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 HOFF, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,197.96 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROSIER, SCOTT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,190.85 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBERGE, ERICK J | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $172,186.19 | Date 04/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMLER, SHERLITA N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $172,170.80 | Date 12/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,165.25 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAHEY, KEVIN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,160.05 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DAVID E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,146.79 | Date 07/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROJECKI, THOMAS M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,136.34 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, MICHAEL M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $172,121.69 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIROZ, NOZ | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $172,117.30 | Date 03/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, GREGORY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,111.61 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLOUDAKIS, DINA | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $172,099.63 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VISNAUSKAS, RUTH ANNE M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $172,098.27 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO GIUDICE, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,094.02 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, BRIAN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,094.01 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, JOSEPH | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $172,091.46 | Date 05/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUADRONI, ROMAN G | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $172,088.78 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, FRANK | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $172,080.53 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARCIELLO, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,079.64 | Date 09/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATLEY, BRIAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,078.72 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUPPUSO, VINCENT A | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $172,075.05 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $172,072.80 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,057.20 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAGUZZI, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $172,042.56 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, STEPHEN P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $172,035.70 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, JAMES W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $172,033.12 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORBA, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $172,027.88 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, PERIE | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $172,013.81 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDI, MARIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $172,013.12 | Date 10/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, SYLVIA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $172,001.62 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VROOM, CHARLES C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,999.06 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JACK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,998.49 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINSMAN, GEORGE W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $171,990.84 | Date 06/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOROWSKI, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $171,988.97 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHAWN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,984.56 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ETTLINGER, ALAN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $171,972.00 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSMAN, MIKHAIL | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $171,970.86 | Date 10/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNE, DONALD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,969.42 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, DAMIAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,955.18 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENENLOTTER, DAVID D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,954.37 | Date 08/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JIN, KEN | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $171,944.42 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOREEN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $171,934.68 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOWDARY, SUNEETHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $171,932.54 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURNYN, JOHN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,927.21 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, ROBERT C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,921.84 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LORICCHIO ANDOLA, ANN ELIZABETH | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $171,911.61 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARP, MICHAEL R, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,893.10 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, PHILLIP | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,890.64 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIEDERMANN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,889.57 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, JAMES M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $171,887.27 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAFONE, CHERYL L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,883.99 | Date 02/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, MARY B | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $171,876.82 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENT, CATHY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,868.90 | Date 05/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INZIRILLO, VINCENT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,868.66 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORD, BOBBY G | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $171,864.82 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOPY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,858.35 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COPE, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,850.26 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, WESLEY K | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $171,847.30 | Date 06/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORKE, MATTHEW T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,846.00 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRASELMANN, PETER A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $171,844.31 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CASTRO, DANIEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,821.44 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CLAUDIA | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $171,820.24 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, DONALD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,814.96 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMINENI, SUBBARAO V | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $171,812.42 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLOSZYN, EDWARD P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $171,804.94 | Date 08/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODKOWKA, TODD M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $171,804.94 | Date 09/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYYAPILLI, THOMAS G | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $171,804.19 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, BRIAN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,802.87 | Date 05/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNS, ERIC C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,800.20 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, RICHARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,799.13 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOUNT, CHESTER H, JR | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $171,799.06 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, LAURA WEIGLEY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $171,799.06 | Date 11/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCAVILLA, ROBERT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,792.70 | Date 08/16/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANY, CHARLES W, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,782.66 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, VICTORIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,774.64 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANSKAT, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,773.12 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, BRENDAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,761.05 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAUFOLD, KENNETH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,759.88 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, GEORGE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,747.31 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NATHAN, SATHIA V | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $171,746.45 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMO, STEPHEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,744.83 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,733.66 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESIDE, DOUGLAS L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $171,732.84 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINGONE, WILLIAM | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $171,732.84 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, EUGENE, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,730.87 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANKE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,724.70 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNDIN, DOUGLAS A, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $171,721.99 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, RICHARD P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,719.67 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZUCCARELLO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,719.24 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAO, JADOW R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $171,719.18 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATINI, JOSEPH J | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $171,716.81 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARANDY, DAVID | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $171,702.49 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASO, STEVEN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,699.23 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,694.75 | Date 07/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, SCOTT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,690.85 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,690.06 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHIPMAN, WILLIAM C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,686.69 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODECKER, JOHN C | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $171,685.89 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIMPE, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,678.29 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, KIM M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $171,676.57 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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