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 BROOKS, RICHARD F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,603.75 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREBE, JOHN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,599.46 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name URBANSKI, ERIN K | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $165,598.73 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FASANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,597.87 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, SUSAN G | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $165,593.23 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBBER, JAMES P | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $165,592.81 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERNER, DANIEL M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,586.56 | Date 01/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTEKUNST, ARTHUR G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $165,583.65 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, GERALDO E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $165,581.00 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIZE, KATHLEEN | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $165,579.75 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, JUDITH A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $165,575.82 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKELACKER, WILLIAM T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $165,569.52 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUTORIUS, JOSEPH E | Employer name East Irondequoit CSD | Amount $165,564.58 | Date 05/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOPFER, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $165,559.22 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, LANE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,549.50 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSKALIK, TODD M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $165,543.37 | Date 05/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUE, RUSSELL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,542.57 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, LAURIEANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,540.50 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DAVID L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $165,540.09 | Date 01/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,534.70 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINSTON, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,525.24 | Date 08/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUHLE, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,502.65 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDOCK, THOMAS F | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $165,497.45 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GURRIERI, RONALD G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,497.24 | Date 04/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, JAMES W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,495.15 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDRIACCIO, FREDERICK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,492.75 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $165,490.57 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DODD, JASON M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,490.14 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTEMARANO, PAUL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $165,489.08 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, JOHN P | Employer name Village of Quogue | Amount $165,484.88 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VITKO, FRANK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,484.68 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSKEY, CARNELL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,470.38 | Date 04/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUMA, ANTHONY D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $165,467.54 | Date 03/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERG, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $165,465.94 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRENIA, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,461.58 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANG, ROBERT F | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $165,458.26 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROMER, CHARLES L | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $165,455.00 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, FRANK A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,445.90 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, STUART L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,442.39 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, CHARLES T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $165,438.93 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOPEY, STEPHEN B | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $165,428.49 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKST, GEORGE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,426.11 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, STEPHEN E | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $165,415.75 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIN, DESMOND L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,415.00 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENNY, HELEN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $165,414.89 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, G STEPHEN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $165,413.40 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, ROBBIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,405.60 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, KERI M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,405.60 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLINO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,405.60 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DARIN R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $165,394.95 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURCI, DANIEL W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,387.18 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA FOUNTAIN, ROBERT S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,376.98 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, GREGORY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $165,376.58 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $165,373.30 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORD, PETER M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $165,370.31 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARKE, PATRICK P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,370.13 | Date 09/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUBEUSZ, DEBRA L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $165,369.59 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEIRDRE M | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $165,369.54 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANO, KENNETH J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,367.32 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GNOLFO, JOSEPH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $165,365.83 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, ARTHUR R, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,364.74 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CICCHIELLO, PHILIP J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $165,362.17 | Date 01/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANZISERA, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,359.09 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRITTAIN, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $165,354.88 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $165,349.83 | Date 08/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAURITANO, NICHOLAS F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,348.85 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GESTEN, FOSTER C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $165,348.60 | Date 02/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVELLO, LOUIS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,345.05 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, GEOFFREY E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $165,340.26 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, JAMIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,335.63 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, KELLY | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,332.29 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MATTHEW T | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $165,319.83 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, RONALD L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $165,319.50 | Date 05/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MAURICE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $165,319.21 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUINOY, JOSE A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $165,317.99 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALE, JOHN G | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $165,317.20 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMETH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,315.06 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LISETTE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $165,315.00 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, WILLIAM A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $165,305.23 | Date 02/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUBRY, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $165,304.07 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONACQUIST, BETH M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $165,303.36 | Date 10/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARZO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $165,294.54 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, WAYNE F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $165,292.86 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, JING | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $165,286.60 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $165,281.07 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ-GABRIEL, NANCY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $165,280.42 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMPERVEEN, MIKE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $165,279.83 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKOLSKI, CINDY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $165,278.16 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, DARYL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,272.33 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CURTY, DWAYNE M | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $165,266.16 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,260.61 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHALIFOUX, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,255.60 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, GIACOMO J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $165,253.58 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENA, JAVIER, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $165,243.34 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSKIN, NANCY I | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $165,241.15 | Date 02/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDELSON, STUART W | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $165,240.81 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOLEK, JOSEPH C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $165,238.12 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORONEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $165,235.51 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, JOSEPH | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $165,234.08 | Date 02/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDY, SAROJA T | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $165,226.22 | Date 05/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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