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 LOPEZ, ROXANNE R | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $152,974.84 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,974.45 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, EDWARD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,973.28 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGORITO, MICHAEL N | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $152,966.22 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAWELCZAK, RONALD W | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $152,966.14 | Date 01/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARESTA, FRANK, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,960.48 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELLA, LINDA F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,958.16 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALICE, JASON R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,952.66 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,941.56 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $152,938.76 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECIALE, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,937.27 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $152,932.60 | Date 12/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $152,928.22 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISH, DANIEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $152,928.10 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, AL J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $152,927.71 | Date 01/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINEO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $152,927.48 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDONNE, ANTHONY A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $152,925.57 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, GLENN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,920.81 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGNA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,920.06 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, DONNA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $152,918.57 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAGNA, ROBERT | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $152,913.80 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, RAYMOND E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,912.49 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIMMLER, DAVID C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,905.55 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOBOBEL, DWAYNE L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $152,899.62 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-JOHNSON, DEBORAH Y | Employer name Education Department | Amount $152,895.75 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, BRENDAN B | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $152,893.42 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU, LISA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $152,889.94 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, RICHARD C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,886.71 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELIS, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $152,876.30 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHADWICK, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,875.32 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JEROME | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $152,873.11 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAPISARDA, JASON | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,872.71 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DANIELLE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,870.70 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, ROBERT T | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $152,868.08 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTRY, JAGDISH V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $152,867.46 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAELEN, JOANNE B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $152,866.14 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, BRIAN H | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $152,860.01 | Date 04/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTINI, FRANK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,849.00 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, GEORGE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,843.67 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, JEFFREY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,841.62 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRTH, MATTHEW J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $152,840.05 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEROTA, STEPHEN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,834.31 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCUCILLI, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $152,832.36 | Date 08/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYBAUM, ERIC C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,825.25 | Date 04/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SURVILLA, WILLIAM C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,821.29 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, OLA S | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $152,815.30 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, LANGDON C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $152,815.06 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVILA, ELI N | Employer name Orange County | Amount $152,815.05 | Date 04/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $152,814.92 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $152,814.88 | Date 05/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHER, FRANCOIS A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,811.75 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, ELSA M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $152,809.24 | Date 01/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $152,802.58 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, MICHAEL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,796.96 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORGONE, RICHARD M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,791.42 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, LINDA M | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $152,790.46 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, CATHY B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $152,789.08 | Date 10/12/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, STEPHEN G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,787.40 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, DARYL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,786.91 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRASCO, LEONARDO J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,784.67 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATON, THOMAS H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,784.30 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLPHIN, MARTIN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $152,780.13 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESKO, JOHN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,776.00 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHEL, SCOTT L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,771.62 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORTHSHIELD, ANDREW V | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $152,767.28 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOKULA, LISA | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $152,755.53 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLGROVE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $152,754.57 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, RENEE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $152,749.63 | Date 06/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAPPLY, MARLAINE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $152,747.90 | Date 09/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRELL, LAURA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,746.69 | Date 10/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUROPATWINSKI, PAUL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,744.50 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAW, KIM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,737.11 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATOS, LOUIS W | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $152,736.84 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMETROPOLIS, KRISTEN A | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $152,735.83 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSIOR, JENNIFER E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,735.09 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARQUETTE, GREGORY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,735.04 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, NICOLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,732.60 | Date 08/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, LEWIS R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,732.60 | Date 10/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATA, WAYNE R | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $152,729.21 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HUGH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,724.00 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, BRIAN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,724.00 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEW, DAVID C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,722.83 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, DANIEL F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,721.99 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURSTEIN, DANIEL M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $152,720.85 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUMA, CHARLES W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $152,716.67 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, KEVIN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,701.98 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIKADE, STEPHEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,699.10 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DAVID E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $152,698.75 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE QUARTO, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,697.46 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLERY, THOMAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,679.68 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LI, WEIDONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $152,678.93 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMINGTON, KELLY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,677.25 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, MATTHEW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,675.39 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELLION, JAMES H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $152,671.92 | Date 07/16/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLARMANN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,669.97 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, MELVIN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $152,665.66 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, TODD E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $152,660.76 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIVINEY, ANDREW G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,651.71 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSAR, JOSEPH L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $152,647.85 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLADE, MARK E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $152,642.97 | Date 10/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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