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 ISPAHANI, ABBAS | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $205,707.52 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANT, BRIAN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $186,784.66 | Date 06/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDELMANN, JON E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $186,415.29 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATTS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $180,622.46 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, SHELYAGH R | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $139,146.13 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURR, COLLEEN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $129,374.15 | Date 03/30/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIZZARI, RAYMOND J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $126,817.23 | Date 01/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DO BELL, DANIEL C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $118,364.36 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $117,258.66 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTPHAL, FREDERICK R | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $117,087.77 | Date 03/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, GREGORY L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $107,420.62 | Date 03/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALDINA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $106,271.66 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINELLI, LYNN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $99,502.39 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAFTAN, JOHN F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $98,139.34 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLENBACK, MARIE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $95,182.56 | Date 06/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, JOAN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $92,901.34 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSKINS, LLOYD E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $91,739.38 | Date 05/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $88,792.25 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADLICK, PAUL E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $88,684.55 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDY, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $87,657.56 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $87,010.09 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, COREY M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $84,251.72 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADSIT, DIANE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $82,757.24 | Date 04/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS-SHANNON, BRANDON | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $81,938.81 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, STEPHEN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $81,929.16 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABER, JAMES P | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $81,122.93 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, STEPHEN F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $81,015.64 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAYNE, CHARLES D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $80,717.49 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, BRUCE R | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $80,672.68 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAS, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $80,252.10 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKO, VITA M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,883.89 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIPLING, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,883.89 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, FREDERICK E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $78,606.64 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUCKETT, GARY E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $78,511.73 | Date 06/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, SUSETTE L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,940.52 | Date 10/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, CASEY M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,666.76 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,272.56 | Date 05/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, JEFFREY J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,263.70 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, HEATHER M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $77,163.35 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, ERICH BRUCE | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $76,230.33 | Date 08/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREZEE, KEVIN T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $75,649.48 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $75,428.98 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SHANE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $75,268.72 | Date 05/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, EILEEN A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $74,970.33 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, JOHN J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $74,646.60 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENCK, BRIAN P | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $74,575.69 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, NATHAN J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $74,189.47 | Date 10/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, FAITH A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,963.09 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, SUSAN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,708.29 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,359.33 | Date 11/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WISPELAERE, JAY A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,353.98 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, KAREN A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,186.20 | Date 09/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETHEY, GEORGE J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,029.19 | Date 08/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, ROBERT D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $72,946.98 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEJA, JOHN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $72,888.77 | Date 08/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, DENISE L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,834.05 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, JOHN J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,622.98 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, BRIAN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,449.44 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLIPS, KAREN S | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,381.85 | Date 11/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KELLY C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,195.84 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, JOHN C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,027.12 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MELISSA R | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,023.71 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLAND, KRISTIN L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $70,694.33 | Date 05/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, GARY R, JR | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $70,109.78 | Date 08/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, CHARLES T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $69,755.32 | Date 03/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DAVID M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $69,533.30 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, BRIAN W | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $69,452.15 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, GRACE V | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,823.58 | Date 08/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOMYK, JOHN G | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,823.58 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, GLEN E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,587.32 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, JOSEPH E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,557.69 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, JOSHUA T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,096.93 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $68,078.12 | Date 05/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM S | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $67,928.02 | Date 09/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, BRIAN T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $67,832.16 | Date 01/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, JOSEPH F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $67,691.79 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNDERLICH, MICHELE L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $67,629.17 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KELLY A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $67,595.93 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALFANO, JEFFREY D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,998.35 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, JOHN H | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,981.41 | Date 10/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENDORF, REBECCA K | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,864.76 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWARYN, HEATHER I | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,798.65 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEEDS, BRIAN T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,624.89 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MARTHA M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,591.92 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,471.10 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEATHERSTONE, DELECIA R | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $66,192.97 | Date 10/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ADAM B | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $65,767.27 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKERSON, JODIE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $65,273.95 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESZCZYNSKI, JUSTIN J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $65,224.97 | Date 07/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADSITT, NICOLE Z | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $64,913.47 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $64,314.65 | Date 07/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $64,197.46 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXTON, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $64,193.90 | Date 05/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHL, HOLLY | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $63,506.84 | Date 11/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $63,491.28 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSI, DAVID J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $63,359.33 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINGLER, DENISE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $63,235.51 | Date 03/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BISCO-MANCUSO, JOANNA M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $62,903.21 | Date 08/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADER, RICHARD T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $62,834.87 | Date 02/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ANDREA J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $62,736.64 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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