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 FOGLIA, PHILIP F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $169,583.85 | Date 01/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY-SCOTT, CATHERINE E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $158,856.64 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIBAUGH, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, W VALENTINE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $156,598.10 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, SPENCER B | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $154,643.75 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, KENNETH | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $142,278.78 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, EARAMICHIA N | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $141,426.51 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABBOTT, LYNN | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $132,019.41 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSEY, JEAN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $127,754.20 | Date 08/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $125,588.42 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, AUDREY M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $123,090.75 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISLER, FRANK E, JR | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $119,062.18 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAREL, SHERRY L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $118,059.36 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, PATRICIA R | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $118,025.21 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILGRIM, JOHN T | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $115,353.38 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAMES R | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $114,032.01 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, DENNIS J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $113,435.05 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, JONATHAN D | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $113,033.86 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, JESSICA E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $109,685.91 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIDGELL, AMY T | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $108,756.63 | Date 03/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKEKE, ANGELUS O | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $105,299.85 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, ILENE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $104,859.93 | Date 12/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAZZI, DAVID G | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $104,510.48 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, ANA V | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $102,156.34 | Date 03/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, DALE F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $102,156.34 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARP, LESLIE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $97,987.42 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, KRISTEN A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCETTI, JAMES, JR | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $96,551.35 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZA, DONNALYNN LEE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $95,239.58 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DAVID S | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $95,165.17 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORSUNSKIY, ALLA | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $95,143.80 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, MICHEAL J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $94,693.35 | Date 05/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILLIARD, GLINNESA D | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $92,919.81 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAVNER, GARY L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $92,682.37 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDET, MARGARET P | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $92,195.41 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, ERIN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $92,080.59 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUTCHEON, KATIE E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $89,878.44 | Date 03/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, PATRICIA S | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $87,442.75 | Date 06/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORIN, GREGORY W | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $87,134.98 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEVIN, JOHN J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $87,098.83 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, PAULINE L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $86,667.58 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILORENZO, STEPHEN | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $86,388.09 | Date 05/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $86,159.73 | Date 05/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, ROBERT F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $84,427.14 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIHOCKI, CRAIG A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $82,748.99 | Date 12/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $81,567.96 | Date 01/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANY, GEORGE J, III | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $80,128.19 | Date 04/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOROSA, PETER D | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $78,356.70 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, CAROLYN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $74,707.61 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, GARY | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $72,154.89 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, JOSHUA M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $71,763.15 | Date 08/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELY, JANE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $71,637.02 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MAREN E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $71,630.01 | Date 09/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNATTASIO, THOMAS M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $69,078.82 | Date 08/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALUK, JAMES P | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $69,078.82 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHALL, SHARON L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $64,796.45 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINISTERO, SUSAN C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $63,851.27 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FRANCESCO, KRISTIN N | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $62,149.46 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSOMANNO, ELEANORE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $59,799.15 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACK, JASMIN C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $59,264.47 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, MARY M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $56,104.39 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, KATHERINE J | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $56,039.30 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAUTELS, JACLYN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $55,719.01 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, RITA A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $54,175.84 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIBAUGH, BENJAMIN P | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $53,834.05 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SBUTTONI, DANIELLE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $53,203.13 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORETH, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $50,816.55 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, DANIELLE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $50,046.13 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINGENFELTER, LISA M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $48,202.08 | Date 06/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, AMANDA M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $47,540.58 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN-WOLFE, KAREN A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $47,025.31 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, KIRSYS L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $45,849.00 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, KELLY L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $45,734.80 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRINO, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $43,131.34 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, NIA C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $42,605.06 | Date 06/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WANDA | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $37,391.13 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, ROBERT L, III | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $35,658.00 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAX, MARY B | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $35,502.28 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $31,764.11 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELLING, JENNIFER L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $31,433.65 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREPIN, KELLY M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $30,635.12 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIOTINE, GIOVANNI F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $29,529.61 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOLTORE, LEAH R | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $29,265.66 | Date 01/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $28,928.40 | Date 10/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, AMA-LOUISE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $28,690.32 | Date 09/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, HALEY E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $27,503.03 | Date 02/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONE, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $26,847.15 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUBELAKIS, ZACHARY A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $20,631.62 | Date 09/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, KAREN A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $19,502.75 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, DANIEL | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $16,555.72 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MARY ELIZABETH | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $10,813.49 | Date 04/06/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CARLEY | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $10,112.35 | Date 11/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSEN, RUTH I | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $9,423.75 | Date 12/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUEGER, DANIELLE L | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $8,860.26 | Date 12/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORASANTI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $2,876.70 | Date 03/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGLIA, PHILIP F | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $166,859.68 | Date 01/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY-SCOTT, CATHERINE E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $156,055.45 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIBAUGH, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $154,199.67 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, W VALENTINE | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $154,199.67 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, SPENCER B | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $152,057.85 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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