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 DOWNEY, CAROLINE J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $169,702.41 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRION, JOHN P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENT, VALERIE P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $145,765.01 | Date 06/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, MELISSA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $142,181.54 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GINA N | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $124,309.74 | Date 01/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIRSKY, MICHAEL K | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $116,958.87 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $108,873.99 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARGARET A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $106,821.90 | Date 07/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROTANO, THOMAS S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $106,821.90 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEARWOOD, JOYCE C | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $106,821.90 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWYER, ARLYNE R | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $106,821.90 | Date 09/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALCACER, MARILYN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISELS, ROBERT A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENES, MATTHEW A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, THELMA JOY B | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VESPOLI, ROBERT M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU-BUCHENHOLZ, PETER GREGOR | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,571.90 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, BELLEW S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,426.70 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, STEPHEN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,418.75 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRELLA-CASTILLO, LILLIANA M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,349.73 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMAYA, LEON C | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,300.63 | Date 05/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMOT, WILLIAM | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $105,190.82 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, VEANKA S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $104,318.56 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIFIELD, TONI ANN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $104,215.67 | Date 04/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOSKOFF, AARON M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $104,196.02 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRASQUILLO, IRIS N | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $104,159.52 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEIL, SANDREA S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $104,084.88 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDERMAN, JULIA B | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,721.51 | Date 03/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERAZO, MARTIN M, JR | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,519.69 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROBEN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,519.69 | Date 02/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN COEVERING, RICHARD J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,519.69 | Date 11/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIONS, NEIL L | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $102,519.69 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANOWSKI, ROSALIND M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $101,143.69 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBKOWSKI, ERIN M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $101,143.69 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, DAVID E | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $95,186.79 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFRI, ALI A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $95,137.57 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRICHLOW-MIRANDA, GRACE E | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $92,491.42 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA- GARCIA, CYNTHIA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $92,485.18 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE AMELIA, VICTOR P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $92,065.62 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFATT, JAMES D | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $91,241.42 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEL, MICHAEL | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $90,125.23 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, YONETTE | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $89,948.88 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINARES, JANNE P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $89,904.26 | Date 05/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, LUWICK | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $89,439.35 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBAN, EDWARD G | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $88,141.72 | Date 04/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALANKER, ALYSSA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $87,049.14 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, JAMI E | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $86,823.89 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEDERMAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $86,667.07 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, LISA M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $85,552.99 | Date 02/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRILA, CRISTIAN M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $82,321.98 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALATNICK, STUART R | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $81,950.60 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUNGATA, FROEBEL A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,732.68 | Date 08/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BRENDA J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,311.07 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHTENHAUSER, GLENN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,311.07 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESHIMA, JOAN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,311.07 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, KEVIN T | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,209.39 | Date 09/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENSTERMAKER, LINDA F | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $80,112.36 | Date 03/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOSKI, WILLIAM P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $79,061.07 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENG, RUDOLFO J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $79,061.07 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DONNA M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $79,061.07 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOSTO, ROBERT J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $79,047.71 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMOND, JOHNNAYEA LANETTE | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $78,212.58 | Date 11/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPP, DONNA J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,810.37 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDSTEIN, BARBARA F | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,759.35 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYNE, KENNETH W | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JEANNE L | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,738.52 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYLE, HELLURA I | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 12/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPLAIN, CHERINA M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,717.45 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWOUD, NADIA Y | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,717.45 | Date 01/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,717.45 | Date 09/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAGIANOS, JOHN P | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,481.83 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON-WOODS, VALERIE | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,263.85 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JEANEEN M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,258.60 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, VICTORIA C | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, DEBBIE S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $75,530.79 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREW, KATHLEEN J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $74,717.66 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADJAERO, UGOEZI C | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $74,680.49 | Date 06/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, ELIZABTH EWART | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $74,665.14 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLWORTH, CURTIS L | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $73,176.57 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, ROBERTO H | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $72,226.01 | Date 11/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, ALBERT L, III | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $71,382.48 | Date 12/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $71,092.83 | Date 03/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, SHIRESE I | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $70,016.33 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBMAN, JENNIFER M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $69,738.48 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPP, SHANEVE A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $68,685.60 | Date 09/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOM, NISHA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $68,257.33 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUEVA, MARIA ELIZABETH J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $67,728.82 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, HELEN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $67,198.24 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, ARACELY | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $65,035.92 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARES, MIGDALIA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $64,716.61 | Date 09/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELIZEE, NADIA G | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $63,663.40 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABALLERO, MIGUEL A | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $62,654.24 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DORIS L | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $62,419.75 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIGLIANO, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $62,035.57 | Date 05/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAR, BARBARA J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $62,002.59 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURRINI, RODLIND | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $61,836.09 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD-BALGAR, SANDRA | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $61,830.49 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWIER, ALLISON M | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $61,248.44 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, MARTIN | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $61,173.55 | Date 12/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBREMSKI, ALEXANDRA S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $60,828.92 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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