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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name ADVOCATE, MERRIBETH K Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $87,697.86 Date 11/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VITTONE, LINDA B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $82,304.77 Date 10/10/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALDRICH, REBEKKAH S Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $72,352.24 Date 04/13/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRAKE, ROBERT D Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $67,675.26 Date 03/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'CONNELL, THOMAS J Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $67,418.53 Date 07/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNIGAN, THOMAS B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $60,745.04 Date 08/12/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERRON, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $54,955.58 Date 02/07/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORMBY, GERRY P Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $54,734.61 Date 12/30/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACOSTA, NINA A Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $49,684.88 Date 06/13/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRUGER, KERSTIN L Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $46,406.73 Date 08/06/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOHR, TARA M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $37,129.28 Date 10/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAY, JOAN M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $28,700.35 Date 06/09/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIMMERS, COURTNEY M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $24,497.96 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TSAHALIS, MICHAEL-ANTONIO B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $21,072.35 Date 05/22/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REINHARDT, MATTHEW R Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $19,156.74 Date 10/08/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARATH, JOHN B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $11,127.00 Date 03/21/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADVOCATE, MERRIBETH K Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $79,526.73 Date 11/03/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VITTONE, LINDA B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $75,685.64 Date 10/10/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRAKE, ROBERT D Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $70,388.03 Date 03/12/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALDRICH, REBEKKAH S Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $66,497.65 Date 04/13/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'CONNELL, THOMAS J Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $61,518.77 Date 07/07/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNIGAN, THOMAS B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $55,396.44 Date 08/12/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERRON, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $50,276.15 Date 02/07/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORMBY, GERRY P Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $45,551.93 Date 12/30/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACOSTA, NINA A Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $44,133.89 Date 06/13/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRUGER, KERSTIN L Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $42,822.27 Date 08/06/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOHR, TARA M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $35,228.93 Date 10/01/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAY, JOAN M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $26,630.07 Date 06/09/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REINHARDT, MATTHEW R Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $18,216.83 Date 10/08/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORGAN, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $13,001.43 Date 02/04/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARATH, JOHN B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $11,281.36 Date 03/21/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TSAHALIS, MICHAEL-ANTONIO B Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $10,507.41 Date 05/22/2015 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIMMERS, COURTNEY M Employer name Mid Hudson Library System Amount $4,235.00 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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