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 SANTOMERO, SCOTT P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,547.46 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $130,546.50 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, TITUS G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,546.00 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WARREN R R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,542.94 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLONKO, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,542.65 | Date 02/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALICCHIA, MARCIA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $130,540.92 | Date 04/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGOSO, MARIA S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $130,540.86 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYSON, KENNETH T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $130,539.19 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES-AMAYA, LUIS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,538.30 | Date 04/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONKIN, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $130,536.96 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, JAMES P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $130,533.27 | Date 06/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHEY, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $130,533.21 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, KUNNEL T | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $130,527.73 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,526.93 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, SANDRA | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $130,526.82 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVAN, STEVEN P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $130,526.78 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, BLAKE G | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $130,525.80 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, ROBERT C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,521.17 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THATCHER, KEVIN M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $130,507.09 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAIDES, GEORGE | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $130,506.85 | Date 01/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NESTLER, AARON J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,499.87 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, GREGORY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,498.97 | Date 12/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FAZIO, SILVERIO | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $130,498.52 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, DEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,498.37 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELLER, JOSEPH H | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $130,496.00 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAASCH, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,495.79 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNSCH, THOMAS | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $130,495.21 | Date 08/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, ALBERT V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,493.16 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCE, BRIAN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,491.47 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, OSCAR E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,489.49 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOX, LYNDON G | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $130,489.05 | Date 10/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGSAMEN, RONALD B | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $130,484.36 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STREB, MARK A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $130,484.01 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGSTAFF, EDWARD G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $130,483.09 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVALLO, ROBERT L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,477.82 | Date 12/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ANNE T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,477.82 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEXAS, KRISTEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,477.82 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, LARRY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,467.80 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, JOHN V | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $130,467.02 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, JAMES J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,465.22 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NORMAN H | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $130,464.54 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECHT, GRETCHEN A | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $130,461.76 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANABRIA, DIANA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $130,461.76 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, LYNDON J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,459.05 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERO, JOHN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,455.54 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON ENDY, ANNE L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $130,453.78 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAKAS, ANTHONY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $130,448.99 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDOZA, CLAUDIA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,448.21 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOBY, DONALD C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $130,446.54 | Date 10/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, RITCH L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,442.92 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, FRANCISCO | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $130,441.67 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BARRY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $130,438.99 | Date 02/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORAL, CESAR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $130,438.08 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, STEFAN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $130,435.50 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, MARTIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $130,431.12 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEMPER, TOM A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,430.18 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, RANI | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,429.22 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVENCIA, JULIO A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,427.99 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNAMIAN, ALEXANDER S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,425.57 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, MICHAEL R | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $130,424.15 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMARCA, THOMAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,423.47 | Date 12/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JOHN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,423.36 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,421.81 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,420.99 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,420.60 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JAMIE R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,417.76 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITBECK, SARAH L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $130,416.75 | Date 11/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBRINSKI, STANLEY R, JR | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $130,416.54 | Date 12/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, ALLA Y | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $130,415.83 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGIBBONS, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $130,412.59 | Date 07/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, VICTOR M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,410.80 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, EILEEN T | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $130,407.64 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTZ, D PAUL | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $130,407.56 | Date 10/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, GARY A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $130,405.70 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, ROBERT T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $130,403.60 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DETORO, ROBERT P, JR | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $130,403.46 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANIKOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $130,403.32 | Date 02/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, EILEEN D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $130,402.83 | Date 12/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APP, CHARLES K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $130,402.52 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, DANIEL B | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $130,402.43 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCKEL, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $130,402.31 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MIRIAM R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,398.94 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, TRAVIS B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,393.20 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNARD, DAVID G, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,392.98 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRENTI, STEVEN R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $130,392.72 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHASEMI, SEYED | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $130,389.90 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARBERA, FRANCIS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,383.28 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, PENDRA J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $130,382.16 | Date 05/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRESGE, JOSHUA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,379.78 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CUSKER, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,377.24 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D' AGOSTINO, SAMUEL | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $130,376.51 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIACOMO, ANDREW C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $130,375.41 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMAC, LELAND D, III | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $130,372.51 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $130,371.52 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, MILAN L, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $130,367.39 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, ROBERT M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $130,364.14 | Date 01/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNETT, JAMES S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $130,362.94 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENT, STEPHEN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,361.57 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNA, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,355.30 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JOHN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $130,353.72 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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