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 SMITH, ERIC J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $265,000.00 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVE, RAJESH J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $207,866.17 | Date 10/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTULA, LESZEK | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $180,457.99 | Date 04/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $179,077.32 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, JAMES L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $177,418.93 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOMBATHYNE-MESZAROS, ZSUZSA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $164,356.27 | Date 05/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHI, GOLAM | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $159,352.39 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, SANDRA E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $157,371.71 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURLOW, WINTHROP H | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $154,751.70 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, WEIDONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $154,417.03 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSLOW, GARY M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $149,764.41 | Date 11/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLATT, STEPHEN J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $147,128.32 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCKDESCHEL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $139,033.52 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, DANIELLE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $138,418.55 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAO, WEI-DONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $134,852.48 | Date 10/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTZ, D PAUL | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $134,022.71 | Date 10/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANES, STEVEN D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $133,581.07 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLLAPOUR, MEHDI | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $127,238.06 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VOY, THOMAS R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $125,707.02 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHOSH, DEBASHIS | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $125,245.40 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, GARY S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $124,341.52 | Date 06/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SUSAN V | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $122,196.15 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGHAN, JAMES G | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $119,661.50 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIBULA, DONALD A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $116,433.82 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, FRANK A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $115,842.85 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMER, JAMES S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $111,424.56 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, ROBERT T | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $111,326.34 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, LEAH A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $109,095.15 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON-BEST, SHEILA D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $107,342.95 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, JILL E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $105,140.70 | Date 06/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, KIMBERLY C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $104,657.33 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJRA, AJEET | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $103,132.22 | Date 01/23/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBER, MICHAEL E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $102,152.24 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MULLEN, SHERRI L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $101,898.67 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THRASHER, KAREN M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $101,046.54 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, HEATHER A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $100,529.10 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENG, WENYI | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $100,460.49 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARTANO, CORINNE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $100,400.91 | Date 10/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDEN, REBECCA E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $100,316.03 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NSOULI, IMAD S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $100,310.19 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JODIE L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $99,254.15 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPINATO, JOYCE S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $98,939.14 | Date 02/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURMPOULIA, DIMITRA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $97,122.05 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, JUNTAO | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $97,065.65 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAINES MC CURDY, HOLLY B | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $95,884.09 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, JASON A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $95,421.35 | Date 08/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OEST, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $94,912.48 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, KRISTIN J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $94,783.59 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEAMELIA, CARRIE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $93,948.38 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, WANDA M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $93,768.59 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTSEN, CHRISTIAN C M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $92,953.89 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAR, JACQUE C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $92,146.78 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, HONG | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,733.41 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSS, SCOTT G | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,481.84 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,455.27 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JAMES N | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,317.93 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYBOER, MARVIN, III | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $91,287.12 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENYON, SAMUEL P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $90,671.87 | Date 09/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARAMADRE, GINA M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $90,476.59 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZOLO, SHANNON P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,899.62 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURIANI, APRIL AMBER | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,799.65 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIECZKOWSKI, CHRISTINE L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,793.73 | Date 07/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,783.92 | Date 02/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ANTWERP, EARL S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,336.50 | Date 11/19/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSWAY, JOHN L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $89,194.20 | Date 09/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESCAVAGE, ROBERT S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,936.62 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, LISA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,817.88 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLAND, ROBERTA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,763.20 | Date 01/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, GARY M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $88,059.83 | Date 12/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMAKER, JENNY LEE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $87,822.11 | Date 10/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, WAYNE D, JR | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $87,106.80 | Date 04/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMITIS, CATHERINE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,971.41 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHILMY, PENNY S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,967.58 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASINSKI, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,957.20 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUTER, PATRICK J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,299.10 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PAUL R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $86,132.96 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BRIDGET Y | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,882.65 | Date 06/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE DONNELLY, KERRY A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,611.56 | Date 01/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEHNLY, HEIDI A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,449.84 | Date 07/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, AARON L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,434.50 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANKAY, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,413.08 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANEY, ADAM P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $84,937.53 | Date 06/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHAILA, DANA M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $84,312.84 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARKEY, BARBARA ANN | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $84,202.84 | Date 09/18/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, PATRICIA D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $83,696.19 | Date 03/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, NICHOLAS A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $83,622.71 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVOLI, MICHELE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $83,487.43 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUGHERTY, PAUL M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $82,424.73 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOT, SUSAN W | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $82,333.36 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSHEIMER, MICHAEL G | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $81,026.41 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JOAN M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,886.92 | Date 05/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANKO, JOHN P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,708.67 | Date 05/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANIFIN, KIM A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,683.05 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, JAMES E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,673.89 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENEALY, PATRICK J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,527.87 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMMER, JESSE D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,519.53 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOUX, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $79,701.55 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, STEVEN D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $79,680.25 | Date 09/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOULOURIS, TERESA V | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $79,642.65 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLORAN, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $78,436.50 | Date 11/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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