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 WHITE, RICHARD R Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $168,741.13 Date 10/04/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLON, MARK C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $162,051.62 Date 08/19/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PASCAL, WOODY Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $156,598.10 Date 01/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MELNITSKY, SHELDON D Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $156,135.17 Date 03/29/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALOMINO, MARK F Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $155,466.90 Date 05/18/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSHALL, CATHERINE C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $151,051.74 Date 10/09/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAMICO, ROBERT H Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $142,350.91 Date 02/27/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FALBO, BRUCE J Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $142,072.74 Date 10/05/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FULLER, PAUL Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $142,072.74 Date 10/04/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LESNICK, CHARLES SCHORR Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $129,904.06 Date 03/06/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEEKS, SIMONE MARIE Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $128,857.09 Date 01/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSE, JAN C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $128,362.47 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALTERS, RODERICK J Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $128,362.47 Date 08/20/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANCE, JOHN D Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $128,259.07 Date 07/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHNEIDER, MARTIN B Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $128,257.69 Date 03/16/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEWER, GREGORY C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $127,987.53 Date 09/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOLLMAN, SUSAN H Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $125,310.08 Date 01/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CARTNEY, BRIAN P Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $125,306.31 Date 07/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SKRILL, LEONARD Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $125,076.40 Date 04/27/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMBARAS, ROBERT Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $124,152.64 Date 11/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANGELLA, CATHERINE A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $124,123.04 Date 12/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEVINE, DEBRA A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $123,989.26 Date 05/30/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEIDMAN, KURT W Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $120,818.65 Date 02/20/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAVARY, DANIEL J Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $119,893.50 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALLACH, JONATHAN P Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $119,552.94 Date 12/24/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALBA, GUY Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $118,605.94 Date 01/14/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OSSI, CHRISTINA S Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $118,016.23 Date 09/17/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GANNON, FRANK M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $117,766.34 Date 02/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, MICHAEL B Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,672.80 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUTLER, JANET E Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,567.09 Date 04/24/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUTTNER, JACK Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,567.09 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RICHARDS, URSULA M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,567.09 Date 10/24/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELULOVICH, LOUISE Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,502.86 Date 11/28/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CRAY, SARAH L Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,502.86 Date 11/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STELLAR, JOHN D Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,502.86 Date 06/26/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAY HUERTAS, APRIL A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,495.78 Date 08/24/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FADIS, PETER Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,440.61 Date 04/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAY, LEWIS Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $116,404.98 Date 04/17/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FAHNESTOCK, MARK D Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,364.18 Date 12/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEDZIERSKI, ZELINDA M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,364.18 Date 08/20/1971 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KYRITSIS, NESTOR Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,364.18 Date 06/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOLTZEN, STEPHEN E Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,364.18 Date 06/15/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SNYDER, DENISE A C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,364.18 Date 01/05/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEARNS, SUSAN E Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $115,257.55 Date 06/30/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILBER, TERRY M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $114,914.11 Date 02/05/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAREY, THOMAS O Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $113,450.46 Date 12/19/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MINISSALE, THEODORE T Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $113,450.46 Date 10/17/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADLER, ARNON Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $113,432.18 Date 04/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLEISCHMAN, MARALYNE P Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $113,398.48 Date 05/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHAMBERS, VERNITTA N Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $113,386.10 Date 09/03/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUNIZ, DAVID Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $112,854.92 Date 07/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE MARCO, MICHAEL Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $112,731.25 Date 04/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMAR, KATHLEEN F Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $111,652.07 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIKELSON, JEANNE M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $111,652.07 Date 01/19/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IRTAZA, MUHAMMED Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $111,634.75 Date 05/16/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROMANOWSKI, JOSEPH P A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,779.83 Date 12/03/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARNDELL, JOHN C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,772.89 Date 08/30/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAUER, BONNIE L Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,736.78 Date 04/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PENNINK, NANCY B Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,581.38 Date 10/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENKIN, DANIEL Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,088.46 Date 07/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TYLER, MARK L Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $109,064.78 Date 01/21/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHER, JERRY M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $108,455.85 Date 07/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLETTI, JOHN F Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $107,580.31 Date 10/18/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLLINS, CECIL M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $107,494.23 Date 07/15/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOTI, MARIA I Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $106,821.90 Date 12/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOE, CHAN Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,854.45 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREDERICK, DEREK N Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,300.63 Date 09/15/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOROWITZ, JEFFREY A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,300.63 Date 12/29/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TATANO, ANTHONY J Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,300.63 Date 03/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANCOIS, JOHN K Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,209.89 Date 08/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHIVGULAM, RAJ Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,084.97 Date 07/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VARGHESE, MATHEWS C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $105,084.97 Date 09/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CEUS, JEAN-RONY Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,666.65 Date 07/25/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOSEPH, SANDRA A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,293.28 Date 01/13/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name D'HUY, GERARD J Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,279.42 Date 09/11/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUSS, PATRICE Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,263.13 Date 04/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, DENEANE Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,262.38 Date 01/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DESALVO, FRANK Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 01/27/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAMBERG, ANTHONY Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 01/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARBANZOS, FRANCIS G Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 09/03/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILONE, RALPH P Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 03/06/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAMER, LAURENCE Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 01/04/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHERMAN, MICHAEL L Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,179.43 Date 05/28/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUSE, KYLE A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $104,113.96 Date 06/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAKMAN, ALEXEY Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,811.77 Date 09/18/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAMOND, DAVID A Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,769.69 Date 04/03/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HODERATH, GEOFFREY T Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,769.69 Date 09/24/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEA, SEAN P Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,769.69 Date 04/11/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRETON, ROBERT O Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,052.48 Date 04/29/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIEKARSKY, DAVID G Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $103,031.54 Date 10/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AGBAJE, AISHA O Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,929.43 Date 05/31/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLY, JEFFREY G Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,929.43 Date 10/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, CHERYL W Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,929.43 Date 06/11/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHINDELMAN, DAWN IVY, MRS Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,929.43 Date 01/23/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLACKWELL, ARLISA L Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,490.90 Date 07/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, MEGHAN E Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,420.92 Date 07/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NAGY, JEROME M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $102,100.01 Date 08/21/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OJINNAKA, CORNELIUS C Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $101,679.43 Date 11/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARPAS, JASON G Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $101,628.73 Date 12/03/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC ARTHUR, CHARMAINE MA Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $101,585.57 Date 09/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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