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 OLIVELLA, ANTHONY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,160.68 | Date 10/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALO, JOSEPH W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,157.95 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAUSNER, GREGORY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,151.55 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFF, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,146.68 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, GEORGE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,146.26 | Date 01/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHALAO, ANTONIO M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,144.90 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WYLIE, ANDREW J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $150,143.92 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELG, KENNETH R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,143.70 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, REBECCA E. | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $150,140.62 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, ROLANDO A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $150,139.28 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, HEIDI | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,138.56 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOCEL, JUSTIN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,136.64 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $150,134.56 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JOHN C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $150,134.07 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GURIEL, TOM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,134.01 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUBERTIER, THOMAS M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,132.54 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, BONNIE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $150,125.39 | Date 06/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $150,122.88 | Date 12/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROBST, KEVIN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,116.79 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANDIERO, FRANK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,109.61 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, MARK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,107.11 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONACQUIST, BETH M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $150,105.63 | Date 10/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NOREEN | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $150,105.63 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, FRANK | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $150,103.76 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, PAUL C | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $150,103.46 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWREY, LAURA J | Employer name North Shore Public Library Dis | Amount $150,102.40 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUZANNE M | Employer name Longwood Public Library | Amount $150,096.90 | Date 04/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABACCHI, DWAYNE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $150,094.08 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, BRIAN P | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $150,093.55 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,092.06 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWAN, CHRISTINE B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,090.97 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC QUILLAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,090.08 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNEAUX, RICHARD A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,086.75 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROUFAEAL, SUZAN I | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $150,086.38 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCOLO, ORAZIO A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $150,084.10 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DONNA | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $150,083.02 | Date 06/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, LAURIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,079.07 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALZONE, MICHAEL W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,069.13 | Date 12/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, KEN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,068.00 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEITZ, DANIEL M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $150,053.02 | Date 10/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITKA, JOHN, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,049.04 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $150,046.23 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $150,041.70 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVE, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $150,040.33 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DENNIS C | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $150,039.68 | Date 01/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, LINDA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $150,036.56 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, CRAIG A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $150,032.47 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE-SIPONEN, GAIL P | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $150,032.40 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, ROBERT L | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $150,032.40 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, ELLEN | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $150,032.40 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, ROBERT A | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $150,032.40 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, ROBERT J | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $150,032.40 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, DANIEL C | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $150,028.72 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DEREK V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,020.00 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YABLONSKY, STEVEN H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $150,020.00 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCMAHON, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $150,018.25 | Date 01/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DORNN E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $150,007.78 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $150,004.71 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ALLEVA, ROSEANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,000.12 | Date 08/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCELLA, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $150,000.12 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, RONALD D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $150,000.00 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDE, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $149,999.99 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, LUIS | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $149,999.98 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, KARL H | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $149,999.98 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, BRENDA M | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $149,999.98 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, TARA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $149,994.67 | Date 07/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCIDIACONO, GUY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,989.00 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, NIKKI | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,985.22 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JAMES G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,985.22 | Date 10/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, MARILYN G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $149,977.67 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DVORIN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,963.64 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLSKI, EDWIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,958.87 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CINDY L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $149,957.11 | Date 11/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARWOOD, BRET C | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $149,956.49 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMO, CORY R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $149,951.31 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMACCHIA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,945.85 | Date 09/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEN EYCK, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $149,944.65 | Date 09/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCANO, SIANO, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $149,942.22 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, SUSAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $149,942.00 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEIFER, GUY C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $149,939.87 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, WILLIAM R, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,938.75 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELD, DANIEL C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,936.43 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, JOSEPH P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $149,933.43 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOJTAL, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $149,921.15 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, JOSEPH G | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $149,915.72 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINEO, JOSEPH A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $149,915.41 | Date 10/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, SCOTT T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $149,909.08 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTHBAUM, EVAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $149,907.40 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, JAMES L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $149,905.15 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CRAIG E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $149,901.96 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, DANIEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $149,900.98 | Date 09/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,893.80 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPULECKI, CHERYL A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $149,893.67 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARMOUR, MOIRA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,890.37 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCOBO, JAVIER E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $149,890.30 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, NEIL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $149,886.66 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASSANTINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,878.25 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, USHA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $149,873.24 | Date 05/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, MICHAEL H | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $149,867.39 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANGIMINO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $149,866.81 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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