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 SHEEHY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $170,003.90 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCIARRETTA, LINO J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $170,000.00 | Date 04/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, RONALD R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,996.80 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTOLINI, STEVEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,994.78 | Date 09/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, SEAN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $169,992.11 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIGANTE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $169,989.66 | Date 05/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENELIUS, JOHN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,978.18 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, ALEXANDER C | Employer name Village of Centre Island | Amount $169,976.12 | Date 03/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, RICHARD D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $169,974.23 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHORZEMPA, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,968.30 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, LISA | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $169,966.92 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIEGELHAUPT, KATHLEEN D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $169,966.92 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JEANNETTE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,964.97 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $169,961.60 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILLIARD, SCOTT D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,952.62 | Date 11/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENDERS, MERVIN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,935.79 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBERBATCH, DONNETTA | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $169,934.91 | Date 03/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, EILEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,931.67 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OPPEDISANO, ROCCO | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $169,931.08 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, SALVATORE G | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $169,930.28 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, HEINZ | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $169,907.39 | Date 06/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INFANTE, ANGELICA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $169,903.17 | Date 01/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $169,903.09 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIERDUMPFEL-BIHARI, LINDA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $169,894.01 | Date 07/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANELLO, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,892.77 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLONEY, MICHELE S | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $169,879.11 | Date 11/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRUCE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,875.21 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORONEY, FRANCIS X | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $169,866.84 | Date 05/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, KEVIN G | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $169,853.05 | Date 01/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, JAVIER F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $169,851.18 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERRETTO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,849.73 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE, MARK E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,849.73 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, EDMOND J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,843.50 | Date 05/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, KURT M | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $169,842.84 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROBERT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,838.59 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,829.54 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, LINDA M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $169,828.71 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEH, SAMMY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,827.33 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI FIORE, ANTHONY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $169,827.10 | Date 12/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $169,826.15 | Date 03/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMASELLI, EDWARD J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $169,821.86 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, ANTONINO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,815.50 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGNAROL, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $169,812.64 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUNZE, STEPHEN P | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $169,812.07 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESPINA, PHILIP G | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $169,792.02 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALSAMO, CHRISTINE V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,791.02 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,788.53 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $169,776.00 | Date 03/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIQUITUCTO, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,772.86 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEGUIA, ELIZABETH V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $169,768.88 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, ROBERT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,762.75 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $169,760.43 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, RICHARD P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,760.13 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHADWICK, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,759.09 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUEN, KEVIN P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $169,758.77 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, WAYNE S | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $169,758.24 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, JAMES M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,757.22 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, BRENDAN P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $169,744.88 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, LYNDON M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,741.80 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAFNER, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,737.24 | Date 10/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,735.01 | Date 05/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIVINEY, ANDREW G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,734.11 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FANNING, JEREMY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,729.67 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, CARLOS R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,714.80 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, SHARON B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $169,706.31 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNEY, CAROLINE J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $169,702.41 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, DAVID E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $169,702.41 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAREN, MELISSA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $169,702.06 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATZ, SHERRILL R | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $169,699.06 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANAHAN, SUSAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $169,684.43 | Date 09/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNACONE, PAUL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,682.60 | Date 09/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,679.21 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOUTSOGIANNIS, MATTHEW G | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $169,677.62 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VLACICH, DAVID R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,670.74 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $169,668.74 | Date 01/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, PETER J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $169,668.54 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QI, ZHEN | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $169,660.00 | Date 08/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIGENBAUM, JOY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $169,659.55 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, CARLOS E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $169,653.77 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIET, EVAN S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,652.83 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROBELE, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $169,650.62 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEES, MARTHA A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $169,642.37 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, DOUGLAS E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $169,637.55 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASACCO, RAYMOND J, III | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $169,631.68 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEQUESNE, ELIZABETH R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $169,625.69 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, KENNETH W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,622.28 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MATTHEW | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $169,616.43 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANIK, JAMES M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $169,603.72 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AVOLIO, GINAMARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,586.45 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, STEVEN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $169,585.08 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOGLIA, PHILIP F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $169,583.85 | Date 01/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, STEVEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,583.84 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, FREDRIC I | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,583.84 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, EDWARD H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $169,583.84 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTA, DOUGLAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,577.66 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOPP, JOHN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,559.54 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRINGER, NEIL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,559.14 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,558.41 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYLVESTER, KEVIN P | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $169,554.85 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TILLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $169,554.22 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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