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 LEITER, JEFFREY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $145,067.38 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, DEBORAH R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $145,062.89 | Date 05/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, EDWARD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $145,059.20 | Date 12/07/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGLE, PETER J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $145,053.38 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANECEK, WILLIAM R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $145,046.20 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSQUERA, MANUEL | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $145,044.88 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMETH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $145,040.89 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ARTHUR R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $145,034.50 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $145,029.82 | Date 06/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRONE, BRIAN T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $145,029.43 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAGLE, LARRY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $145,029.14 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIPOS, JOHN J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $145,016.84 | Date 10/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, KEVIN P | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $145,016.68 | Date 06/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ST LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $145,016.30 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $145,014.34 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEARLMAN, JEFFREY H | Employer name Lt Governor's Executive Office | Amount $145,013.09 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEB, KELLY ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $145,008.22 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEINER, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $145,007.56 | Date 01/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTA, SUMIE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $145,006.10 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWY, BRIAN H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $145,000.93 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, ROSS P | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTACIO, LETICIA D | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGAN, VANESSA E | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIMI, CHARLES F, JR | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, MAIJA C | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, MARY A | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EANNACE, RALPH J, JR | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, JOHN C | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 09/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-LEE, BARBARA R | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, WILLIAM R | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 06/19/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIMPERT, THEODORE | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 12/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, STEPHEN T | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, KATE | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPLINGER, KAREN M | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITELLO, DIANE L | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRAY, DIANE Y | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, HELENA M | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, THOMAS K | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $145,000.00 | Date 10/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIDGEN, JA HARR S | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $144,999.99 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGNOR, JOHN F | Employer name Capital District Otb Corp. | Amount $144,999.92 | Date 12/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOTA, PHOEBE SORIAL | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $144,999.92 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETTA, ALFRED G | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $144,999.61 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $144,996.58 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUJKA, BRIAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,994.08 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THOMAS F | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $144,993.47 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASIE, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,991.34 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNOOR, CHRISTIAN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,990.37 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHROH, THOMAS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,990.01 | Date 02/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLWELL, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,983.49 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOCCIO, CHRIS M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,983.38 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREUTZ, JOSEPH W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,979.38 | Date 10/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SECRET, FRANK J, III | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $144,978.22 | Date 04/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STURMAN, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $144,977.82 | Date 07/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINNERY, MONIQUE L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $144,976.42 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, NATHAN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,973.38 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIONNE, DAVID A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $144,969.71 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $144,967.28 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MENAMIN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $144,966.17 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSE-LOUDER, KYLE I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,961.66 | Date 02/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, HERIBERTO | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $144,955.86 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, KENDRA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,953.87 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $144,952.75 | Date 03/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTON, STEVEN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $144,949.69 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGERT, MATTHEW | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,943.04 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, PATRICK W | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $144,940.11 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, EDWARD P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $144,937.50 | Date 10/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMAN, RAYMOND J | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $144,936.58 | Date 07/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,936.19 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSCATO, ANIELLO V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,932.14 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTAGNA, DAVID | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $144,930.86 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUETZ, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $144,930.83 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGG, KENT T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $144,930.82 | Date 03/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSELFINGER, TERRY D | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $144,930.81 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYZOWSKI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $144,930.81 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOLA, RAPHAEL C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,925.96 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRIGNO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,924.00 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, MICHELLE F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,922.32 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DYMOND, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,921.34 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, RICHARD T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,921.26 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REICHEL, MICHAEL P | Employer name Riverhead Sewer District | Amount $144,918.01 | Date 10/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JUDITH L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $144,913.47 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DABBS, MAUREEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $144,909.36 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTOR, DAVID R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,907.46 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, PAMELA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,903.60 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRACCALVIERI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,892.40 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROHMAN, DAVID A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,890.73 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIERKOWSKI, RAYMOND W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $144,890.39 | Date 07/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, LISA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $144,888.65 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONDERHEIDE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,885.08 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRICEK, EDWARD R | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $144,880.40 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, GIACOMO | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $144,877.60 | Date 08/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAN, STEWART M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,876.00 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARON, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,874.48 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, ALISON K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $144,874.04 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LENA, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,872.98 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, EUGENE P, II | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,866.73 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISOLDI, THERESA C | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $144,866.20 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, JOHN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,864.17 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CADY, PHILLIP D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,863.18 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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