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 LEVINE, MICHAEL F | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $211,871.85 | Date 08/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, TERRY M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $133,246.95 | Date 01/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENFANTI, WILLIAM J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $127,152.43 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARSHEN, SUSAN J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $122,528.21 | Date 02/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANSKI, JAMES R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $118,914.48 | Date 04/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, PETER M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $115,693.46 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $113,657.66 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBOL, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $110,834.95 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, RICHARD S | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $107,215.65 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, BRUCE L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $104,693.93 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DANIEL R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $101,973.26 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, SARAH L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $100,838.60 | Date 09/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMP, WILLIAM D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $100,373.00 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, BRENDAN F | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $100,196.42 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARRATORI, DEBORAH M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $99,822.11 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELAND, WILLARD C, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $99,030.03 | Date 12/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTROM, MAUREEN A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $98,881.04 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDLOW, AMY M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $98,387.22 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EINHIPLE, THOMAS E, SR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $97,379.93 | Date 03/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCAGLIA, STEVEN M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $94,752.38 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YENDRAPALLI, SAYI J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $94,285.30 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDELEAU, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $92,343.79 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, STEVEN W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $92,020.80 | Date 07/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, SCOT R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $90,969.28 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTASZCZYK, KEVIN D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $90,121.67 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHER, THERESE M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $90,103.61 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, KIMBERLY J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $89,977.76 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIONE, PHILIP J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $87,431.38 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWALER, LYDIA | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $87,017.88 | Date 02/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINFORTH, LINDA A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $85,529.48 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SCOTT W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $85,493.69 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLING, EDWARD A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $85,476.18 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RICHARD F | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $83,912.17 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MICHAEL W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $83,853.73 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLNIAK, RENEE M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $83,722.02 | Date 11/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, PATRICK H | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $82,407.83 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, ELIZABETH M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $82,363.95 | Date 12/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, SCOTT K | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $82,216.35 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, CHARLENE J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $81,866.68 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, BRIAN J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $81,450.73 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRITY, MARIA C | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $81,245.39 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANTZ, BRIAN C | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $81,237.41 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, JOSEPH J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $80,184.86 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFANTE, MICHAEL V | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $80,059.47 | Date 02/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MATTHEW T | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $79,714.28 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, LATONIA D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $79,631.28 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JAMES M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $78,588.73 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SADDLESON, RICHARD L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $77,101.68 | Date 02/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROETZER, RYAN M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $76,986.26 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIDELL, BRIAN J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $76,971.65 | Date 12/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEXIMER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $76,180.04 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMARCO, JASON M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,793.74 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, DAVID J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,741.05 | Date 12/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADO, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,707.58 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAHOON, STEVEN W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,267.39 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERBERGER, KENNETH A, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $74,915.57 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUARINO, JOY A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $74,756.71 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRITY, ANDREW T | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,783.39 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, MEGHAN E B | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,569.00 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINNICK, WILLIAM M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,484.20 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTEGA, WILLIAM | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,204.36 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMOND, KAREN | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,011.31 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $72,476.67 | Date 08/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, DEBRA A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $71,850.42 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEWLAY, HO EUI | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $71,151.54 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, MICHAEL A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $70,779.18 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERVOLINA, ANTHONY | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $70,740.87 | Date 06/07/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIS, PAULA J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $70,187.82 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMANN, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $69,785.26 | Date 10/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INDA, MELANIE J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $69,664.27 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZLER, THOMAS E | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $69,104.93 | Date 05/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIECO, PAMELA J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $68,995.26 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, WENDELL P | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $67,986.06 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUZANNE K | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $67,564.75 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, BERNARD E, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $67,364.64 | Date 10/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, RAVEN M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $66,978.34 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAVITZ, LINDA L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $66,288.99 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINSON, JACQUELINE M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $66,142.06 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIESMORE, DAVID C | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $66,031.34 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNES, JAMIE E | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $65,785.97 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JEROME | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $65,665.22 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEECH, JOHN P | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $65,510.59 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AESCHBACHER, JEFFREY J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $65,212.05 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRITT, TRICIA L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $64,900.06 | Date 09/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCNERNEY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $64,223.70 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, TRUDY | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $64,002.19 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RAFFAELLO | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,984.54 | Date 04/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDA, GAIL A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,952.27 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, JASON | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,808.78 | Date 01/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCINKOWSKI, DAVID J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,434.45 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, PAUL E, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,381.21 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, ROBERT B | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $63,182.48 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACIEJEWSKI, GABRIELLE A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,955.01 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUWER, LEA A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,597.99 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLIGUICOTA, FRANCESCO O | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,522.95 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, COLLEEN R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,519.96 | Date 05/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDT, SUSAN P | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,265.53 | Date 07/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULE, CHRISTINA C | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,232.78 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHEY, FRANCIS E | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,132.11 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURKASZ, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $62,020.22 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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