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 BROWN, CHAD W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $167,056.60 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEAD, JON R | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $97,652.92 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, ERNEST J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $93,882.86 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, SHERYDA ANN | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $91,783.77 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUS, SHAWN W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $90,840.67 | Date 11/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOST, MARK E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $89,805.12 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MRAZ, JAMES E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $87,673.54 | Date 09/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELMAN, IRINA | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $87,245.03 | Date 01/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DARBY, MICHAEL B | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $85,697.97 | Date 09/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, ROGER L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $83,035.43 | Date 06/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERK, KEVIN | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $81,597.51 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWEC, BRUCE W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $81,585.68 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELL, PERRY R | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $78,835.89 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BLADEL, JOHN C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $77,989.19 | Date 11/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICCIARDI, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $77,773.33 | Date 10/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONS, EDMUND W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $75,645.12 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, DALE S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $75,004.73 | Date 05/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNTZSCH, ALICE | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $74,741.97 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETTINGER, ANDREA | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $73,915.65 | Date 03/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, CINDY G | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $73,443.01 | Date 03/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLODGETT, EDGAR T | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $73,348.72 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLARY, JEFFREY G | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $72,406.99 | Date 09/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERAGHTY, SEAN M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $72,074.35 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKLOY, ANN L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $71,980.68 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLIS, AMANDA M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $71,884.50 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, LOUIS J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $71,829.31 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTY, TINA M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $71,030.49 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLAR, ANNE M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $70,970.80 | Date 09/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURGH, MATTHEW H | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $70,128.12 | Date 11/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, DAVID B | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,603.05 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULIFFE, J GERARD, JR | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,530.81 | Date 05/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, ROBIN H | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,474.87 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUZA, THERESA L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,299.41 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTCHER, RONALD A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,189.60 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAKER, SUSAN A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $68,955.81 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, GREGORY L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $67,646.53 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, BEVERLY | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,790.59 | Date 03/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSLINK, STEPHEN M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,778.36 | Date 06/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALARNEAU, PETER J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,601.94 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIME, LUCAS W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,573.58 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANKSHAW, BRIAN E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,554.10 | Date 03/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEMMLER, ROBERT J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $66,332.79 | Date 04/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, BRYAN P | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $65,957.95 | Date 12/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOFRIO, DARLENE A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $65,923.31 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, DOUGLAS F | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $65,206.02 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, CINDY E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $65,089.94 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOTS, HERBERT O, JR | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $63,928.77 | Date 01/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTT, JASON A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $63,736.55 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, JOHN A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $62,006.91 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREYO, RUDY S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $61,441.10 | Date 03/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, ERIC G | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $61,209.26 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, AMY C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $60,922.91 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITI, MICHELLE L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $60,585.31 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARGE, KATHIE J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $60,335.00 | Date 11/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTICE, MATTHEW M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $60,118.22 | Date 04/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JEREMY D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $59,778.86 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $59,755.50 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSWELL, WILLIAM A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $59,467.73 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAKE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,960.61 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADEAU, EDWARD C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,869.38 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWER, MEGHAN K | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,799.75 | Date 08/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, GREGORY P | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,423.34 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYKEL, CHERYL J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,182.22 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLITHORPE, MARK S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $58,129.88 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAHMER, RODNEY D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $57,987.38 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSAVER, CHASITY L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $57,819.44 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, TODD C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $57,735.27 | Date 11/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFEL, EDWARD R | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $57,570.21 | Date 10/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, STEPHEN E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $57,294.62 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEAR, PATRICK J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $56,842.57 | Date 05/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULISON, ZACHARY T | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $56,808.67 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIDAY, KENNETH S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $56,684.46 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLUS, WAYNE D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $56,598.08 | Date 02/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSINO, JOHN J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $56,296.96 | Date 04/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADT, KELLY M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,829.83 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ARLENE P | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,814.19 | Date 08/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, JOSEPH D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,556.12 | Date 07/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, JAMES E | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,547.02 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARBONNEAU, KATHRYN A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,426.98 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATROBSKI, PETER K | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,244.33 | Date 12/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAZICS, CHARMAINE M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,057.28 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD L, JR | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,004.94 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNERS, KEITH M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $54,946.03 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, TONI A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $54,871.19 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, NICHOLAS J, III | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $54,360.19 | Date 01/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENZE, SCOTT D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $54,333.50 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, BRIAN J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $54,117.86 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JACEN | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,801.49 | Date 05/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMINI, PHILIP A, III | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,797.84 | Date 11/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, RYAN J | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,758.73 | Date 01/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWN, KARI L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,349.94 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANA, THOMAS C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,324.24 | Date 05/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLS, TERRY S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,231.03 | Date 02/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACH, DENA M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,195.35 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIAN-VAN NOSTRAND, HEATHER A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,071.22 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, GEORGE A | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $53,070.93 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, JENNIFER C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $52,960.45 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, RONALD M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $52,950.12 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMKOSKI, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $52,858.50 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, LIAM K | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $52,560.90 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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