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 MC NUTT, KEVIN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,395.75 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, SHARON A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $162,386.91 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNING, HELLE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $162,386.64 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CHARLES J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $162,383.40 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNAUER, EDWIN D, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,382.07 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, BRIAN H | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $162,381.12 | Date 04/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SISBOWER, KRISTINA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,380.46 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CERCHIO, ROBERT M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,379.70 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ANDREW H, JR | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $162,378.14 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, RONALD H, JR | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $162,377.32 | Date 07/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOO, IRENE | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $162,375.21 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONE, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,374.37 | Date 02/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, RYAN J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $162,368.69 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIMBERGER, RONALD J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $162,361.21 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZZO, JOHN S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,356.00 | Date 09/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSAVAGE, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $162,352.43 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, STEPHEN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,346.80 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORIDO, MARYGRACE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $162,342.89 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, CHARLES R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $162,335.84 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DETTLEFF, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,333.74 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ROCCO | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $162,332.76 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOCKERS, KENNETH M | Employer name Mt Sinai UFSD | Amount $162,330.98 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,329.20 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOCKFORT, STEVEN E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,326.56 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COSTANZO, PAUL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,321.57 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADBURY, DONNA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $162,321.17 | Date 08/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, EUGENE F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,318.82 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLLY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,308.83 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CINDY L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $162,296.02 | Date 11/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEFITZ, ELISA L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $162,293.43 | Date 12/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, JOSEPH P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,292.60 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JANET | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $162,291.56 | Date 01/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITKIN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $162,291.56 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLMIER, ROBERT O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,286.58 | Date 11/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, GEORGE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,280.83 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAHNLEUTER, RICHARD J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $162,277.66 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEGGINS, CURTIS C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,274.96 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAFFIN, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,271.30 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAMIDE, ALLEN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,268.25 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,265.08 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, EUGENE W | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $162,251.64 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, THOMAS H, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,249.70 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLPHIN, MARTIN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $162,249.65 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, MICHAEL C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,249.38 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFFER, ERIC A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,248.93 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRREFFS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,248.76 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, DERMONT A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,246.65 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECIALE, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,245.32 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TY, SABRINA M | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $162,242.60 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, OWEN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,238.71 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESTHERS, AMY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,236.50 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DYMOND, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,231.19 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHRIS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,230.74 | Date 01/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAUNITZ, RICHARD W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $162,229.60 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTERAMO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,229.33 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORMER, BRIDGET T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,223.99 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAW, KIM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,223.07 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MEGAN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $162,217.33 | Date 03/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDSON, BRIAN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,216.89 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOMACK, KEVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,211.03 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, JOHN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,210.84 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGASER, ANACLETO A, JR | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $162,210.40 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEIBERG, MARY S | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $162,194.41 | Date 06/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUER, RONALD E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,191.57 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, STEVEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,181.76 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSANO, STEPHEN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $162,178.91 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, MARK A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $162,173.67 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROCHFORD, JAMES B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,169.14 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANNON, VENETIA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $162,165.30 | Date 05/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARI, JOSEPH C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,157.33 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAGGANA, MICHELE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $162,150.59 | Date 02/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, LINDA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,150.20 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, FRANCIS J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $162,131.50 | Date 02/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, HOWARD T | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $162,129.25 | Date 03/18/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICK E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,122.66 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OREHEK, FRANK | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $162,119.01 | Date 03/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,116.84 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCALA, CHARLES G, IV | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,114.59 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEENEY, RYAN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,110.15 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNICKERBOCKER, JAMES W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,106.67 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, SAMUEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,103.69 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, JOHN T | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $162,095.47 | Date 09/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, DANIEL F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,088.50 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PODLASKI, ROBERT G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,085.13 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOHN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $162,084.49 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,079.45 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEVILLE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $162,068.50 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, KELLY J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $162,068.06 | Date 02/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, KARLENE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,067.46 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GREGORY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $162,061.77 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, SUSAN E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $162,055.50 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, MARK C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $162,051.62 | Date 08/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, DENNIS E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $162,044.20 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LABRADA, FRANK C, JR | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $162,038.95 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEATTY, CRAIG A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,038.24 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, DOMINICK | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $162,033.93 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOOPMAN, PAUL G | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $162,033.46 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLADKY, KENNETH Z | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $162,032.74 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG-DWYER, MARIE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $162,030.06 | Date 08/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, GLENN O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $162,027.70 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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