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 GARITTA, RONALD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,785.68 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, PAUL J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,783.58 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERHARD, JASON G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,782.86 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIFIERS, MARCEL J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $123,782.82 | Date 08/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEWIT, RALPH W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $123,782.54 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLONI, MARGARET R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $123,780.06 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, VINCENT, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,779.88 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAPPY, PHILIP D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,779.48 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,779.00 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYNER, EARL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,778.83 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOYES, PAUL F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,777.86 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLOC, LONNIE J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $123,777.80 | Date 07/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SCOTT J | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $123,777.80 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, LAURIE T | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $123,776.64 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFFE, KEVIN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,776.59 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LELIS, MYRA G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,775.44 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAGHAN, JOHN C | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $123,775.20 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PIETRO, VINCENT P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,772.24 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETROCOLA, DEBORAH A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $123,772.06 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAM, PAUL J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $123,771.31 | Date 05/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINBERG, KEITH D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,769.08 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVERSON, LAURA M MORGAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,766.08 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMMER, BRUCE P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,762.84 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREW, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $123,761.78 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWACHUKWU, JOHN B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,761.09 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLLAPOUR, MEHDI | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $123,761.05 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLESKOW, JORDAN D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $123,757.39 | Date 06/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, GERALDINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $123,757.26 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, SPENCER C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,753.57 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATZEL, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $123,753.29 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, AILEEN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,749.37 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEVOLA, DONNA R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,746.85 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANA, ANNA M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $123,745.23 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHURMAN, DORIS A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,743.60 | Date 11/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, CHERYL K | Employer name Albany County | Amount $123,742.51 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTALONE, CARMEN F | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $123,742.15 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,740.17 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANE, KAREN E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $123,739.98 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, MAUREEN | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $123,739.98 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTING, MARY L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $123,739.98 | Date 04/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLON, MARILYN A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,739.96 | Date 01/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDENAS, DAVID | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $123,738.36 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLORIUS, CHRISTIAN B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $123,737.17 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, STEVEN L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $123,734.34 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, MARK | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $123,731.75 | Date 12/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, DANIEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,731.47 | Date 10/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARLEY, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,730.09 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KIMARIE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,729.97 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NARDI, JEFF G | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $123,727.85 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELLICIO, MARY E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $123,725.20 | Date 09/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,724.48 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRIESEN, SCOTT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,724.06 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALASCIO, MARYALICE D | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $123,721.88 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLETTI, RICHARD | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $123,715.76 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTIN, GERALD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,714.20 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, PETER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,707.50 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMM, KEVIN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,707.32 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ROBERT E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,706.40 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, ANTHONY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,704.88 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, MARK E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,704.16 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,699.85 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARDI, RICHARD P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $123,698.26 | Date 03/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $123,697.56 | Date 08/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUCKERT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $123,697.40 | Date 10/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOBAN, MATTHEW T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,695.60 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAHAHAM, CHERYL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $123,691.85 | Date 10/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $123,691.44 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, TARA K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,687.06 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNIR, MICHAEL F | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $123,686.99 | Date 08/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, BARBARA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $123,686.25 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CURRY, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,683.58 | Date 10/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTE, MARK A | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $123,681.58 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERRY, DAVID H | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $123,681.33 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, KEVIN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,679.16 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDON, SUSAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $123,677.02 | Date 10/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, WILLIAM P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,675.37 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISHAUPT, MATTHEW A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $123,674.32 | Date 01/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MICHAEL Q | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $123,674.17 | Date 09/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCKERBUTLER, TRACY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,672.63 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIOTTI, RUSSELL M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $123,671.15 | Date 10/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANZETTA, SUSAN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $123,671.15 | Date 01/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, JAMES M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,669.87 | Date 05/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAWIECKI, VINCENT J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $123,667.40 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, GERRI A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $123,667.26 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISSAKAINEN, JAMES E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,666.34 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTINARELLI, RALPH J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $123,662.98 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNUDSEN, JOHN E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $123,662.32 | Date 05/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIARAMELLA, AIDA L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,662.19 | Date 05/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, DANIEL C | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $123,661.07 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATKISS, KAREN L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,660.83 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERO-SIMMONS, RENEE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,659.88 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERNAN, KEVIN A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $123,658.88 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTH, ERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,657.54 | Date 05/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $123,654.90 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLINGHAM, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,653.68 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIFICHIELLO, JEFFREY | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $123,652.52 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,645.81 | Date 09/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, ERIC N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,645.54 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, JOHN M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $123,640.72 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $123,639.36 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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