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 ULBRIGHT, JEAN E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,383.77 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, SEAN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $91,383.40 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAILLE, MARY C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.20 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDELOO, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLPORT, FAYTHE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHALEN, MICHELE R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 03/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACLEOD-MERCADO, DAVID A. | Employer name Department of State | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACHMARIK, STEPHEN G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, C LEE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JULIE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, PHILIPPE R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CYNTHIA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANNER, JUSTIN S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHARL, CHRISTIAN | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $91,383.19 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, WEI | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,382.82 | Date 05/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, NANCY A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,382.67 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, NORAI A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,382.66 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZYBOSKI, CHRISTOF P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,381.32 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARCEVIC, KIYANA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,381.32 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAALER, EDGAR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,381.32 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CRISTIN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,381.32 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARO, ANNE MARIE R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $91,381.20 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLICK, LISA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $91,381.20 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, AME S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $91,381.20 | Date 03/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIR, JOHN W | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $91,381.01 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNO, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.82 | Date 11/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, JAMES O W, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.82 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHAD P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.82 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVELLO, ALBERT, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, LORI A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 02/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNING, MATTHEW T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, KEVIN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENK, STEVEN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, MONTY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CERAIS, GEOFFREY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CERAIS, MATTHEW R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARK, DANIEL M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, JOSEPH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTE, JOHN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUSINOWSKI, DAVID T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMART, WILLIAM L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 06/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASS, CHRISTIAN D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, JOSEPH F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DAVID W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURUSHOTHAM, RAJANI | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANT, BECCA R | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULL, TODD C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWYER, HARRY S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, HEATHER L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERTGEN, AMY | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLINGER, DOLORES J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAG, SUSANNE B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 04/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, RANDY R | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKAS, RANDOLPH E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANYE, CHERYL L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUDERER, ROBERT B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZZARO, FRED | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE, PHUONG H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGLE, THOMAS J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, PETER S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,380.81 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMALING, TRACEY K | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $91,380.55 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, AMY E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $91,380.49 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESARRO, ANTHONY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,380.30 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL, WILLIAM E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $91,380.20 | Date 10/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, CLIVE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $91,380.20 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, ANDREW | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $91,379.26 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDEUSEN, MARK | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $91,378.80 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATONE, ANTHONY | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACITANO, DAVID J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCER, SHEILA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARIA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 07/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMISMAN, JUDITH A. | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAYBAUGH, LAURI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,378.32 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBE, MARK C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,378.28 | Date 01/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIAROLI, FRANCIS W | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $91,377.91 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, SUSAN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,377.88 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSIAL, KEVIN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $91,377.64 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESCH, GLEN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $91,376.93 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIMER, JENNIE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $91,376.93 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, TARA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $91,376.88 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUFELD, JOHN R | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $91,376.84 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOZEK, ALLEN | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $91,376.77 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIA, RANDALL T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $91,376.77 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGANTE, ELLEN I | Employer name West Islip Public Library | Amount $91,376.57 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBOUS, RICHARD J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $91,375.96 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBODEAU, MARIE L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $91,375.92 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, HEATHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $91,375.88 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCURI, WILLIAM F | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $91,375.50 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, WENDY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $91,374.87 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, MARK A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $91,374.72 | Date 04/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLMAN, ERIC J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $91,374.54 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZANSKI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $91,374.43 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, KARL E | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $91,374.40 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, LINDA G | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $91,374.22 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, SHAWN C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $91,374.18 | Date 05/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELTMAN, KEITH J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $91,374.18 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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