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 GRASSO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $264,289.66 | Date 06/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDER, MAURINE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $241,033.74 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, JOHN E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $195,718.76 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, CRAIG T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $192,762.48 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANHOPE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $185,545.08 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, DANIEL | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $181,840.20 | Date 07/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMANN, JOHANNES | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $181,803.29 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODDINOTT, JOHN F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAZDA, JAMES T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $177,285.30 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEMIS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $174,921.18 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $173,097.98 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEESON, SHANNON M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $172,630.57 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITEK, EMILY M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $171,213.50 | Date 10/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHNS, VANESSA K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $165,822.20 | Date 07/01/2014 | 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 ALLEN, WILLIAM D, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $158,397.47 | Date 03/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACKS, BARBARA K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $151,552.02 | Date 09/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARL, SHARI | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $151,133.46 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK SUAREZ, JULIE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $145,691.28 | Date 07/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, ELIAS D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $137,924.08 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, JANIS L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $137,275.08 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRINGER, WILLIAM E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $135,124.28 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFF, DANIELLE K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $135,000.14 | Date 05/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, LAURA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $133,686.96 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, ROBERT D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $133,275.38 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALICCHIA, MARCIA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $133,248.00 | Date 04/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCY-SPEIDEL, BETH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $130,833.43 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNTING-HOWARTH, KATHERINE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $130,654.02 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWERD, WILLIAM M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $129,663.84 | Date 01/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $124,608.03 | Date 04/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOECKENHOFF, CORINNA E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $122,731.68 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZAROVA, NATALYA N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $119,853.68 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, MARJORIE L N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $119,707.86 | Date 11/21/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPIE, JOSHUA S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $118,375.02 | Date 10/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DARRELL | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $117,725.02 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLERS, DEBORAH E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $115,946.82 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESHAROV, MARYA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $112,557.08 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITTEL, LINDA D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $111,812.70 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARNS, M ELIZABETH | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $111,319.66 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHEED, AMEEN F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $110,635.02 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ERICA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $110,363.12 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSTANOSKI, ANTHONY J, III | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $109,826.60 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODLEWSKI, LISA V | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $109,423.29 | Date 02/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZOUREK, MICHAEL R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $109,054.75 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, SUSAN K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $108,665.16 | Date 05/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, KAREN S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $107,848.26 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $107,500.06 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DENISE N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $107,125.34 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KEVIN J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $105,716.64 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER-DUNCANSON, CAROL M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $105,551.58 | Date 08/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRENG, ROBERT N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $104,795.04 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DANIEL | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $104,270.37 | Date 01/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ANDREW S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $104,109.66 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORONI, PAOLO | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $104,037.54 | Date 05/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKES, GERARD F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,965.66 | Date 08/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACHNER, IAN M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,886.82 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, LISA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,692.54 | Date 10/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TASHA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,569.84 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTSON, NEIL S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,523.66 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERELL, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $103,378.80 | Date 04/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, LORRAINE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,900.12 | Date 03/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARSZES, JASON A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,428.94 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDD, BONNIE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,355.80 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADDOCK, JOAN DOYLE | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,256.80 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, LUCY T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,215.70 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, MATTHEW P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $102,108.12 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JEFFREY A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $101,332.04 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCAINE, SAMUEL D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $101,036.76 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLOWSKI, WOJCIECH P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $100,864.08 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARDEN, MELISSA R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $100,624.68 | Date 11/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLOWSKA, TERESA E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $100,565.64 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, PAUL R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $100,292.94 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDRE, PETER T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $99,721.86 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPACCIO, ANDREW M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,873.04 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLISTER, GEOFFREY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,154.06 | Date 11/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RUTH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,120.94 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATLIN, NORA J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $97,979.84 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATT, MARY H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $96,928.44 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EWEN, MARY B | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $96,803.83 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, HUIJU | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,844.78 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEFSKY, ANN MARIE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,500.16 | Date 04/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMBAS, CHERYL A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,453.58 | Date 09/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DAVID G, II | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,371.62 | Date 06/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STEPHEN D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,331.54 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIVIANO, DANIEL A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,256.78 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROUSSEAU, LORNE | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,200.72 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVARA, GREGG J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $94,581.30 | Date 06/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIKER, RICHARD I | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $93,450.06 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN-HARBICH, NANCY | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,752.08 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATRCHYAN, ALLISON M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,449.68 | Date 10/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANHONEN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,378.18 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAIL, DANIEL E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,340.00 | Date 11/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANNELL, FREDERICK R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,319.37 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANYARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $92,023.92 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGELEIN, DAVID | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,963.02 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, JEANNE MARIE | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,877.94 | Date 01/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALTZAN, BRIAN G | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,808.82 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTON, MARY D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,759.62 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXELSON, GUSTAVE A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,667.04 | Date 02/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, PETER J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $91,368.20 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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