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 BERLIN, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $179,561.43 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INFANTE, ANGELICA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $169,903.17 | Date 01/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATES-WILLIAMS, SHARON J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $164,469.16 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $164,469.16 | Date 10/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, IRA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $163,206.08 | Date 12/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AGATI, JOHN L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $159,893.33 | Date 10/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTIVECH, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $159,893.33 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGOLIS, BERNARD A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $159,159.60 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-JOHNSON, DEBORAH Y | Employer name Education Department | Amount $155,349.54 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, RENEE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $155,276.49 | Date 06/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAMING, MARK | Employer name Education Department | Amount $155,207.60 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULLER, THOMAS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $154,902.39 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCHI, ALISON B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $146,259.11 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATONE, LOUIS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $145,566.34 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, STANLEY S, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $144,801.02 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DING, GEORGE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $142,350.91 | Date 10/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, STEVEN E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,298.78 | Date 11/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, JOHN P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,285.27 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOFRUMENTO, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,207.67 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYARY, ANDREA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $139,151.02 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCHINI, ANNETTE N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $138,963.46 | Date 04/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCO, FRANK | Employer name Education Department | Amount $136,057.92 | Date 10/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECHNICKI, BRIAN S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $130,972.86 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, DENNIS K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SHERRIE B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 07/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLKOFF, ANDREW B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,362.47 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNDON, SANDRA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,345.09 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, DONALD B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,341.65 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BELINDA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $128,272.83 | Date 01/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, CLAUDIA J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $127,901.05 | Date 02/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEA, DANIEL | Employer name Education Department | Amount $126,509.64 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLEY, STEPHEN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $126,301.20 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADOWS-SHUFORD, MAXINE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,822.31 | Date 10/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JANE W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTRELL-CARSON, DOLORES A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 05/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, DAVID H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPLEMAN, LESLIE E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,310.08 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVELDINE, JACQUELINE B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,298.95 | Date 09/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROBERT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,289.91 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, KAREN E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,234.33 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, JAMES R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,212.76 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIPPEL, ANDREW R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,199.57 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ELLEN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,159.00 | Date 05/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAHOE, SHANNON L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,134.53 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SUZANNE A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $125,066.21 | Date 11/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, WILLIAM P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $124,236.56 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, MARTIN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $124,085.48 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SORBO, CLARA L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $123,499.30 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $123,413.03 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, JOANNE W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $121,857.53 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, SUSAN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $121,800.77 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SALVATORE, KRISTEN B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $120,613.46 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, LISA L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANN, SISTERIA E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $119,568.65 | Date 02/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, EILEEN L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $118,257.03 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCE, JOHN W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $118,166.68 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATTACHARJEE, NAYANA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $118,140.63 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CROSSE, JOANNE C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $117,980.80 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURGA, ROBERT L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $117,766.34 | Date 06/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, KATHY C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $117,194.55 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIALL, NANCY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $117,009.65 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CANDIA, LOUISE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVARE, MAUREEN G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 11/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORINI, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, SUSAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,516.34 | Date 01/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSTON-DAY, JAMEIONE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,384.79 | Date 01/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, SARAH S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,284.46 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, RICHARD A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,226.43 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE-CRAIG, VERONICA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $116,153.50 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, JENNIFER B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,959.03 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, JUSTYN P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,565.32 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISENCHEK, CATHRYN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,170.90 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON-SINGER, RUTH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,154.11 | Date 10/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNUKJIAN, DEBRA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $115,118.94 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBERBATCH, CRYSTAL T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $114,991.13 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAY, VICTORIA H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $114,920.93 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, SEAN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,559.91 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, MARGARET L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,450.46 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, SZ-SHYAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,390.68 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN RYN, LISA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,322.85 | Date 10/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOTT, HAROLD R, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,233.56 | Date 12/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORCOM-KENNEY, ELIZABETH T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,165.50 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNER-DOYLE, PAULA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $113,136.78 | Date 11/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLOSSTEIN, MARK F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,844.82 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, THALIA J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,710.38 | Date 01/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, ANN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,610.46 | Date 08/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESCH, CAROL A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ERIC L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 01/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLEY, BARBARA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 02/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, STEVEN R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,312.12 | Date 09/10/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIASCIK, LAURA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $112,110.13 | Date 02/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, LU | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,500.20 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DEBORAH D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,479.93 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACUTEK, MARK G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MBUYI, DENNIS | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCABE, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 06/06/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, STEVEN P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALERA, LORI J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $111,062.12 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ELLEN C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $110,473.46 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPULESCU, MARIAN V | Employer name Education Department | Amount $109,756.64 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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