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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name FOX, DENISE L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $97,623.10 Date 05/04/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTIN, ROBERT R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $85,232.67 Date 12/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERZOG-O'HARA, ANDREA H Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $71,349.50 Date 03/03/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENNEDY, LUCINDA M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $61,494.92 Date 08/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENTLEY, BETTY J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $59,426.20 Date 06/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASE, MELANIE D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $56,638.70 Date 03/14/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTIN, MELISSA K Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $55,228.73 Date 07/15/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEFF, TIMOTHY R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $54,442.16 Date 07/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WINGARD, ANNE M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $52,743.33 Date 11/16/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HULSLANDER, STEVEN S Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $51,067.26 Date 04/07/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HELMS, NEAL J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $49,543.10 Date 09/25/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STURDEVANT, LORI A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $48,369.14 Date 04/05/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHITE, LENNY R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $48,045.81 Date 01/20/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERCHANT, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $47,980.95 Date 06/01/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUTLIFF, KEITH L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $47,858.89 Date 12/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOSTUK, MARY E Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $47,585.23 Date 06/07/1974 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAYNE, DAVID Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $47,582.25 Date 01/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN WINKLE, ALANA L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $46,566.57 Date 04/20/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENTLEY, MICHAEL A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $46,405.61 Date 06/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANN, CYNTHIA L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $46,353.40 Date 11/13/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANNABLE, JENA S Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $44,082.97 Date 09/09/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINNEY, DONNA I Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $44,034.39 Date 07/14/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRICE, JUNE M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $41,772.50 Date 10/19/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HONOUR, DENNIS J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $40,941.91 Date 03/19/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, PAULETTE G Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $40,879.54 Date 09/06/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEXTER, SCOTT B Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $39,380.65 Date 03/01/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWIERCZEK, SANDRA A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $39,070.75 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZUPANCIC, ALICIA M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $37,909.80 Date 01/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROOD, DONALD W Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $37,787.76 Date 09/13/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARKS, DONNA L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $37,523.08 Date 09/06/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MANIACI, ROBERTO G Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $37,111.92 Date 01/02/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUSH, WAVA Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $35,883.70 Date 09/23/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOOPE, CHERYL A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $35,641.29 Date 07/22/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NIEDERHOFER, RICK B Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $35,164.03 Date 03/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TEETER, PATRICK K Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $34,816.34 Date 07/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAMS, RICHARD R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $34,654.46 Date 08/01/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HASENJAGER, KIM A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $34,567.01 Date 09/24/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIPPOLITO, PETER J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $34,032.04 Date 12/16/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOREY, JENNIFER M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $33,612.69 Date 12/29/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARES, ANN F Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $33,158.44 Date 04/30/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WARWICK, JOHN G Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $33,057.51 Date 01/24/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERRY, TRACY Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $32,902.98 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEUMAN, JULIE I Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $32,610.98 Date 06/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TREACY, LEANNE E Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,776.17 Date 12/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENYON, DOUGLAS C Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,717.78 Date 01/22/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERGERON, KEITH A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,583.33 Date 03/25/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENWOOD, LORIE J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,448.78 Date 09/08/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, LYNNE M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,421.74 Date 03/24/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PREZIOSO, JOANNE M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,385.43 Date 03/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, KIRK T Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $31,219.04 Date 03/08/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROWLAND, KIMBERLY A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $30,492.98 Date 06/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAPP, DEBORAH K Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $30,315.69 Date 03/10/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN WINKLE, MICHAEL J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,904.51 Date 06/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SKOTSEN, GALINA A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,732.06 Date 04/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LITTLE, DUANE J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,596.06 Date 09/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TIMMONS, SHERRY L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,437.63 Date 04/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANIELS, ELIZABETH R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,291.93 Date 09/10/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHAMBERS, KENDRA R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,280.11 Date 03/11/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, ANDREA N Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $29,095.70 Date 02/05/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHUTTS, STEVEN M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,924.38 Date 12/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEVENSON, EARL D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,717.05 Date 11/25/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLE, RAI L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,411.25 Date 01/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIKER, MARY ANN Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,252.78 Date 09/09/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEAD, GARY M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,121.43 Date 09/24/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAZEVIC, DURDICA Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $28,113.66 Date 04/28/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANTERRE, WADE P Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,912.15 Date 03/13/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CROSS, DEBORAH J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,898.26 Date 09/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REARDON, CONSTANCE M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,769.12 Date 09/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEVCHUK, PETER Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,581.33 Date 05/31/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YARMOLYUK, LILIYA F Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,565.86 Date 09/13/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SARGENT, SHAWN D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,192.22 Date 08/21/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOLFF, MARTHA C Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $27,144.62 Date 08/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CALDWELL, ESTHER M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $26,435.28 Date 08/27/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARVEY-STEARNS, KAREN L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $26,432.52 Date 12/06/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN DONSEL, BRIAN K Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $26,417.94 Date 06/07/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLACK, LUISA MARIA J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $26,182.24 Date 03/29/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUTLER, CATHY L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $25,650.54 Date 07/05/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOTRA, PATRICIA C Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $25,198.68 Date 09/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOSBURG, LORRIE B Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $24,948.60 Date 02/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YACAVONE, MARK C Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $24,626.56 Date 11/10/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUTCHER, LAURIE A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $24,498.22 Date 04/12/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REIF, BARBARA A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $24,244.40 Date 09/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANSON, AMY L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $24,049.33 Date 08/10/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name UNDERWOOD, LUKE D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,832.34 Date 07/01/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARAVETH, PATRICIA A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,780.38 Date 10/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WING, BEATRICE D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,749.87 Date 09/22/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKHARD, LISA D Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,444.40 Date 03/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAHNS, DAWN M Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,379.85 Date 01/22/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, JOHNATHAN A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,345.40 Date 04/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROOKES, JOHN K Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,332.33 Date 04/09/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERKINS, JAMES R Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $23,011.51 Date 03/26/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, FREDERICK A, JR Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $22,885.99 Date 02/23/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHUTT, LAURIE J Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $22,603.65 Date 10/31/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LISI, PENNY A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $22,067.22 Date 06/30/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, DOROTHY A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $21,969.74 Date 02/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VALLESE, DANA C Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $21,044.12 Date 05/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPAGNOLA, STEVEN P Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $20,889.16 Date 05/13/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TYRRELL, LORI E Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $20,505.74 Date 09/09/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POTTER, CARLENE A Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $20,406.45 Date 02/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSATO, TRACEY L Employer name Cortland City School Dist Amount $19,828.48 Date 06/18/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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