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 JAMES, FRANCINE M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $194,553.19 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, SHIRLEY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $194,553.19 | Date 07/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUSS, NANCY J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $184,247.54 | Date 04/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, GREGORY A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 06/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, DONALD J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAREN, MELISSA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $169,702.06 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, PETER | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $169,252.93 | Date 12/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFONTE, LINDA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $166,650.28 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMONS, ROBERT J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $166,474.02 | Date 09/02/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEDLER, JAMES S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSETTI, JOHN K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $156,346.20 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRETTA, MARILYN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $156,214.60 | Date 05/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, STEPHEN D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $153,545.96 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, JOSEPH T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $153,294.11 | Date 03/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTLE, LAWRENCE C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $152,106.81 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIDONA, GEORGE J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $151,965.63 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, LISA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $150,225.28 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSAYED, ASHRAF | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $142,505.41 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITNER, CARL M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $142,350.91 | Date 01/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOTKIN, MARK H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $142,350.91 | Date 10/21/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, SHERWIN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $142,196.62 | Date 09/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, JEFFREY R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $142,072.74 | Date 12/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWSLEE, MARK W | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $140,672.57 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHESTER W | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,422.57 | Date 10/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, KENNETH I | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ALLAN J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRWAN, KERRY O | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,225.02 | Date 05/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTEH, ABIB T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $139,122.95 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFAZIO, JOHN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $134,321.51 | Date 10/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDORF, ARMIN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $134,321.51 | Date 06/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, LORI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $133,548.42 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUD, SUMIT | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $132,091.38 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILIANO, MICHAEL | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,795.43 | Date 05/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT-FRIEDMAN, ALISON | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, CHARLES J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 04/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, EDWARD D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, BHIKHABHAI C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,357.58 | Date 05/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, MARC | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $128,257.69 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLORIUS, CHRISTIAN B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $127,633.52 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, WEN Z | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $127,397.76 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISANO, RALPH M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $126,155.81 | Date 11/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRIES, LAURIE J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEHRER, JAMES J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, NANCY E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, KATHLEEN S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLTE, JOSEPH M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,250.63 | Date 09/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, PATRICIA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $125,095.03 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBERTUBBESING, EDWARD | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $120,900.79 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIPIONE, ANTHONY J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $120,894.69 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, CHARLOTTE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $120,818.65 | Date 03/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEKSTINS, JANIS M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $120,818.65 | Date 01/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADOFF, ERIC | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $120,455.72 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, CARYN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, VICKIE R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPASONA, PETER J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, DISANT RUDOLPH | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 11/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, TOMMASINO SALVATORE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,130.51 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPHEE, JEAN E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $119,019.94 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, KELLY A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $118,310.07 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHATTEN, DAVID J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $118,306.92 | Date 02/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMERMAN, ALISA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $118,148.05 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISTER, CLIFF | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $116,502.86 | Date 11/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARILLO, CATHERIN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $116,468.45 | Date 07/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENKEWICH, JOHN A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $116,451.54 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAVORSKY, LESLIE G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $116,449.73 | Date 10/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACHEK, MICHAEL J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $116,406.68 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBA, JOHN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $115,225.49 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMARIJA, ERIK J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $115,075.33 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KAREN E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $114,874.25 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, CHARLOTTE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $114,636.37 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, ALYCE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,505.02 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, RONALD J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, BETSY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,438.46 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, PATRICIA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,423.69 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGMAN, JEFFREY P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,413.21 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, STEVEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,400.86 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIDA, DAVID E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,396.90 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROSANNE M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,396.90 | Date 12/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTOLONI, AUGUSTO | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,382.05 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKO, THOMAS S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 05/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, RONALD G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,864.18 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSES, DAVID F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,854.90 | Date 11/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JAMES P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,833.03 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRENREICH, NATHAN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,779.00 | Date 01/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MARTIN E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O' BRIEN, SEAN P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 04/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACE, CHARLES T, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, MARTHA F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,111.35 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILES, GARY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $112,047.30 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRIES, CRAIG G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYEGH, JOSEPH G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $110,762.14 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONENBERG, BERNARD H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $110,628.72 | Date 02/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOROWITZ, KATHERINE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,806.01 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCHRIE, SCOTT R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,783.53 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JANET L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,752.07 | Date 10/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, THOMAS P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,752.07 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, WENDY A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $109,727.30 | Date 07/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDOCK, ANNE K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $108,905.23 | Date 09/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERHAYDEN, ROBERT G, II | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $108,753.37 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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