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 RUFO, JOSEPH L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $172,752.21 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENSTEIN, MARK | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $131,454.95 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAPLEY, MICHAEL T | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $120,830.23 | Date 11/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ROBERT S | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $116,738.22 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE ROY, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $111,059.54 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIER, RAGAN A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $108,332.65 | Date 11/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, ROBERT C | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $105,708.34 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOOTHROYD, BRIAN D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $105,002.02 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $90,383.95 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, MARK A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $81,499.63 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGCALIWAGAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $78,958.28 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPAGNA, LISA M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $78,669.63 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RICHARD L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $77,004.40 | Date 05/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHER, JAMES P | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $76,765.13 | Date 09/22/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, STEPHEN B | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $74,378.46 | Date 09/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, CAROLINE B | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $74,066.99 | Date 10/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDEBURG, SUZETTE M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $72,351.28 | Date 11/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEHAN, CARIANN | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $69,765.53 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, FILIPPO | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $68,996.60 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATERSON, GORDON | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $68,657.96 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, KEVIN M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $66,890.66 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRAULT, CRAIG J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $66,405.37 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURESSI, JOHN A, JR | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $65,540.59 | Date 06/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVINS, SUSAN K | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $65,446.23 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMONS, JESSICA L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $65,127.01 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, AARON C | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $64,879.88 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HERBERT L, JR | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $64,396.81 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JONATHAN B | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $64,050.62 | Date 01/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, DENNIS R | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $63,771.57 | Date 06/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIDON, ELIZABETH S | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $62,636.81 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MARK D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $62,622.41 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, JOSHUA L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $62,237.07 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIMINO, SANDRA M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $61,849.41 | Date 10/21/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAYLOR, JOHN N | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $61,733.99 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ELLEN J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $59,561.48 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTS, NANCY A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $59,281.22 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JAY L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $58,622.93 | Date 07/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, CHARLOTTE L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $58,391.85 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, JAMES W | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $56,864.48 | Date 02/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, GLENN D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $56,416.30 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, NAN E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $56,344.18 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $56,007.65 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESCHKE, BERNARD J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $55,716.77 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, ANDREW A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $54,817.18 | Date 08/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, THOMAS E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $54,748.20 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, JENNIFER A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $54,068.97 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DAVID E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $53,438.43 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAK, LAUREN E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $53,296.27 | Date 02/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, DONALD D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $53,205.64 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, LAURA R | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $53,057.84 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISK, BRADLEY | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $52,936.73 | Date 11/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU FORE, LAURIE K | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $52,772.32 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUST, JAYNE E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $52,714.46 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALA, DEBRA A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $52,537.35 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRESE, TERESA E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $52,092.96 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, RUTH M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $51,733.89 | Date 09/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOVILLE, LORRAINE A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $51,281.85 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, CHARLES E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $50,777.13 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC WHARF, JUNE L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $50,722.79 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKINKLE, LYNN C | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $50,655.82 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, DOUGLAS D | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $50,245.33 | Date 01/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHARF, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $49,967.45 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $49,904.08 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, NEIL V | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $49,618.65 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRELLS, BARBARA M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $49,580.07 | Date 11/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARABEE, JODY O | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $49,529.61 | Date 10/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAIME, KATHRYN A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $48,828.69 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLAN, JACLYN L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $48,604.33 | Date 01/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVOCOOL, DEBRA G | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $48,434.98 | Date 06/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, REBECCA A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $48,237.73 | Date 04/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ARTHUR, III | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $48,108.83 | Date 08/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUST, DEBORAH A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $47,936.18 | Date 03/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, REGINA R | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $47,403.88 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, KRISTEN G | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,794.26 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ANNMARIE | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,737.28 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILIPOVIC, MILAN | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,708.16 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, CASEY L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,359.59 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, JONATHAN G | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,342.11 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DAWN P | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $46,308.90 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, VIRGINIA P | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,992.46 | Date 01/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBUTT, CHARLES R | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,950.88 | Date 10/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEBE, JEANNE E | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,866.32 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, AMELIA G | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,677.92 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,612.18 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVER, M'LIS M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,548.50 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, LINDA M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,495.45 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORSOLA, JOANN L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,427.04 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, RAY A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,130.07 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKLEY, JORDAN C | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,090.19 | Date 09/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKLEY, GERALD R, JR | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $44,793.32 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JAMES P | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $44,651.02 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISS, ANDREW C | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $44,433.12 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, SARA J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $43,765.82 | Date 08/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTEN, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $43,369.94 | Date 01/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGASON, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $43,082.13 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ROXANNE M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $43,000.48 | Date 11/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASH, RYAN M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $42,736.01 | Date 11/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RICHARD P | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $42,714.36 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAY, STEFANIE | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $42,550.66 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBLEY, MARGARET J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $42,380.84 | Date 10/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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