | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $156,578.00 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPEL, BRIAN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,577.78 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAO, KOLLI M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $156,574.11 | Date 04/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,573.37 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAFSON, DEBORAH R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $156,572.30 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEITZER, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $156,566.85 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOURLAY, GUY W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,566.20 | Date 03/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEDWITH, PETER K | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $156,564.15 | Date 04/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, CHARLES M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,562.41 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, TIMOTHY J | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $156,556.30 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAULER, KENNETH M | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $156,554.74 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CABEY, TRACEY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,554.04 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, GEORGE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,549.20 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILTON, TODD R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $156,546.13 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATAJCZAK, BRIAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,545.34 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMANNA, PAUL | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $156,542.80 | Date 09/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, CHARLES A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $156,542.80 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSH, TAMARA C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $156,542.80 | Date 01/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $156,542.30 | Date 07/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MARK H | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $156,539.50 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORNMAN, MARY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,538.38 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATEMAN, SCOTT M | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $156,537.67 | Date 12/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLONE, DAVID | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $156,530.99 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERMOND, JOHN S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,516.86 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUIHEEN, PATRICK T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,516.69 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMARATA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,514.51 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,508.27 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, THOMAS P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,505.93 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALLENBECK, EUGENE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,499.28 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LASH L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,494.00 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, PASQUALE F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,493.82 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, JOHN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $156,492.33 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOSE M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,482.40 | Date 06/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, PAMELA L | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $156,478.68 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIEM, ANGELA R | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $156,478.68 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENGER, YEVGENY | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $156,478.68 | Date 10/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDOUS, KENNETH M, DR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $156,471.74 | Date 10/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIDSON, MILLICENT | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $156,471.74 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REJ, ROBERT | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $156,471.74 | Date 07/03/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,468.36 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, KIRK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,468.36 | Date 07/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAXIMO, DARRELL K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,468.36 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOCHUL, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Lt Governor's Office | Amount $156,465.81 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSOLINO, MARIO J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $156,451.75 | Date 08/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURENT, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,440.88 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORGENSI, STACEY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $156,434.68 | Date 11/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULIFFE, NEIL F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,433.34 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAVANYU, JEAN M | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $156,430.56 | Date 03/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, MANUEL V | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $156,421.38 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNS, ERIC C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,420.70 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, RAYMOND P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,417.75 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLOWER, RICHARD P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,417.51 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARKE, PATRICK P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,415.24 | Date 09/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, MARK F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,410.38 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAGNO, VINCENT M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $156,407.00 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORNING, HELLE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $156,402.95 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENZIGER, EDWARD S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,401.69 | Date 03/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASSAN, ALAA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $156,400.63 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, ANDREW S | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $156,400.31 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAIB, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,397.79 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSINGER, WILLIAM L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,392.39 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURAWINSKI, RICHARD T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,391.22 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIANCASPRO, SERGIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,388.40 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUMBLATT, MARK P | Employer name Greenville Fire District | Amount $156,380.22 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZAREK, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $156,378.92 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, R CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,373.02 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, RICHARD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,371.40 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABERNETHY, JOYCE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $156,367.97 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPIENZA, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $156,367.61 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOLFI, WILLIAM | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $156,364.63 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, JOHN L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $156,361.90 | Date 04/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARDULLO, ANTHONY C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,357.60 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARLESON, DANIEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,340.62 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, PAUL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $156,340.28 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CRYSTAL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $156,335.82 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEPPER, ANDREW R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,333.67 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HETZEL, WALTER C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,323.92 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIECO, MATTHEW V | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $156,321.02 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, EUCLYN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $156,319.10 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $156,312.29 | Date 03/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UHL, JOHN W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $156,310.56 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $156,310.39 | Date 03/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNOR, DAVID E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $156,306.51 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALISI, ROBERT R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $156,303.58 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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