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 HILBURG, JANET E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $144,861.08 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPROTA, JOSEPH T | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $144,853.74 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, THEODORE J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $144,847.51 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, NORMAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,845.54 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANEY, MARK D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,845.50 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JULIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $144,842.90 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIETZKE, DONALD W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,842.52 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKES, DEBRA C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $144,842.46 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $144,833.91 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPOBIANCO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $144,831.09 | Date 03/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURKIS, SCOTT T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $144,831.09 | Date 06/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $144,829.46 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIDAY, JEFFREY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,822.49 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $144,821.89 | Date 01/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELSON, MARCIA L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $144,821.07 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, SANDRA E | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $144,821.07 | Date 06/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, NICHOLAS B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,818.20 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, ROBERT R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,816.80 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRAPER, JENNIFER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,810.05 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $144,808.63 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, MARTIN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,807.28 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHLMANN, JEFFREY O | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,804.38 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, DAVID M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,798.95 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, ANTHONY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,798.08 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, DAVID L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $144,794.51 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, LUIS E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $144,793.88 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERDOLT, PHILIP A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,791.90 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $144,790.22 | Date 09/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, PAULA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,790.06 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KACICA-DUDEK, MARILYN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $144,787.50 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LINDA LOU C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $144,787.50 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOJARES, ROSARIO | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $144,777.06 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULVER, ANN M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $144,777.06 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,773.29 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEGOR, JONATHAN J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $144,765.72 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMAN, GREGG | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $144,761.74 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, COLLEEN M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $144,758.12 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, JOHN E | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $144,758.12 | Date 07/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, MARGERY C | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $144,758.12 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDER, LUCIA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $144,758.12 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JASON M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $144,758.12 | Date 05/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNIBAL, JON M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $144,757.95 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTA, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $144,755.48 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BODISCH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,745.58 | Date 04/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRONNER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,738.03 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUMNICK, MICHAEL W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,736.82 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEELEY, BRYAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,735.67 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTHAAR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $144,733.86 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, JAMES T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,732.67 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $144,731.14 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,727.38 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACI, VINCENT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,721.25 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, BLANCHE | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $144,720.93 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCAMPO, SIMON A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,717.92 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, BRYAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,714.03 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHOLSIC, PAUL A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $144,713.21 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLORY, LAWRENCE P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $144,711.64 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, STEVEN W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,710.45 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES J | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $144,705.44 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULESA, JOHN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,705.37 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, KERRY C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,698.30 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, IAN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,693.91 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASINO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,692.36 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLITE, RODNEY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,691.84 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARO, LOUIS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,690.00 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARL, RAPHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,685.20 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANCHALAN, RAMESH K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,681.00 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKELSTEIN, PETER | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $144,676.87 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARIS, CARL L, III | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $144,673.05 | Date 10/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASUTTO, KEVIN J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $144,672.32 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONKER, BRIAN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,666.60 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NECROTO, LOUIS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,661.90 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, STEVEN V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $144,659.64 | Date 01/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLLY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,658.34 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALOMON, YAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,656.45 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AMELIO, ROSANNA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $144,655.08 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYBAUM, KARL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,651.11 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINDER, DIRCK C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,650.15 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,649.96 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, ANTHONY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,637.70 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, JACOB G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,637.58 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHUN, EILEEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $144,625.15 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITIS, GEORGE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,624.27 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, BRIAN U | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $144,622.55 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, JOHN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,622.20 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,622.20 | Date 08/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, RANDE H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $144,621.00 | Date 05/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGERSON, GREGORY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,616.72 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUZMAN, PAUL J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $144,614.25 | Date 11/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLETTA, PETER C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $144,610.77 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALAMINI, VICTOR J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $144,604.35 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVEIRA, ANTHONY M | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $144,604.17 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GENTNER, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $144,603.48 | Date 01/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNELL, DAVID P, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $144,600.29 | Date 01/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONDULIS, CASSANDRA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,596.36 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JARDINE, ANNE S | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $144,594.86 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSORRAFITI, FRANK F | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $144,583.62 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, CORD R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $144,577.01 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEYMOUTH, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,571.25 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AYRES, ADELINE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $144,570.26 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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