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 PAHL, JASON | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,503.14 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NALBACH, FRANCIS | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $123,500.53 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUEGER, OLGA N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,500.00 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WILLIAM | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,497.13 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, CARL A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $123,497.12 | Date 03/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYK, ROGER M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,496.92 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, CLINT M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $123,495.30 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTH, PETER J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $123,494.91 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VLEET, WAYNE | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $123,494.76 | Date 08/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EADERESTO, ANNETTE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $123,488.71 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFF, JAMES R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,487.10 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, EDWARD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,483.95 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANO, LELIS B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,482.56 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTRAND, NELS O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,481.84 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANO, MARIA | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $123,478.45 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, R RUDY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,478.34 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROETHEL, MAUREEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $123,478.03 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIAS, ROBYN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,473.00 | Date 02/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, RONALD X | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $123,471.99 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLENKER, BRUCE J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $123,471.83 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAELEN, RONALD E | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $123,471.78 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAEMPF, MICHAEL L | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $123,471.57 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEND, DOLORES G | Employer name North Shore Public Library Dis | Amount $123,471.28 | Date 07/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DANIEL V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,470.71 | Date 05/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMESANAS, DAVID | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,470.60 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POPKAVE, WILLIAM | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $123,469.52 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, BRIAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,467.66 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACKI, JAMES J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,466.94 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARGAR, THERESA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,459.55 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERKER, STEVEN | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $123,459.17 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, BERNARD J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $123,452.04 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTER, DANIEL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,451.72 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOWERS, DERRICK R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,450.23 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, GARY A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $123,449.44 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, ZOE L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $123,444.95 | Date 12/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONIDOV, SERGEY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $123,444.95 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENNATO, LORETTA A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $123,444.95 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, HOWARD R | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $123,444.94 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERT, TY R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,444.31 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENSMINGER, RONALD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,444.27 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,440.03 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DURR, ROBERT A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $123,436.65 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHRMAN, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,433.55 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN-TAYLOR, PEARL | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $123,432.56 | Date 04/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDLEIN, LILLIAN J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $123,430.74 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JENNY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,428.82 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, WESLEY B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,428.80 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAUTNER, STEVEN B | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $123,428.00 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRDITAJ, LIZE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,427.01 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, DONNA D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $123,426.14 | Date 07/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRILL, DONALD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $123,425.89 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALERO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $123,425.57 | Date 09/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRTH, EDWARD F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,425.09 | Date 11/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, RITA Y | Employer name Town of Erwin | Amount $123,423.28 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATTS, MARIO T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $123,422.05 | Date 09/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, MELISSA A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $123,417.28 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, EDWARD T, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,403.95 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, STEPHEN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $123,403.17 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHILLIPS, SHAWN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,402.71 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, ROBERT R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,399.02 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIETLINSKI, BRANDON S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $123,398.66 | Date 01/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, LINDA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,398.16 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIONE, LAUREN M | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $123,396.22 | Date 03/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIF, MARK E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $123,395.61 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISBRANDT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $123,388.02 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUME, PETER J | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $123,387.62 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, TRAVIS S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,381.26 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, HEATHER J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $123,380.88 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLINGTON, DAVID L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $123,378.66 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURACINA, KELLY L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $123,376.79 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZAR, VALENTINA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $123,376.26 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARIEPY, SHARON ANN | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $123,376.12 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, ANNE C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $123,373.48 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITAS, MAUREEN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $123,373.48 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULVER, ARTHUR I | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $123,373.32 | Date 09/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCASTER, JAMES D | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $123,371.58 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, FLOYD L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $123,370.75 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEIERLEIN, DEBORAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $123,370.68 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASKIERNY, PETER A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $123,366.88 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $123,366.75 | Date 10/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, WILLIAM K, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $123,366.44 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCALVES, PAUL J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $123,365.78 | Date 08/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,365.21 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOLTIN, STEPHEN A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $123,362.51 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVORTI FERRARA, DOROTHY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $123,360.15 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, KIM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,359.83 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, GEORGE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $123,358.38 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS MATTSON, JENNIFER M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $123,357.30 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ROBERT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $123,356.81 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, STEPHEN C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $123,356.81 | Date 03/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETZ, MICHAEL I | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $123,354.70 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $123,354.48 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALLESCHI, CLAUDIO A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,353.78 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, DEBRA L | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $123,353.44 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLELLAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $123,352.60 | Date 02/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAISE, MARIO | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $123,352.42 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCINIAK, ADAM J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $123,351.28 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEREZ, JOSE A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $123,349.54 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILL, ARNOLD J | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $123,347.64 | Date 09/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $123,347.17 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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