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 RUGGIERO, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $169,776.00 | Date 03/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JEFFREY R | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $147,857.98 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEK, BRIAN F | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $146,069.70 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $131,431.65 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERD, GREGORY J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $129,551.33 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $128,108.10 | Date 01/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS-SULLIVAN, TARA L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $125,280.01 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CRAIG J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $124,588.95 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELAWSKI, PETER A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $119,942.22 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZELLA, FRANK L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $118,770.78 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, WILLIAM R | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $113,445.99 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMSLIE, ROBERT S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $107,863.94 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOSKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $106,757.71 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, LE ROY, JR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $101,083.52 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-BYRNE, FRANCINE M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $99,810.48 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATI, JEREMY L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $98,016.91 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGRO, MICHAEL K | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $95,736.79 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, GREGORY A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $94,098.25 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, SUE ELLEN M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $89,780.49 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARR, RICHARD L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $87,981.65 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, VICTORIA L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $85,447.50 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCK, WILLIAM P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $82,777.98 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIMBEL, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $82,485.00 | Date 06/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, CYNTHIA A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $80,224.99 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, VICKI | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,962.69 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCANERA, VINCENT G | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,294.10 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, JOHN T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,242.60 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, DAVID C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,131.69 | Date 12/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, RYAN N | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $78,974.09 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, DAVID M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $78,315.10 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEUSS, JARED J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $78,077.19 | Date 04/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGRO, JULIANNE M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $76,192.73 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, SALVATORE P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $75,921.81 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCILLI, STEPHEN F | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $75,356.83 | Date 07/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNAZZANI, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $74,811.06 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, PATRICK M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $74,228.50 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, DONNA C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $74,039.63 | Date 12/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, DIANNE | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $72,913.01 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKOW, PRISCILLA J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $72,804.85 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEATOR, CYNTHIA P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $72,511.39 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, BONNIE S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $72,310.26 | Date 09/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MITCHELL C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $71,720.67 | Date 02/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, JENNIFER A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $71,501.22 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JACK T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $71,167.51 | Date 03/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSBERG, CLARE T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $71,075.34 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JAMES E | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,604.60 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHFORT, JOSEPH A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,347.48 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADET, OLIVE M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,156.54 | Date 12/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTAN, JUAN S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,121.15 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, DANIEL P, JR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $69,774.70 | Date 03/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALMI, LANCE C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $69,397.63 | Date 03/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEFFREY L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $69,397.47 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARECCIA, VINCENT F | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $69,357.95 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINO, DAVID A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $69,226.00 | Date 10/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLIN, FRANK M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $68,862.09 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRYSLER, DONALD O, JR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $68,761.01 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, DEVEN S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $68,744.47 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, GINA | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $68,704.56 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, MARC A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $68,234.11 | Date 04/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONE, RACHEL L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $67,930.67 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULSON, DAVID G | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $67,594.08 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHOUSE, LYNN A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $67,352.36 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLER, TODD A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $66,868.03 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALA, BEATRICE | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $66,830.92 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEUGH, BRIAN W | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $66,769.73 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSES, DANIEL P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $66,623.56 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEER, EMILY A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $66,003.90 | Date 12/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIED, DAVID W | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $65,648.86 | Date 02/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKALUK, LANCE F | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $65,415.50 | Date 03/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, FRANK J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $65,363.03 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, BONNIE B | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $64,974.48 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, JESSE K | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $64,316.42 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAHOS, DAWN M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $64,134.15 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGI, FREDA | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $64,114.51 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $64,057.21 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, DANIEL C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $63,785.43 | Date 03/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNACONE, SCOTT E | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $63,776.24 | Date 02/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAHOS, FLORA M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $62,829.56 | Date 04/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, SHANNON D | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $62,651.14 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MATTHEW A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $62,141.46 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAHRENDORFF, MICHELE D | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,597.79 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCHETTA, BETTY A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,510.89 | Date 04/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERAGIOLI, TERESA M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,329.13 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, SHAUN T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,313.35 | Date 11/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, JOANN L | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,132.54 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BARBARA A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $60,881.78 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, BRIAN | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $60,548.14 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, JOHN T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $59,442.71 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, ALYSSA A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $58,995.71 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $58,883.01 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMMEL, KRISTEN E | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $58,859.16 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGLEY, DAVID M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $58,199.45 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIER, MICHAEL P, SR | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $58,008.49 | Date 10/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, TINA | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $57,918.47 | Date 10/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADILLO, LISA I | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $57,604.66 | Date 06/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALAMARI, JUSTIN P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $56,674.55 | Date 06/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERSUSKY, JOHN C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $56,556.27 | Date 01/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGBORN, BRIAN S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $56,508.78 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JENNIFER A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $56,053.83 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECCHIA, STEPHANIE M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $54,529.80 | Date 04/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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