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 OREHEK, FRANK | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $162,119.01 | Date 03/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHADING, DOUGLAS H | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $154,353.93 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALAF, GABY | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $127,629.71 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADUROGBOLA, OLADAPO A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $125,065.94 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABY, DANIEL M | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $107,979.30 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINOFF, REBECCA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $95,177.97 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGG, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $94,758.81 | Date 11/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDIST, MICHAEL L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $89,187.37 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BACOSA, LUISITO L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $88,481.75 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOBLEY, DAVID D | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $78,851.18 | Date 05/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANKINS, HEDY | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $76,817.11 | Date 11/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASIRU, MUHAMMED GANI | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $73,266.51 | Date 10/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYWARD, DALPHANIE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $68,993.38 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRACUSA, DIANE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $67,376.62 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWES, ROCKLEY A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $66,313.98 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHKURHAN, MYKOLA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $65,562.86 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DWAYNE C | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $63,648.22 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEY, RICHARD | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $62,217.30 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINNARTZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $60,449.53 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, BAI HUA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $58,858.46 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAHAR, FOCRUN | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $58,758.32 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFFORTUNATO, LUIGI A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $57,842.24 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSINO, ANA D | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $57,572.21 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYUBOMUDROVA, ALLA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $57,099.09 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMBURG, IGOR | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,890.80 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYLKER, ANNA A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,890.80 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, DARWIN W | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,890.80 | Date 01/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, QUINTIN G | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,890.80 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,619.47 | Date 03/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CECILIA E | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $56,393.26 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASHKEVICH, ELLA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $55,640.80 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULINO, YODANIA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $54,407.95 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTLER, ANDREA N | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $54,016.27 | Date 10/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, PATRICIA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $53,772.56 | Date 03/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICE, HOWARD A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $53,692.42 | Date 12/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATIMER, SHEILA A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $52,867.84 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTEVEZ, JESSILIN | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $51,683.65 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, CONCEPCION | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $50,810.24 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, WILFORD | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $49,973.39 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DARRYL | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $49,897.58 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING-BARRINGTON, ANITA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $49,271.05 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSIM, AUBREY B | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $49,038.48 | Date 12/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, ORRIN J | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,986.88 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,909.04 | Date 05/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTRESS, LOIS A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,886.96 | Date 05/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, VALERIE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,856.55 | Date 10/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWABY, MONICA D FRAZIER | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,824.56 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALAREZO, JOHNNY E | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $47,848.86 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, SHEILA P | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $47,595.94 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, IRMA L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,345.94 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGROVE, EUNICE A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,345.94 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALE, ROCHELLE L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,345.94 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOUGALL, WHENDY | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,345.94 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHALIQ, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,338.92 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREZZA, ROBERT A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $46,151.09 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHLEY, SHERMA H | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $45,888.41 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEIGHTS, LORRAINE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $45,881.74 | Date 06/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORENT, PHENOLD | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $45,861.69 | Date 03/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLIN, DANIELLE A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $45,657.64 | Date 08/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, VERONICA A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $45,062.40 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, MENEKA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $44,899.04 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, RICHARD G JR | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $44,791.72 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGERE, GUY R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $44,692.82 | Date 02/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, CARL | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $44,062.87 | Date 06/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOHN | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $43,990.24 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGBEBOR-BADA, REGINA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $43,955.19 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABERADT, ELLEN R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $43,773.77 | Date 07/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, SAMANTHA C | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $42,735.81 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, VICTORIA J | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $42,728.20 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRING, SA QUAN L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $42,113.91 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, JOAN | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $41,592.38 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVES, ALVIN | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $40,939.01 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCZEWSKI, ROBERT | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $40,251.65 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, AMY E | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $40,251.65 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, CESAR | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,985.36 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, CELINES | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,899.28 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCATURRO, JANETH G | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,840.30 | Date 06/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, LORENA E | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,710.02 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENGBE, KATHLEEN L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,670.99 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, JESSENIA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,372.04 | Date 04/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, TSZ F | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $39,088.53 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, NEEADOTE E | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $38,982.15 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORENTINO, CAONABO A | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $38,978.56 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRIOS, KALI | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $38,562.00 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, AARON M | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $38,093.35 | Date 02/23/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARA, JULIO | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $38,093.35 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, CARLOS M | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $37,611.97 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIO, JAIME | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $36,643.48 | Date 08/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOULE, GREGORY F | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $35,158.77 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, DARNELLA C | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $33,505.07 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KALA U | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $33,397.03 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ANDREA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $33,361.47 | Date 06/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, PERLITA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $32,684.46 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTE, MARCIA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $32,645.21 | Date 02/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AJALAAGBO, TAIWO OLUKAYODE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $32,589.93 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KENYA R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $32,093.22 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRO, KAREN J | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $31,812.32 | Date 11/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAUNAN, GEMINIANO F, JR | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $31,466.16 | Date 05/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, SIHUA | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $31,426.59 | Date 09/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, ALEXIS | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $30,862.91 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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