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 BURON, NICOLAS H Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $205,449.57 Date 09/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VERRIELLO, DENNIS J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $188,323.34 Date 08/27/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINKELMAN, LEWIS Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $179,000.00 Date 07/05/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VEDILAGO, LAWRENCE J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $177,829.87 Date 04/02/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WATSON, KELVIN A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $176,567.25 Date 08/12/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINEZ, JACQUELINE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $170,021.75 Date 05/19/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PENG, GITTE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $168,287.85 Date 03/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEDMORE, ANDREW G Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $168,257.81 Date 06/05/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KO, HAN S Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $162,874.88 Date 08/10/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLEIBERG, MARY S Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $162,194.41 Date 06/02/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KIM, SUNG MO Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $158,595.35 Date 10/04/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOGMAN, TRACY A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $143,458.58 Date 03/03/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SINGH, SURINDER PAL Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $142,491.26 Date 04/19/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROOKS, CHAUNCIE A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $141,100.38 Date 07/09/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PATIDAR, ANKAJ Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $137,721.20 Date 03/25/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALJIT, LEELAMATTIE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $137,379.60 Date 06/24/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUBSER, THOMAS J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $133,379.49 Date 01/27/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAWAH, VISHNU Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $125,944.47 Date 09/27/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FUNK, WILLIAM R Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $124,349.31 Date 01/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CIAMPA-LAURIA, DONNA M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $121,567.09 Date 07/05/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARK, DENISE J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $119,094.43 Date 09/12/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DIANA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $117,567.96 Date 10/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARRERA, GEORGE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $116,306.76 Date 06/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IQBAL, NASIR Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $116,263.96 Date 05/20/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERZBERG, RUTH Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $115,846.78 Date 10/04/1971 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALLACE, ANGELA P Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $115,239.66 Date 06/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAGAZINNIK, TATYANA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $114,029.72 Date 08/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GITNER, FRED J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $110,538.11 Date 12/30/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOEWY, DAVID A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $110,230.61 Date 03/27/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLUM, JEFFREY Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $110,144.96 Date 10/24/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHUNG, JONATHAN H Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $109,556.26 Date 11/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MANGRA, DAVID Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $109,021.48 Date 06/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHNEIDER, MADLYN S Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $107,806.96 Date 09/15/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OUDAH, SAHAR M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $107,424.54 Date 09/09/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TERRILE, VIKKI C Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $106,511.32 Date 08/30/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARTAGENA, ALICE M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $106,396.04 Date 07/01/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANTOINE, CHANTAL P Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $105,906.36 Date 06/05/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOLEDO, KELVIN Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $105,528.83 Date 08/22/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, ELLEN I Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $104,569.56 Date 07/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOBIN, RICHARD L Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $103,815.78 Date 06/24/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREEN, GARY J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $102,831.94 Date 01/27/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERRE-LOUIS, TAMEKA T Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $101,721.48 Date 07/01/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LU, YUSHENG Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $101,360.04 Date 11/11/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SINGH, GANESH R Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $100,148.03 Date 01/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENSMAN, ROMAN Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $100,123.69 Date 06/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHINSKUL, SARUN A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $100,123.69 Date 06/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FIGUEROA, MANUEL Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $99,715.61 Date 04/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SGAGLIONE, VINCENT J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $99,471.63 Date 07/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAWOOD, ZIA M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $99,123.63 Date 02/28/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COX, SHARON A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $98,991.05 Date 04/10/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MANGIARACINA, JOSEPH Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $98,360.26 Date 10/20/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEERATTAN, DEOKIE D Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $97,379.90 Date 07/09/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETRAROI, JOSEPH F Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $97,035.10 Date 06/09/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANNEN-STANTON, TARA D Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $95,939.41 Date 10/12/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORCORAN, DENISE A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $95,461.56 Date 09/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RICHMAN, JOHANNA M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $94,835.67 Date 10/17/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DEBRA L Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $94,256.58 Date 10/15/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KHAN, HASIBUR R Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $93,449.38 Date 06/03/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROMAN, ELSIE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $92,993.47 Date 01/07/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VERMUT, KAREN M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $92,705.04 Date 04/17/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ORDONEZ, EDGAR R Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $92,635.85 Date 10/06/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QIU, XINYE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $91,718.60 Date 03/26/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAI, WEI-QING Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $90,887.34 Date 10/10/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YAO, HONG Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $90,565.34 Date 03/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMBERT, MARK C Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $90,470.70 Date 05/21/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRIS, MIKISHA T Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $89,567.06 Date 03/06/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARCIA, RAFAEL, JR Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $89,562.56 Date 04/04/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TODMAN, JUDITH M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $89,533.87 Date 02/27/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLON, JOSE M Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $89,045.24 Date 12/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE BOURBON, ELISABETH L Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $88,602.86 Date 05/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARRETT, CAMILLE T Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $88,138.63 Date 11/26/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name XIE, JIANGJING Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $87,935.56 Date 12/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHEN-WOOD, HWAIMIN Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $87,569.68 Date 11/27/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALASUBRAMANIAN, INDRA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $87,530.46 Date 03/29/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUAN, GAO BO Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $87,374.36 Date 12/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OWENS, LYNN E Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $87,065.15 Date 06/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WANG, XUELIANG Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $86,760.87 Date 08/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOOKER, DAVID Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $86,649.83 Date 01/30/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name INDARJIT, MAHENDRA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $86,074.33 Date 11/06/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEE, CHIN-CHU JEAN Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $85,947.56 Date 01/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHIAVONE, JOSEPH N Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $85,589.63 Date 10/21/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HU, YASHA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $85,508.80 Date 04/03/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NKANSAH, DANIEL D Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $85,455.03 Date 03/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, SHARON L Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $85,386.31 Date 09/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RENE, JEAN E Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $84,408.41 Date 03/26/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZEPHIRIN, JAMES J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $84,164.83 Date 01/15/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC LEOD, SCOTT J Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,988.59 Date 01/05/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLASH, MICHAEL A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,965.86 Date 12/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOLOWSKY, ANTONINA GRACE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,804.21 Date 03/12/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BABIRYE-ALIBATYA, REBECCA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,443.06 Date 04/11/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLANCY, MICHAEL S Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,219.21 Date 08/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPHENS, JEFFREY Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,161.17 Date 11/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOHAMMED-BUJAN, ZARINA Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $83,063.95 Date 07/01/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, LESLIE L Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $82,480.85 Date 05/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANN, LESLIE A Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $82,326.09 Date 10/30/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEI, JINGRU Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $82,187.20 Date 06/10/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAZA, VILMA R Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $82,042.95 Date 08/08/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARFIELD, ANDREW W Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $81,771.13 Date 08/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADEOBE, KWAME S Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $81,311.17 Date 09/03/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEI-CHAN, WENLIEN MICHELE Employer name Queens Borough Public Library Amount $81,255.61 Date 08/30/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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