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 RYAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,654.28 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, JAMES H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,648.38 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, MATTHEW T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,644.42 | Date 09/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYARKO-ADOMFEH, ABENA | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $172,643.56 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE TOIA, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $172,642.98 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMPRECHT, ELLEN R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $172,641.53 | Date 07/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMAGGIO, LORETA V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $172,639.94 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, CRYSTAL F | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $172,632.88 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEESON, SHANNON M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $172,630.57 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, RICHARD F | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $172,615.15 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, RICHARD M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $172,602.72 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESHADRI, MUKUND | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $172,590.78 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKRAMAARATCHI, MADUWEGEDARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,590.30 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, MELVIN, JR | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $172,586.55 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,585.64 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, KARLA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $172,583.79 | Date 09/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGUIGNON, WILLIAM A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,575.61 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, MATHIAS H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,550.84 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALTARELLI, MARK E | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $172,550.09 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, JOHN V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,543.52 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, ROBERT J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $172,537.97 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADSHAW, TODD P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,533.65 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALES, ROBERT T | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $172,531.92 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAKRAM, CHERIF | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $172,527.60 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAGALE, RALPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,526.30 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYLIE, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,518.99 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNAGH, GEORGE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,515.42 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPPOLITO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,512.79 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEISER, JACK E, JR | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $172,512.41 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANELLA, OTTAVIO | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MEZZA, TRACI L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHNER, PHILIP W | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORMAN, LISA W | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 05/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDEN, DANIEL L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 02/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, WILLIAM R | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, RICHARD M | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWTHORNE, DAVID H | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, DANIEL R | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKETT, STEVEN W | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, REGINALD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULKIN, PETER M | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATWIN, JOSEPH L | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORA, FRANK M | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSON, ROBERT F | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGONES, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 08/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACHTE, PAUL D | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, EDDIE L | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $172,494.14 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HENRY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,486.55 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC QUADE, SEAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,478.68 | Date 10/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,477.46 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, ROBERT E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,474.07 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAVELLA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $172,472.15 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MATTHEW D | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $172,470.30 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,440.85 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,440.23 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HELINSKI, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $172,439.61 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $172,438.74 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUSTI, CHARLES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,428.20 | Date 03/31/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBURN, SCOTT P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,420.22 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DODD, JOSEPH W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,420.22 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, DANIEL B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,420.22 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, DAVID M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,420.22 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, RICHARD W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,420.22 | Date 02/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MONT, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $172,420.13 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKEY, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $172,408.64 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,400.47 | Date 12/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALCAGNO, DONNY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,385.27 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, EDWARD T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,380.76 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNAVA, VENKATA R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $172,367.64 | Date 03/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, SHARON | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,366.75 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEDAKOVICH, ALEXANDER | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $172,366.35 | Date 06/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGONESI, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $172,364.87 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,361.27 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLETTI, EDMUND J | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $172,344.90 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, STEVEN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,332.29 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARGRAVES, JAMES F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $172,328.54 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUTORINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $172,324.42 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOELIZAIRE, CHIGNARD | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $172,318.43 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $172,317.42 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,304.24 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ARAMIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,302.88 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGAN, SEAN T | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $172,301.74 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILIPPS, DIANNE T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $172,300.90 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, NAYYERA B | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $172,299.79 | Date 12/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECZYLO, DAVID | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,295.19 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ELIZABETH | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $172,289.63 | Date 12/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCCABELLA, MARIO D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,280.82 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, ANGELA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,276.13 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DAMIAN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,270.32 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, CARLTON L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $172,269.35 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLMAN, VICTOR L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,268.40 | Date 09/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHURY, CLARENCE | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $172,257.39 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCHI, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,256.82 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCOBO, JAVIER E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $172,238.74 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTARIS, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,232.80 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELAN, JOHN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,230.86 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KARANTONI, OLGA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $172,225.20 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAUGHNESSY, KARL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,206.66 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAYO, FREDERICK R | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $172,205.92 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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