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 CROCE, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,104.44 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, MARK C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,101.31 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEX, JOHN B, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,086.32 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUATTROCIOCCHI, NANCY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,078.43 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ALEAVEY, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,077.14 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, ROBERT G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,076.99 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DORAISWAMY, BRINDA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $171,072.85 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JAMES D | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $171,070.28 | Date 04/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMAINE, ARTHUR T | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $171,069.64 | Date 01/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,068.30 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINERVINI, FRANK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,062.63 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENOVA, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $171,059.54 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLEECE, GREGORY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $171,054.47 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STELLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,036.29 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHANNESSEN, DANIEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,034.74 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARK, PAMELA F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $171,032.88 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DERMAN, MARISA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $171,025.76 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERVELT, KEITH L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $171,025.00 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, STEVEN M | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $171,024.21 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $171,024.03 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, HENRY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $171,020.55 | Date 08/16/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASCONE, NICHOLAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $171,014.15 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $171,009.78 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, JOHN F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $170,996.67 | Date 09/08/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WAYNE T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,987.33 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOCCARD, GREGORY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,973.01 | Date 08/11/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, STEVEN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,970.23 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERRY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,968.58 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HURTT, WYNDELL E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,964.75 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $170,963.61 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANDLEY, CHARLES E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,945.43 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETRAFESA, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $170,934.91 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEUFEL, THOMAS C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,932.09 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAMBERINO, CARY C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,923.69 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $170,913.11 | Date 12/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, EMIL K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,911.45 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, GEORGE A | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $170,907.84 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYMBURNER, LESLIE K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $170,901.60 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHIOGROSSO, ANTHONY T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $170,894.56 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LABRIOLA, STEVEN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,890.06 | Date 05/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,888.65 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDENAS, DORA L | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $170,887.55 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAM, HUYPHUC T | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $170,876.15 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPADAKIS, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,875.44 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEADEL, MARK S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $170,870.42 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAASZ, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,867.77 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALESSI, JOHN R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $170,860.55 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAIRVOYANT, KETY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $170,860.09 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YULA, BRIAN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,849.09 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANDEL, LINDA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,838.30 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSETT, DANIEL H | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $170,836.33 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPERLING, ERIC E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,829.85 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI LENA, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,822.31 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANDELA, ROBERT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,816.85 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, NATHAN P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $170,814.47 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,811.81 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSHYNSKY, ROMAN N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,803.30 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,803.18 | Date 05/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOEFFLER, CATHERINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,795.60 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILANKO, OYENIKE E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $170,784.80 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,779.00 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPPARELLI, STEVEN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,777.02 | Date 04/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, ALBERTO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,773.57 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JULIETA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $170,772.62 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, JAY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,761.99 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, JESSY K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $170,741.97 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, PAUL F | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $170,739.53 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINEAU, DANIEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,732.35 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVEREAUX, JONATHAN | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $170,720.86 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUFFE, JAMES F | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $170,709.96 | Date 02/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POKORNY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $170,706.88 | Date 03/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISSLER, ANN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $170,694.84 | Date 09/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPICELLI, RONALD | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $170,694.71 | Date 02/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, STEVEN S | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $170,692.20 | Date 01/11/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, KEVIN L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $170,690.65 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, LINCOLN J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $170,687.43 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIAR, TIMOTHY A, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,686.44 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLTORAK, JAMES R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,686.31 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, RODNEY P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $170,676.53 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFORTE, CLEMENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,676.21 | Date 05/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAIS, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $170,674.75 | Date 07/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AURIEMMA, JOSEPH R, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,673.89 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUSMINSKY, PETER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,671.47 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYSA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $170,671.00 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPULLA, VINCENT, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,668.02 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $170,667.31 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, JAMES R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $170,657.87 | Date 03/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOCAS, JOHN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,642.46 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IFTIKHAR, SHAHEDA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,634.10 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, THOMAS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $170,634.01 | Date 08/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI MASI, RALPH, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $170,623.61 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EISENSTAT, ROBERT D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,623.60 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, DAVID A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,622.62 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEMETH, WILLIAM R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,618.79 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUPRILL, MANUEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $170,607.68 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, STEVEN G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $170,599.73 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $170,587.47 | Date 06/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARC C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $170,584.18 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,561.25 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLINTER, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $170,560.85 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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