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 LIEBERMAN, JEFFREY A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $218,237.02 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWENTHAL, DAVID A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $211,542.72 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, DAVID H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $205,623.64 | Date 06/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDICOTT, JEAN W | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $179,977.78 | Date 02/16/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANGO, VICTORIA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $177,479.78 | Date 10/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPEAS, RAPHAEL B | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $175,533.18 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRST, MICHAEL B | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $175,520.87 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLFSON, MARK | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $175,094.58 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOSE, STEVEN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,879.53 | Date 07/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, AGNES H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,873.38 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, JONATHAN W | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,867.22 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPELBAUM, PAUL S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONGIOVI, MARY E | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLTIN, RICHARD W | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 07/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FYER, ABBY J | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 02/07/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENHILL, LAURENCE L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEN, RENE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 11/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDEL, DENISE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 05/01/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ROBERTO | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUDIC, JOAN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, DANIEL M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUP, THOMAS S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,854.91 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, PABLO H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,830.40 | Date 04/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, HELEN BLAIR | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,637.21 | Date 10/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MADELYN S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,285.73 | Date 05/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNES, EDWARD V | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $174,129.15 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, LISA B | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $173,973.26 | Date 04/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEQUESNE, ELIZABETH R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $169,625.69 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, FRANCES R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,938.88 | Date 05/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, J JOHN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,594.53 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHRENWEND, BRUCE P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 08/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRHARDT, ANKE A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 10/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, MICHAEL E | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLERSTEIN, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 08/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAVITCH, JONATHAN A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 05/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEBER, HERBERT D | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 12/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNN, MOIRA A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, B TIMOTHY | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 07/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSMAN, MYRNA M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,468.70 | Date 04/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONER, JOHN A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,442.43 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, EILEEN P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,440.94 | Date 07/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, BARBARA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $168,416.88 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASSERMAN, GAIL L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,219.85 | Date 10/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, ROBERT D | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,208.27 | Date 01/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, JENNIE K | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,208.27 | Date 08/13/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER-BAHLBURG, HEINO F L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,208.27 | Date 08/22/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABKIN, JUDITH | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,208.27 | Date 06/05/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFER, WILLIAM P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,207.80 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, MARK D | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $167,047.96 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVEN, CHRISTINA W | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $166,255.55 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MICHAEL M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $165,981.43 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAIR, HARRY N | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $164,652.69 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ELEANOR H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $164,597.57 | Date 08/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, HOLLY M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $164,164.58 | Date 02/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNING, HELLE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $162,386.64 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABANISS, DEBORAH L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $159,102.48 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAYIORGOU, MARIA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $158,598.77 | Date 04/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT-STAUB, AMY | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $156,601.57 | Date 07/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, BRET R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $155,958.39 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINGRICH, JAY A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $153,106.03 | Date 03/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHALEV, MOSHE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $150,003.91 | Date 12/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFF, KAREN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $146,833.47 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINBERG, MILTON L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $146,003.47 | Date 08/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCHTING, WALTER O | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $144,160.12 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADELABU, MURAINA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $142,240.65 | Date 08/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOELLER, JAMES R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $138,816.79 | Date 07/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUCKOW, RAYMOND F | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $138,816.79 | Date 03/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKRAMARATNE, PRIYA J | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $138,816.79 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANGARLU, ALLAHYAR | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $137,566.79 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, JOSEPH D | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $137,566.79 | Date 05/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTIALAUFER, EVELYN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $137,444.19 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOETZ, RAYMOND R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $136,218.60 | Date 03/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONG, ZHENGCHAO | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $136,195.50 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUAN, YUNSUO | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $136,195.50 | Date 02/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELSON, MARCIA L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $135,954.29 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEGELES, LAWRENCE S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $135,192.22 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, STEVEN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $132,061.69 | Date 01/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWORK, ANDREW J | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $128,863.03 | Date 10/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVANAND, DAVANGERE P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $128,853.80 | Date 05/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARABETSO, NICK | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $126,645.90 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULZER, DAVID L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $126,631.30 | Date 03/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, HERMAN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $126,280.28 | Date 11/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ALAN S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $123,687.99 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERIA, YUVAL | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $122,387.71 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUFSON, LAURA H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $121,239.33 | Date 07/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWOGWUGWU-OLEWE, VICTORIA C | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $120,456.79 | Date 08/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAPANI, CHARIKLIA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $120,397.51 | Date 12/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS M.D., ERIC R | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $120,263.32 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATERNO, FLORENCANN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $118,245.31 | Date 02/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, VIRGINIA S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $117,514.68 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, PHILLIP | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $115,364.24 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESLER, PAMELA C | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $115,364.24 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, YUNGYU L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $115,364.24 | Date 08/06/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEILP, JOHN G | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $115,364.24 | Date 11/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, DONGRONG | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $114,122.10 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASIN, DEBORAH S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $113,232.17 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ZHISHUN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $112,845.10 | Date 11/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, JUN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $112,805.27 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, JANIS L | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $111,673.19 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMER, ILYA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $110,663.69 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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