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 MEYERS, JUSTIN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,372.00 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFURI, JAMES | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $126,371.89 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATEO, LILA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,371.44 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELGASS, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,370.67 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMCZAK-WESNOFSKE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,369.76 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, CHING J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $126,368.63 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, DONALD B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $126,368.46 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDEN, JASON D | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $126,368.16 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, TRION K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,366.50 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRAO, JOSE, JR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $126,366.19 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MARK E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,364.20 | Date 05/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, AARON R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $126,360.07 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITSKY, THOMAS B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,359.67 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, STEVEN M | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $126,358.68 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRELENG, ANDREW P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,358.30 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKOWSKI, BRIAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,356.45 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, WAHID L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $126,354.48 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, CARMELITA S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,353.24 | Date 03/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUGRUE, DANIEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,350.00 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOROFSKY, BRUCE E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,349.74 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAU, ANNIE C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,349.74 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $126,344.57 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBER, MICHAEL I, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,342.42 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMARI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,338.35 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,337.48 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, DAVID, III | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,337.31 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, WILLIAM S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,337.07 | Date 09/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $126,336.07 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, PAUL | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $126,335.96 | Date 03/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIACENTE, RAYMOND J, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,332.27 | Date 03/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, JUSTIN L | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $126,330.18 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONETTE, MARK S | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $126,325.41 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARTINO, KAREN A | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $126,324.70 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, KEVIN D | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $126,323.83 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STIRPE, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,322.88 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPIELMAN, DAVID E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $126,321.40 | Date 02/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRITY, ANNE L | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $126,320.54 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, BRIAN I | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $126,320.37 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACKLEY, MICHAEL G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $126,317.87 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZUBAKOWSKI, KEVIN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,316.70 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRANTI, ADELE | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, GREGORY A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, BRIAN C | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, PRISCILLA J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MARK R | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLEY, CHARLES M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,316.58 | Date 01/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISSNER, JENNIFER A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,315.77 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, KIMBERLIE A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,314.37 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREANOR, BRIAN M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $126,313.67 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,313.19 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name USCHOLD, JEROME C, III | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $126,312.35 | Date 02/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAIRNS, SUZANNE E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $126,310.98 | Date 08/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, HOLFORD T | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,310.74 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKO, ANDREW M | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $126,309.69 | Date 10/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOLPH, THOMAS | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $126,306.58 | Date 08/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL, IAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $126,305.51 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSE, ANTHONY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $126,304.24 | Date 06/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVALDAR, SHRINIVAS S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $126,303.72 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, FELIX | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $126,303.27 | Date 08/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LESLIE S | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $126,302.86 | Date 07/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, W GRANT, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,302.47 | Date 03/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORAVEK, TROY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,302.01 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROUSELL, SCOTT C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $126,301.69 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, AJAY R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $126,299.30 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATTO, FRANK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,296.54 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SEAN | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $126,295.44 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUSIN, RICHARD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $126,293.58 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTAGH, GEORGE H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,292.28 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDHAUS, PHILLIP M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $126,288.08 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEPNIAK, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $126,288.06 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIDLA, ANITHA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $126,287.22 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR-LAZARUS, ANN E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $126,286.31 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VEAUX, DEBORAH D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,285.33 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, FRANKLIN N | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $126,282.99 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALADINO, JAMES A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $126,282.43 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DAWN C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $126,282.43 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUVEN, ERIN N | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $126,282.43 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAS-BREWSTER, MARY L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $126,282.43 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, JOHN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $126,282.00 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, MARCOS E | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $126,281.23 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROPER, JARED L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,278.71 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MEGAN G | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $126,277.20 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTOFILIS, MARIA B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,275.43 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $126,275.25 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, EDWIN C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $126,275.04 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGAN, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $126,274.51 | Date 09/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WALTER N | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $126,271.94 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNER, THOMAS J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $126,271.32 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, NORMAN E, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $126,270.39 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASZEWSKI, TODD C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,270.14 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERCHAN, LARA B | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $126,267.89 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRINDLE, VESPER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $126,267.34 | Date 01/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $126,267.06 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, JOSEPH L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $126,266.77 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOODY, JEFFREY T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $126,265.68 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMENDOLA, FABIO | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $126,265.42 | Date 04/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNELL, DANIEL S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $126,264.36 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $126,262.37 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, WILLIAM | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $126,261.99 | Date 03/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANZIG, JODI A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $126,261.13 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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