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 UNDERWOOD, BARBARA D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $182,064.59 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABEL, JANET E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $181,817.95 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFFER, KENT T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $181,817.95 | Date 01/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGG, ALVIN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, MARTIN J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $178,765.56 | Date 02/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHANNA, BRIAN K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $178,344.55 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BING, ANDREW D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $166,006.85 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSER, ANDREA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $166,006.85 | Date 11/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $164,006.65 | Date 12/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLER, ARLENE R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $162,969.90 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MEGAN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $162,217.33 | Date 03/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, VALERIE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $161,513.86 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMYA, MOSES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $160,226.92 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, FRANCINE S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $160,144.91 | Date 06/28/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHMAN, GARY T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $158,062.78 | Date 12/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, KATHARINE S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $156,854.97 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZIA, JANE M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,655.61 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,655.61 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIESMAN, MARISSA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,655.61 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SROLOVIC, LEMUEL M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,655.61 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELL, LISA R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,617.11 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, THOMAS TEIGE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,585.62 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADANOFF, PERI A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,574.63 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIBERMAN, DANA H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,537.10 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU, LISA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $155,464.15 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, STEVEN C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,973.64 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANNUM, SANDRA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,310.07 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, NIKKI | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,012.16 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JAMES G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $154,012.16 | Date 10/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCKER, ALISON H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $152,608.79 | Date 09/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DVORIN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $152,488.34 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $152,384.73 | Date 12/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREMO, JOHN V | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $152,275.89 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGER, CHARLES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $151,994.67 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GARY S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $151,835.48 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, LOURDES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $151,676.55 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDERMAN, ERIC T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $151,068.28 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, BRUCE D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,677.33 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,424.14 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLSTEIN, JANET L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,244.70 | Date 08/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSHLER, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $150,153.25 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, KARIN K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,849.58 | Date 09/01/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, NORMAN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,768.07 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMAN, PAULA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,652.15 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRONSKY, ROSALIE J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $149,074.17 | Date 10/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURIANEK, LISA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,982.67 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, CHARLES F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,557.89 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABER, NANCY J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,104.02 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDMAN, ROGER L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,104.02 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATHERLY, GAIL E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $148,007.37 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAMENBAUM, HANNAH K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $147,996.09 | Date 05/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, BARBARA K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $147,990.81 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEKMAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $145,976.07 | Date 10/31/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ROSS | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $145,291.29 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, MONICA B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $145,111.80 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUFER, ERIC J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $144,474.13 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAGINO, PAUL F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $144,307.94 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURDEN, REBECCA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $144,174.38 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLESKE, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $143,794.76 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUPFERBERG, SETH M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $143,686.03 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI STEFANO, CARL L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $143,663.68 | Date 08/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNTURO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,947.73 | Date 06/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSHON, ANDREW J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,926.95 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATEWOOD, DIANE R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,878.96 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTVET, MARTIN A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,845.21 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, ROBERTO G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,819.64 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESE, DOROTHY O | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,738.63 | Date 07/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINIRONS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,650.31 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, MELVIN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,556.24 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIN, PHILIP M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,239.16 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, ROBERT L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,022.06 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, R VERLE, JR | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,018.89 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, EDWARD J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,006.07 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERNICK, RALPH | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $142,005.89 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, JUDITH E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,989.81 | Date 11/25/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, CLEMENT J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,971.99 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULMAN, STEVEN N | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,861.25 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONOWITZ, STACY P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,766.06 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLETTA, RICHARD M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,489.76 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABLO, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,349.74 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONROFF, JENNIFER A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,212.42 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHETTE, ANTOINETTE W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $141,068.20 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $140,830.92 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ANDRE D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $140,574.74 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOW, WILLIAM H, III | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $140,558.42 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $140,503.46 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, GARY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,920.30 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, MAUREEN F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,887.38 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEANNA R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,818.59 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,807.05 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ED J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,807.05 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDONARO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,800.53 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, JAMES E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,800.43 | Date 07/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, GLEN F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,772.78 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, ALYSON J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,711.63 | Date 07/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,699.17 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGI, BONNIE J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,687.14 | Date 12/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, C MICHAEL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,684.37 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, SUSAN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,415.01 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, SEAN P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $139,252.57 | Date 07/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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