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 LEE, LI-WEN G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $241,801.26 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $240,586.52 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MATTHEW B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $240,167.52 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRUTHERS, JAY W | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $206,306.94 | Date 09/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDERER, LLOYD I | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $203,031.31 | Date 02/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNERTY, MOLLY T | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $184,581.14 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERLICH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $183,371.03 | Date 07/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, GERALD M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $180,295.82 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, MARTHA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $179,954.30 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, NEAL L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, ROBERT W | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $176,373.83 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DONNA L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $174,985.64 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVELLA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $172,472.15 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERMAN, MARISA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $171,025.76 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLANE, EMIL J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $168,229.62 | Date 09/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUM, MAY S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $163,845.59 | Date 05/03/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADBURY, DONNA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $162,321.17 | Date 08/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISKOPF, GARY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $156,071.74 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLEEN, EDWARD J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $153,545.96 | Date 04/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, JANET LYNN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $151,150.27 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPPER, JOSHUA B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $149,189.37 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOON, ROBERT R | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $148,515.52 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIGAN, MARLEEN S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $146,228.75 | Date 03/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLIN, MARTHA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $145,549.74 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNETT, TRICIA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $144,683.94 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, MARY E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $142,562.27 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODAK, JULIE A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLLNER, DAVID V | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 09/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINEY, REBECCA N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,276.18 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENHAM, CATHERINE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,265.64 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARRUSSO, BETH G | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $139,167.58 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASHJIAN, MOIRA W | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $137,245.40 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, LINDA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $136,163.21 | Date 09/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUINI, JULIE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $136,058.89 | Date 03/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTYSMITH, CHRISTINA D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $134,765.07 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECKMAN WESTIN, EMILY | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $132,860.00 | Date 06/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAGWOOD, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $132,330.05 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, LISA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $126,559.32 | Date 10/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HREN, HENRY E, JR | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $126,479.33 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTKIEWICZ, APRIL A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $126,374.14 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADEMACHER, LEESA J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 06/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN B, JR | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,264.98 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNKLE, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,230.10 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, DAVID | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,219.19 | Date 06/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BARI, ANNE K | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,203.02 | Date 05/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITKA, JOHN P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,179.94 | Date 03/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, JOEL J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $125,153.72 | Date 01/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, WILLIAM R | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $123,971.37 | Date 05/11/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARD, A SCOTT | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $122,631.11 | Date 10/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, LYNN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $122,552.47 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, KEITH J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $120,292.55 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALESCI, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $120,266.20 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIMPONG, ERIC Y | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $119,371.41 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALUCKI, DONALD T | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $117,670.25 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARITO, CHARLOTTE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $117,465.62 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY-LA BATT, MEREDITH L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $116,411.61 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, BARBARA J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $116,003.09 | Date 09/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATRIANO, JAMES J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $115,364.18 | Date 10/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THALER, SUSAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $114,114.18 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, KEITH J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, WILLIAM A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNUKJIAN, ALAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 01/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, AMY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,443.68 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPIK, SUSAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,372.51 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, APRIL P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,142.32 | Date 07/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, NANCY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $113,118.85 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABATE, CAREN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $112,798.74 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARDER, FRANCES B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $112,703.86 | Date 12/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, JAMES E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 11/21/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, KAREN H | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODAK, AMY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,940.20 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENSTEIN-ROSAN, POLA F | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,293.00 | Date 12/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPELLI-DWYER, JUDY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,247.88 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTH LANZARA, CAROL B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUZ, STEVEN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYACK, LAURA C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGIEWICZ, RIELE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $110,937.97 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JANYCE E. | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $110,096.82 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPLONSKOWSKI, NANCY P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,805.97 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCERA, JACK | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,795.80 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, ROBERT J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,765.24 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANGILINAN, MARIA-BELEN I | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,742.68 | Date 12/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, RICHARD J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,739.22 | Date 11/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICK, STEPHEN B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,721.42 | Date 03/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAO, WENJUN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,710.45 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, RUI | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,619.51 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, CATHERINE C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,550.64 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IAPPINI, PAUL | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $109,424.83 | Date 09/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, KATHERINE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $108,732.43 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, FRANCIS E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $108,548.58 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABATINO, CAROL S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $108,229.51 | Date 03/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, BRIAN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $107,892.09 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE-HOLT, VICTORIA J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $107,095.94 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, WENDY S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,926.17 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRIE-ST PIERRE, MARI | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,843.72 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARK A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,647.47 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUL, RACHEL A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,375.48 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLING, MAXINE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,225.01 | Date 05/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, QINGXIAN | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $106,066.60 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHATZEL, MATTHEW S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $105,850.64 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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