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 LANZARONE, DANIELLE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,362.50 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, PHYLLIS D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $143,361.92 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDLEY, DONALD J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $143,358.06 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESORO, FRANCIS M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $143,357.00 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAVERS, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $143,356.49 | Date 08/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENRIKSEN, STEVEN A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $143,352.61 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSING, WILLIAM T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,352.45 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOSTKOWSKI, KIRK J | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $143,346.78 | Date 03/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDELSON, BARRY A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $143,344.51 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTEL, JAMES A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,344.13 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, JOSEPH H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $143,341.67 | Date 03/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, MARY K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,341.53 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, STEVEN R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $143,341.48 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DANIEL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,339.28 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAIMAN, MELVYN | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $143,333.48 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTHEIM, DEBORAH F | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $143,333.46 | Date 12/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, KENNETH M | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $143,332.81 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, HERMINIA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $143,332.59 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UYEKI, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $143,330.64 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, LUIS, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,330.61 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARRY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,329.88 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, SEAN B | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $143,327.79 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMON, CHRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,324.96 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, OMAR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $143,323.08 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARILLA, DONALD M, JR | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $143,320.32 | Date 04/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, GARY E | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $143,316.79 | Date 12/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZARNETSKI, PAUL | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $143,315.03 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,313.65 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, BRENDAN P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $143,313.06 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEK, BRIAN F | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $143,309.42 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINRICH, WALTER G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $143,302.26 | Date 10/09/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHERN, BRIAN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,298.95 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PETER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,298.05 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERMINARIO, ONOFRIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,293.53 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAYLOR, GARRY L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $143,289.59 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, KARIN A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $143,289.12 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILL, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,284.18 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INDELICATO, SALVATORE B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,284.01 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, NINA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $143,277.81 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, SCOTT | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $143,276.06 | Date 12/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, EUGENE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,275.85 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, DENNIS O | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $143,273.93 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORNABIA, LEONARD J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,272.59 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, STEVEN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,270.19 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATONE, LOUIS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $143,267.56 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $143,267.33 | Date 11/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPULVEDA, SAMANTHA | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $143,264.53 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, CHAD A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,262.65 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, LOVELY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $143,261.23 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, WILLIAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,260.00 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, HUI M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,260.00 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTANELLA, GUIDO A, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $143,259.04 | Date 09/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGLER, SANDRA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $143,251.28 | Date 04/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $143,241.52 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALKINS, MARCIA E | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $143,240.52 | Date 05/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAZO, BRUCE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $143,232.94 | Date 06/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISCI, CARMINE R | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $143,228.17 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIETTA, LYNN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,226.55 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGIBBONS, CHERYL | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $143,224.44 | Date 09/20/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANNE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,221.00 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCOTT, EARL L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $143,218.33 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGENAT, EILEEN K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $143,217.63 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUHLE, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,209.97 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HLAPATSOS, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $143,204.04 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUMPF, CHARLES F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,203.05 | Date 03/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, TITUS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $143,200.83 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUNG, JEONG-AH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $143,196.17 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $143,195.62 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, JAMES P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,195.60 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STEVEN R | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $143,193.45 | Date 08/09/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, ROBERT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $143,191.58 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWHARD-KNIERIEMEN, MARY | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $143,188.41 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHARDT, JOHN L, III | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $143,187.79 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, PATRICK S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $143,180.03 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, LU ANN M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $143,179.64 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTANO, BEATRIZ | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $143,179.10 | Date 01/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIPPERMAN, MARK | Employer name Erie County | Amount $143,175.99 | Date 01/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $143,173.87 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIOGENE, SERGE | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,160.50 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, ANDREW J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,147.05 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ATAI, TIFINI L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,146.74 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUBASIAK, RANDY E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,146.42 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAYMAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,145.03 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNO, SALVATORE V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $143,144.70 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, CATHERINE C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $143,144.09 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, RICKY F | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $143,140.93 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VIVIO, DIANA V | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $143,137.02 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALO, THERESA E | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $143,136.26 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTNER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $143,134.93 | Date 01/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIALLELA, ANTHONY P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,121.40 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARCATERRA, PETER A | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $143,121.14 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOVICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $143,120.05 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARING, DILLARD W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,114.43 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOVELL, MARK W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $143,110.22 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IRVIN, THOMAS W | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $143,104.58 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEUNE, ETHAN K | Employer name Village of Quogue | Amount $143,104.19 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRIS, PAUL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,104.00 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMIDI, NURI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $143,104.00 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELEFANTE, ANJANA N | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $143,103.11 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, KATHLEEN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $143,103.09 | Date 01/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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