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 KESSLER, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $259,151.34 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AUKEN, BRADFORD H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $259,151.34 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAGLIA, PAUL A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $245,934.62 | Date 04/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, GERALD C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $237,284.36 | Date 01/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINIONES, GIL C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $234,999.96 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LURIE, ROBERT F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $234,559.68 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, JUSTIN E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $233,708.82 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DADE, THOMAS W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $233,695.16 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, EDWARD A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $230,608.13 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JILL C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $230,185.35 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOM, DAVID | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $229,550.37 | Date 07/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOIA, PHILIP F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $228,291.87 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, HARRY | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $225,505.41 | Date 02/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANDES, TIMOTHY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $222,787.17 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLTON, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $220,752.01 | Date 01/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONCADORO, THOMAS J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $213,427.04 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS-MATTOS, AGNES M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $211,033.31 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, KEITHLEY C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $210,933.88 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISSMAN, RANDY D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $207,291.06 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALESIO, LORI A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $206,999.88 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENSTROM SHEA, ALLISON | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $206,485.78 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELNICK, PAUL W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $204,823.44 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANALE, JOHN L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $204,268.18 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHABKA, JOHN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $202,872.26 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, VINCENT P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $199,280.68 | Date 05/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, DOMINICK | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $198,222.06 | Date 01/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRYZLO, JOSEPH W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $196,815.38 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODENDAHL, BRIAN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $196,596.13 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELINCE, KAREN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $196,324.80 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTINORI, ANDREW S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $195,315.28 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARDANESH, BRUCE B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $193,301.92 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMAN, ANDREW F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $191,514.28 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAEZ, BRIAN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $191,476.72 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REASONER, ANNE N | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $189,244.00 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, JAMES R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $188,415.50 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, KEITH T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $186,037.99 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $184,776.98 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, RUTH N | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $182,153.82 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, HONG | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $181,583.47 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSCIA, SIMONE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $180,631.60 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESU, THOMAS P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $180,249.94 | Date 03/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER-WANK, CAROL L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $180,223.27 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, JENNY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $179,730.28 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RICHARD W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALASHIAN, STEVEN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZO, KRISTINE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, THOMAS E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 02/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, MICHAEL F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $178,460.86 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, BRIAN C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $178,374.22 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAKE, GLENN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $178,332.60 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SASLOW, KARINA B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $177,184.58 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLUDE, RICHARD | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $176,007.65 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, CAROLINE G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $175,364.50 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HO, THOMAS | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $175,153.92 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SCOTT | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,847.26 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLIKER, GUY D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,794.64 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HE, SHAN YU | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,745.15 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, J E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,450.13 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,324.13 | Date 02/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODMAN, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $174,110.07 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETENMAN, SCOTT A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $173,969.24 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUFF, ARNOLD J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $173,303.64 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $173,138.52 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $172,438.74 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCOBO, JAVIER E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $172,238.74 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETTLINGER, ALAN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $171,972.00 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDEWIG, PETER W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $171,189.88 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARC C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $170,584.18 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENFELD, HELEN W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $170,187.99 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLES, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $169,323.49 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCZYK, WALTER G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $169,190.79 | Date 03/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, JAMES N | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $168,387.78 | Date 05/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORK, DAVID V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $168,046.23 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $168,009.01 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVENSON, GARY D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $167,793.88 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKE, DEBRA J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $167,202.78 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JEFFREY C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $166,914.86 | Date 12/13/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEILL, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $166,721.18 | Date 02/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, EDWARD M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $166,257.36 | Date 09/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTARO, JOHN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $166,128.07 | Date 07/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUONGO, ANDREA E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $165,963.79 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCI, FRANCIS S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $165,873.32 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUDENBUSH, JOHN S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $164,458.09 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JAMES M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $164,229.28 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, DANIEL A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $164,191.29 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWABE, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $164,140.40 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUNTY, PETER F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $164,115.67 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, TERRENCE J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $163,925.20 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGOS, DANIEL PETER | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $163,063.87 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVERRI, ALEX L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,803.94 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALE, LORI J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,803.94 | Date 09/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, MARK K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,746.10 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKFORT, STEVEN E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,326.56 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEATON, FRANK J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $162,006.51 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEJARANO, JAMES G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $161,780.28 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGELHAUPT, ETHAN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $161,376.90 | Date 12/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DA SILVA, RICARDO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $161,174.29 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADFORD, ROBERT W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $160,829.28 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, WILLIAM M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $160,545.64 | Date 06/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANGELA | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $160,000.10 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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