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 BYRNE, JEFFERY B | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $135,716.46 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $105,279.18 | Date 05/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $104,602.80 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, R DENNIS | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $103,572.44 | Date 06/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KILLIP, DAVID P | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $98,774.53 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLINO, ANTHONY F | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $96,250.23 | Date 10/16/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAR, CHARLES T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $88,845.55 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWER, PADRAIG D | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $87,788.22 | Date 03/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, ROBERT W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $87,706.11 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMBACH, PHILIP F | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $85,522.65 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICKERIA, DENNIS A, SR | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $84,571.90 | Date 08/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLETT, AARON S | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $83,994.29 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOTYORI-MEZZETTI, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $80,901.44 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERWIN, JOAN M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $78,059.94 | Date 12/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $71,781.63 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RION, PHILIP L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $71,404.32 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, JOSEPH K | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $70,654.61 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAYTON, REBECCA J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $68,604.45 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, KENNETH W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $66,933.37 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBURN, JOHN W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $65,737.63 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, JOHN H | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $64,975.92 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JACQUELYN M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $62,901.66 | Date 01/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBSON, AARON G | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $62,864.14 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, MARY M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $62,864.14 | Date 07/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BRADFORD B | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,892.38 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, MICHAEL S | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,299.30 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NESS, ERIC | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,228.08 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDIN, JONATHAN D | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,192.75 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLION, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $59,721.40 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEBOLDT, LISA | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $58,984.39 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOELLER, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $58,646.29 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, WAREN R | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $57,660.37 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, EMILY A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $57,520.20 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, REED J, III | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $57,183.46 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, PATRICIA E | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $57,088.64 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $56,431.41 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SETLOCK, GAIL | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $55,983.57 | Date 02/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONOCORE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $55,964.14 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGHTMAN, MARY-ELIZABETH J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $54,665.96 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORLAND, WILLIAM H | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $54,328.74 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKHAM, TODD H | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $54,205.11 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, ALICE A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $54,053.72 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, REBECCA A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $53,334.23 | Date 07/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, JAMES J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $52,866.73 | Date 05/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVETTE, LESLIE J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $52,465.69 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVATT, MARGARET E | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $52,015.39 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIL, KEVIN | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $51,972.68 | Date 06/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JAY M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $51,935.18 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MATTHEW W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $51,187.14 | Date 07/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANTINO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $50,370.22 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, DAWN M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $49,972.06 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHWAY, CHRISTOPHER I | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $49,862.70 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, ALISON W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $49,443.90 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, LAURA C | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $49,214.44 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNKLEY, NEIL R | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,933.84 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, KRISTAN T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,885.10 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, RICHARD G | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,674.79 | Date 12/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOZLEY, DELBERT F, III | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,596.97 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, RICHARD T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,128.28 | Date 01/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DABY, HOWARD S, JR | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $48,064.97 | Date 08/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, ANTHONY M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,889.93 | Date 08/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOTON, MICHELE | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,632.41 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKIN, NICOLE A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,586.94 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBAIRN, ALAN G | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,289.11 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULTIS, KEITH W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $46,357.18 | Date 06/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAPER, CHARLES G | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,913.12 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JAMIE L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,124.83 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBURN, DAVID A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,102.20 | Date 02/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,041.88 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, MARY CATHERINE | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,006.04 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, ELAINE L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $44,889.54 | Date 03/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTISTI, MICHAEL M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $44,720.63 | Date 10/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $44,212.88 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOUNTY, GLYNN S | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,973.71 | Date 11/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEAD, KYLE | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,949.72 | Date 09/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, LORI L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,923.27 | Date 12/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUBBS, JEFFERY S | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,878.89 | Date 01/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULSIFER, DONALD J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,733.80 | Date 08/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, CHARLES E | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,710.58 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUGOR, BURTON K | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,699.79 | Date 06/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILEY, BRANDEE G | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,676.14 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERYEA, PATRICK J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,668.33 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBAIRN, MICHAEL | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,580.89 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DANIEL E | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $43,160.91 | Date 11/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $42,393.32 | Date 11/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTE, JENNA M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $42,189.80 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDWITH, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,909.53 | Date 12/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGEY, MORGAN L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,780.09 | Date 12/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDGWICK, JASON T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,760.72 | Date 02/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, NANCY L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,702.41 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JAMES T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,651.84 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JAMES T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,496.40 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, DOUGLAS N | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $41,425.23 | Date 11/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRASYE, REBECCA L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,922.74 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARD, MARC J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,844.64 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARLE, DUANE D | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,726.27 | Date 07/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVENSON, MATT | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,710.13 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUERGE, WADE T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,594.00 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMIRE, BRYAN K | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,588.14 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, DONALD C, JR | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $40,475.01 | Date 04/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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