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 QUATROCHE, THOMAS J, JR Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $820,977.82 Date 01/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYERS, DAVID P Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $482,621.40 Date 03/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, BRIAN M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $461,160.20 Date 12/23/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARUANA, JOSEPH A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $407,656.07 Date 07/31/1972 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZIEMIANSKI, KAREN Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $313,242.25 Date 11/14/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKE, MARK S Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 06/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLUCCI, ANTHONY J, III Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 10/28/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, HOWARD I Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 09/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EVERETT, CHARLES W Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 01/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, RICHARD E Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 03/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JENSEN, ERIK J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 07/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOREE, THOM R Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 04/26/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLOTKIN, SCOTT N Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 09/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SACKS, ANDREW J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 01/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANDS, ROBERT P, JR Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 04/18/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPERRY, HOWARD E Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 05/02/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SYED, MASROOR A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 08/28/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, JAMES T Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $265,000.00 Date 03/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHAPIRO, DAVID I Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $258,031.38 Date 02/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SKOMRA, RICHARD L Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $235,404.53 Date 05/14/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BILLITTIER, ANTHONY J, IV Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $213,039.04 Date 06/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRUSTINO, JENNIFER L Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $212,180.80 Date 07/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEIDT, LESLIE A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $203,287.20 Date 03/03/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUINN, JOHN F, JR Employer name Erie County Amount $192,500.10 Date 09/04/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILL, TARA J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $188,818.24 Date 07/25/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURSTEIN, GALE R Employer name Erie County Amount $185,701.77 Date 02/22/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALTERS, DAWN KELEHER Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $183,095.21 Date 05/28/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, DANA A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $180,780.20 Date 01/09/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROCK, CAROLE D Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $180,377.15 Date 05/02/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHAR, TARA J Employer name Erie County Amount $179,000.00 Date 07/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAVARETTA, MARK F Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $179,000.00 Date 01/01/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE NISCO, DAWN M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $179,000.00 Date 11/17/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DHILLON, JASPREET K Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $179,000.00 Date 01/07/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NASCA, MAUREEN SULLIVAN Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $179,000.00 Date 01/13/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSSITTO, RACHAEL A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $179,000.00 Date 01/13/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUDLOW, CHARLENE J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $177,840.08 Date 05/09/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ERHARDT, ROBERT M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $177,549.68 Date 10/10/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURANTE, SHELLEY A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $177,392.41 Date 03/09/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STERCULA, EDNA M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $176,665.95 Date 01/17/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHWANEKAMP, KAREN A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $176,568.51 Date 01/29/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLENK, SCOTT D Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $176,503.72 Date 11/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HASTINGS, LISA A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $176,111.76 Date 07/15/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUTLER, PETER K Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $174,832.52 Date 06/19/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLEBECK, AMANDA C Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $174,519.40 Date 05/23/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMSTERDAM, DANIEL Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $173,288.82 Date 07/14/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURAWSKI, PHYLLIS A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $172,869.60 Date 08/13/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRUNDIN, DOUGLAS A, JR Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $171,721.99 Date 11/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYMBURNER, LESLIE K Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $170,901.60 Date 05/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROZANSKY, ALAN N Employer name Erie County Amount $162,554.19 Date 02/18/1972 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALONEY, KATHERINE F Employer name Erie County Amount $158,828.09 Date 07/22/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OSMOLA, JOANN C Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $158,458.12 Date 11/19/1974 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REED, KRISTINE A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $158,301.91 Date 02/06/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORGENSI, STACEY Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $157,731.53 Date 11/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOTELLO, CESAR A Employer name Erie County Amount $157,505.66 Date 02/13/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOBNICKI, CORTNEY B Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $157,271.57 Date 08/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GERWITZ, RANDY A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $157,271.25 Date 03/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEYERS, SHANNON Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $157,217.51 Date 09/11/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARKIEWICZ, ANTHONY A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $156,848.60 Date 05/31/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LICHTENTHAL, ROBERT J, JR Employer name Erie County Water Authority Amount $156,801.48 Date 10/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GROLEMUND, STEPHANIE A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,902.17 Date 01/26/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONIGLIO, JULIA G Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,620.52 Date 06/20/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YETZER, KAREN A Employer name Erie County Amount $155,590.64 Date 05/14/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOSCATO, CARLA Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,457.09 Date 01/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOBSON, JUDY L Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,365.00 Date 10/22/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, WILLIAM J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,303.20 Date 07/10/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RESETARITS, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,196.75 Date 01/14/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HORESH, FAYELYN J Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $155,130.82 Date 07/14/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AHMED, MOHAMED S Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $152,442.86 Date 05/18/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YARID, NICOLE A Employer name Erie County Amount $151,616.18 Date 07/14/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIRAGUSA, MICHAEL A Employer name Erie County Amount $151,614.03 Date 04/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KORFF, KATHRYN C Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $150,941.05 Date 01/13/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CATHCART, ROBERT Employer name Erie County Amount $150,774.12 Date 10/05/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BREEDEN, MICHAEL C Employer name Erie County Amount $150,666.64 Date 02/08/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KSIAZEK, SUSAN Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $148,649.04 Date 12/13/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALYS, JAMES G Employer name Erie County Amount $148,206.07 Date 06/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RANNEY, MICHAEL R Employer name Erie County Amount $148,043.77 Date 06/19/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KONIKOFF, KAREN S Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $147,645.80 Date 02/08/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BETTINGER, MARY E Employer name Erie County Amount $147,059.84 Date 03/30/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAGNE, MELISSA S Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $147,057.02 Date 11/10/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIESTER, PAUL H Employer name Erie County Water Authority Amount $147,024.20 Date 01/10/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUMBO, JOHN N Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $146,998.74 Date 01/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHERKIS, JENNIFER L Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $146,877.49 Date 01/03/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLING, DONNA A Employer name Erie County Amount $146,490.88 Date 01/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIPPERMAN, MARK Employer name Erie County Amount $146,394.03 Date 01/30/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GONZALEZ, SUSAN M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $145,961.03 Date 07/12/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIZZO, HEATHER R Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $145,755.58 Date 09/21/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERSEY, THOMAS R Employer name Erie County Amount $144,263.25 Date 10/26/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLEIN, THOMAS P Employer name Erie County Amount $144,072.07 Date 05/05/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LO DESTRO, ANTHONY J Employer name Erie County Amount $143,250.97 Date 11/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOLMETZ, ROBERT W Employer name Erie County Amount $142,911.61 Date 06/16/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MINHAS, PARVEEN K Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $142,719.40 Date 06/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name USINSKI, JOSEPH F Employer name Erie County Amount $142,575.64 Date 04/24/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISS, KATHERINE A Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $142,324.92 Date 08/11/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURNS, JOSEPH T Employer name Erie County Water Authority Amount $142,276.96 Date 10/06/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BIEGASIEWICZ, SIMON P Employer name Erie County Amount $140,945.76 Date 06/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOLL, RUSSELL J Employer name Erie County Water Authority Amount $140,360.07 Date 02/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REUTER, WILLIAM D Employer name Erie County Amount $138,654.11 Date 10/28/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEYH, VIRGINIA M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $138,574.83 Date 09/29/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAIL, ROBERT R Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $138,237.60 Date 12/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHYTE, MARIA R Employer name Erie County Amount $137,620.48 Date 01/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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