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 MANNAVA, VENKATA R Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $172,367.64 Date 03/10/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, STEPHEN P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $164,330.57 Date 02/11/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARMSTRONG, STEVEN Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $146,069.90 Date 09/15/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUSSEY, DENNIS W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $128,925.75 Date 09/21/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REYNOLDS, FLOYD J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $127,747.20 Date 09/09/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLEMAN, JEFFERY J, II Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $127,735.43 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLEIN, KEITH R Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $127,583.37 Date 07/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'NEIL, DANIEL P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $126,273.50 Date 05/30/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SURPRENANT, MICHAEL P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $124,845.08 Date 11/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAY, JEAN Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $121,299.58 Date 09/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STRZEPEK, DAVID T Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $121,193.30 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORSE, EDWARD J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $120,690.71 Date 04/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHOLL, STEVEN M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $120,612.42 Date 10/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERNALLD, WILLIAM C, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $119,785.42 Date 10/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOSINA, JAMES F Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $117,330.51 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUEHLER, WILLIAM P, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $116,510.18 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BANKER, BRUCE B Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $115,955.16 Date 01/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEVELLIE, JOHN E Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $115,377.86 Date 01/15/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOLMAN, MARK R Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $115,351.43 Date 11/17/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SALEH, MOHSAN Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $115,126.77 Date 09/30/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOKE, JEFFREY A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $114,939.18 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOSLYN, ANNE M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $113,318.75 Date 08/14/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHITAKER, TERRY V Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $112,754.52 Date 07/30/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JANES, MICHAEL W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $112,617.36 Date 04/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA FOREST, DAVID A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $112,595.88 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COONEY, SCOTT P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $112,000.77 Date 01/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRASK, JAMES G Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $111,675.66 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUI, CHARLIE T Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $111,474.81 Date 12/23/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEHRLI, TERRANCE S Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $110,809.52 Date 05/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARLESIMO, PETER F Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $110,673.30 Date 07/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUVALL, MICHAEL H Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $110,633.96 Date 01/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOOSE, WILLIAM C Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $108,804.89 Date 03/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAPE, DARLENE P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $108,403.72 Date 10/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAIR, SCOTT D Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $106,991.11 Date 01/11/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WITTWER, FREDERICK S, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $106,244.07 Date 10/15/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WELLER, MARK B Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $105,846.42 Date 05/16/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BORIS, MICHAEL A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $105,515.98 Date 06/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, RONALD W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $105,361.77 Date 07/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURDICK, MARK P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $105,342.79 Date 06/12/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHORTT, KENNETH C Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $104,481.39 Date 01/04/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOSCIELNIAK, RODNEY J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $103,650.46 Date 04/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RILEY, DAVID R, SR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $103,373.18 Date 09/28/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRIS, MARK K Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $103,226.57 Date 01/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOPPERT, LINDA R Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $103,131.84 Date 04/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANK, JAMES J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,923.47 Date 10/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OCZKOWSKI, PAUL J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,765.69 Date 03/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOERGER, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,453.03 Date 02/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOBLE, CARLTON A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,277.45 Date 02/12/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEBBLE, RONALD J, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,248.26 Date 06/22/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAVETT, ROBERT E Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $102,197.11 Date 04/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WELLENSTEIN, LEIF E Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $101,476.21 Date 05/03/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NORWICH, JOSEPH P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $101,414.60 Date 07/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUGHES, KEVIN M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $101,023.99 Date 01/26/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURTURO, DAVID E Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $100,716.06 Date 10/15/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLOCUM, KENNETH J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $100,649.78 Date 01/15/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHEELER, JAMES S Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $100,238.66 Date 08/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOLTON, MICHAEL D Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $99,918.85 Date 12/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOWARD, JOHN T, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $99,527.26 Date 06/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOX, FRANK H Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $99,099.21 Date 07/05/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NITTI, JOSEPH J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $98,748.41 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALRATH, STEVE M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $98,111.62 Date 06/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARPENTER, SCOTT P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $97,917.40 Date 12/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAMIK, KARL E Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $97,883.61 Date 10/11/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLIVER, JAMES N Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $96,495.75 Date 06/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STRUMPFLER, MARK D Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $96,393.34 Date 01/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, KENNETH R, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $96,390.01 Date 09/07/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOTI, JAMES A, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $96,202.39 Date 01/04/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLENDENNEN, RICHARD M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,959.70 Date 05/19/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NAGLE, JOHN P Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,714.96 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SADDLEMIRE, ALFRED G Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,489.45 Date 03/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, AMY W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,359.56 Date 10/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALSANTE, RICHARD F Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,328.70 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ETHERTON, JASON Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,163.24 Date 11/09/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARKER, STEPHEN D Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,061.33 Date 09/18/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAYES, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $95,009.11 Date 07/05/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GUIRE, PATRICK Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,998.85 Date 12/08/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, JOHN H Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,676.79 Date 07/03/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ODELL, JOHN F, III Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,363.59 Date 02/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENSLEY, DEBORAH M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,334.30 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STINE, RICHARD J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,191.67 Date 01/04/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JACOBS, FRANK W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,144.04 Date 05/06/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRYANT, PARKER C Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $94,015.66 Date 09/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHIRRIPA, ANTHONY T Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $93,936.10 Date 12/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOLANOWSKI, THOMAS A, II Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $93,205.87 Date 03/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, NATHAN A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $93,042.62 Date 03/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA TOUR, RICHARD J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $92,352.83 Date 01/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IRVIN, EDWARD J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $92,241.31 Date 10/18/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DANIEL, KAREN Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $92,181.60 Date 11/18/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMASKOZAK, TERI Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $92,096.70 Date 01/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOLARCZYK, PETER G Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,891.17 Date 03/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOWARD, ROBERT B, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,818.19 Date 05/17/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VIRKLER, TERESA A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,811.48 Date 08/14/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LARAMIE, ROBERT P, JR Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,786.35 Date 02/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, ROY K Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,292.27 Date 03/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHOWA, JOSEPH J Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $91,258.07 Date 11/08/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DOUGLAS Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $90,834.75 Date 05/19/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BADGER, STANLEY M, II Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $90,781.77 Date 06/13/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMMERMANN, JOHN W Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $90,725.88 Date 05/08/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SYKES, VIRGINIA M Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $90,246.30 Date 06/09/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LITZ, JEFFREY A Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility Amount $89,890.13 Date 07/20/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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