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 BAUSCH, JACQUELINE F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $278,624.34 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBIN, TODD M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $265,000.00 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARX, ANTHONY W | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $265,000.00 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $265,000.00 | Date 09/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, LOUISE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $265,000.00 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, JADRIEN F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $263,541.99 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUSE, JEAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $262,642.35 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, GENNARO J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $232,373.03 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JACQUELINE Z | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $225,533.62 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALZER, RICHARD P | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $220,385.69 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVESQUE, JENNIFER | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $215,959.65 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAY, VANESSA N | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $214,141.10 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAL, TERRANCE R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $213,658.65 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRIDGET | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $205,428.39 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWABY, GERFIELD L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $201,587.99 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAQUE, JAHIRUL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $199,932.03 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHALTSES, GEORGE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $199,587.12 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALBO, MARJOEL L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $190,480.78 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDENGRABER, PAUL B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $182,688.72 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUE, CHARLENE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $180,612.10 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATCH, JOHANNA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,852.38 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTZEN, MATTHEW A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,088.47 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONIG, RISA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, MARGARET A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MARY LEE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 05/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYES, MICHELE COLEMAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINE, KENNETH N | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 02/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESIDE, DOUGLAS L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $171,732.84 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINGONE, WILLIAM | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $171,732.84 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGELHAUPT, KATHLEEN D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $169,966.92 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, GEORGE N | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $169,077.18 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBAY, DENISE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $167,824.77 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLER, BRUCE B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $166,666.70 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUER, JOHANNES K | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $166,366.66 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, JASON | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $166,185.35 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFINISE, ANGELA F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $163,487.18 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESHKOV, JESSE L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $157,646.13 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYRHOL, THERESA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $157,428.66 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTANAN, MONTALEE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $156,797.62 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSSIER, MICHELE M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $156,189.38 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTA, SUMIE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $155,689.69 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, JOHN M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $152,538.46 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, GREGORY S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $150,986.13 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLATT, DAPHNA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $150,147.14 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIANO, CARYL C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $148,884.65 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKIN, KENNETH | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $148,313.72 | Date 05/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANGAKIS, EVELYN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $147,949.59 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFT, YVONNE K | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $147,169.63 | Date 01/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, ROBERT J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $147,101.53 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, YOLANDA R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $146,973.47 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, ASHOK | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $146,671.06 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRSIN, STEPHEN D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $146,632.67 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KENRICK H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $145,817.15 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUKACZ, LAUREN C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $144,999.99 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, SAM E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $144,999.99 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, JAMES C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $144,618.15 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEARWOOD, MARY F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $144,462.50 | Date 11/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, GESILLE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $144,186.19 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, HELENE N | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $143,719.35 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRENTI, STEVEN R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $143,491.32 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOLDI, MOHAMMAD H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $142,887.08 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, JIAN-DA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $141,761.60 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, JAN JAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $141,711.34 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLOWKA, DAVID H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $141,024.36 | Date 11/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLLER, ROBERT | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $138,952.09 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, SEAN M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $138,300.33 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAU, GUY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $137,371.31 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODNEY, MARK G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $137,186.00 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISNER, MICHELLE L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $136,653.88 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MADELEINE L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $134,182.35 | Date 04/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKA, KATARZYNA S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $133,642.97 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, LOUIS A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $133,298.65 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYS, ELIZABETH S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $130,807.64 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANCE, DAWN C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $129,284.32 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD-SCHMIT, KERRY A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $128,186.76 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, BOBBY, II | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $127,954.79 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIOUF, SYLVIANE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $127,910.63 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACOUBI, MEGAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $127,119.85 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDAKOWICH, JASON A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $127,015.41 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENDARIZ, ROSA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,965.34 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO ARTEAGA, MAURICIO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,965.34 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, JOHN M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,775.38 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOLLES, MELANIE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,507.69 | Date 02/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABBINER, SUSAN E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $125,063.90 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, MICHAEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $124,680.00 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZIWICK, GEORGE E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $123,894.50 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEWIRTZ, ISAAC M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $123,385.72 | Date 05/12/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADRO, JOSHUA E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $123,341.18 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, DEBORAH H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $122,001.71 | Date 06/19/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWISHER-SPIERS, JESSIE C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $121,192.31 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, RICKY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $120,428.01 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIRIANO, MAIRA I | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $120,428.01 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, MICAH B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $119,865.85 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URENA, ANGEL M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $119,239.34 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, BRETT J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $118,066.50 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JOSE G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $118,031.66 | Date 02/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALOW, JOHN R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $116,494.78 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOONMAKER, LISA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $116,212.35 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, TIFFANY Y | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $115,545.82 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, SIMIN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $115,468.31 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET