Nassau County 2018 payroll

Nassau County paid 15,867 employees or former employees a total of $1,018,356,526.52 in 2018, a decrease of 2.4 percent from the year before.

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The number of people making $200,000 or more a year working for Nassau County was essentially flat in 2018, while in Suffolk County the number rose by 23.5 percent.

The count in Suffolk is 1,204, up from 871 the year before, which itself was a 30 percent increase over 2016 and part of a steady rise since 2012. The trend is apparent even if you exclude individuals who retired and received a payout of accumulated sick time and vacation along with other termination pay. In Nassau the number is 656, up about 1.5 percent from 646 the year before. In both counties police make up the bulk of those earning $200,000 or more a year.

Newsday obtained the public payroll data from Nassau County by making a request under the Freedom of Information Law to the county comptroller. The Suffolk data here was gathered from a public website maintained by the county. The charts below show the trends, and the table below them will let you search the Nassau budget for details on individuals or departments.

Workers making more than $200,000

The Nassau payroll for 2018

Nassau County paid 15,867 employees or former employees a total of $1,018,356,526.52 in 2018, a decrease of 2.4 percent from the year before, according to records received from the county in response to a Freedom of Information Law request. The police department accounted for the largest portion of that, $468.7 million, followed by Nassau County Community College at $123.8 million. Here are the details.

Total pay can amount to more than base pay and overtime because of other contractual obligations or because a retiring employee may receive a payout that includes accumulated vacation or other time. Total pay can also be less than base pay if the employee did not work a full year. Click to see the 2017 Nassau payroll, or the 2018 Suffolk payroll. And you can read more about the 2018 county payrolls here. This 2018 Nassau database was posted on March 29, 2019.

Nassau departments with the biggest payrolls

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This table is arranged from the highest paid employees down. To re-order the table, click on the column heading that interests you.

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Name Title Department Base Overtime Total State date End date
Name ESPINOSA, JEIVER Title Police Capt-Deputy Insptr Department Police Base $184,640.00 Overtime $6,277.06 Total $446,961.43 State date 08/15/1997 End date 01/19/2018
Name ESPINOSA, PATRICIA N Title Police Officer Department Police Base $41,000.00 Overtime $462.85 Total $40,112.38 State date 12/01/2017 End date

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