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 LEWIS, DAVID L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $165,540.09 | Date 01/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORBERO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $152,108.87 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAB, KEITH B | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $119,476.60 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCITELLI, ANTHONY P | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $96,559.35 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, TERESA R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $95,912.78 | Date 09/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, RYAN T | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $93,186.78 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZOLA, LORRIE L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $89,217.77 | Date 07/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USHER, BRADLEY R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $84,582.16 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JAMES H | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $82,951.65 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYERS, VAUGHN T | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $82,230.92 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASANTE, KATRINA | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $80,000.20 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CETRINO, MAUREEN | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $76,634.22 | Date 01/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWIS, RODNEY C | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $74,826.99 | Date 03/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, BRIAN C | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $72,620.38 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETTLER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $70,577.02 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBRECHT, MICHAEL R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, BRYAN J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $68,352.24 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERCH, MATTHEW R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $67,230.80 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAROUN, PAUL A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $66,560.00 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, NICOLE A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $64,080.08 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $62,400.00 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALLO, GIULIO A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $61,009.78 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, DEBORAH PECK | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $60,128.34 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPPAZZO, BECKI S | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $58,810.18 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, RYAN M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $58,546.01 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONAS, OSCAR M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $58,000.02 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAISANO, JAMES | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $57,963.62 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, THOMAS K | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $57,557.77 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JULIE E | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $55,000.14 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $54,436.66 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMISANO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $53,615.64 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEN, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $53,085.81 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, DHYALMA N | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $53,044.94 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $52,280.81 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $52,280.81 | Date 01/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINI, JEANNE L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $51,640.56 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAMULARO, FAITHMARIE | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $51,115.48 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDINIER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $50,568.68 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSQUADRO, STELLA | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $50,000.08 | Date 01/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MITCHELL A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $49,627.60 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, FRANCI D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $49,291.67 | Date 06/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, COLIN J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $48,542.29 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKAVY, JONATHAN | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $48,500.14 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAIN, PEGGY L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $46,909.07 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMOND, JOAN M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $46,538.58 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, HUGO F | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $46,500.22 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, JOSEPH L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $46,147.96 | Date 11/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, CATHERINE H | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $45,760.00 | Date 04/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DMYTROW, JUSTINE A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $44,500.04 | Date 11/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, MEGHAN M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $44,018.47 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNO, LAURA J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $43,980.80 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $42,307.80 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMMISSO, JULIANA M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $42,000.14 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNFELD, JOSEPH | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $41,923.22 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAPATT, BRIAN S | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $41,077.07 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, SYDNEY R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $40,267.89 | Date 01/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELL, NANCY ANN | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $40,267.89 | Date 04/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, MARIE F | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $40,000.22 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNT, JENNIFER L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $39,520.00 | Date 07/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, KATHRYN F | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $37,689.08 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENNARD, AMANDA L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $37,000.08 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUMSUWANKIJKUL, JESSICA A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $36,461.74 | Date 01/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENCY, KEVIN W | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $36,090.39 | Date 12/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSELLE, KIM L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $36,000.12 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, VERONICA | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $35,859.64 | Date 03/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, MARCO D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $35,826.94 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, ERIN E | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $35,534.50 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELHONE, JAMES E | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $35,234.36 | Date 08/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, AMANDA A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $35,000.16 | Date 01/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLMAN, PHILIP J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $34,940.81 | Date 10/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAVRICKA, LINDA D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $34,000.20 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMASRI, ALEXANDER S | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $33,859.65 | Date 04/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ALEC D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $33,859.65 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANSTROM, LISA A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $33,837.18 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITO, JEFFREY K | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $33,000.24 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, IAN C | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $33,000.18 | Date 08/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBER, JENNIFER G | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $32,484.77 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAZER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $32,007.72 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, JEFFREY F | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $31,442.90 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, DANIEL D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $31,000.06 | Date 05/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, SHEILA D | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,900.22 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHING, MICHAEL S | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,200.90 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNABI, JACQUELINE | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,000.10 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARILYN R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,000.10 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, ELLEN N | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,000.10 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNIS, NANCY | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $30,000.10 | Date 12/08/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, SHAWN G | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $29,769.32 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRTH, MONICA H | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $28,630.96 | Date 04/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE-SCHELLACE, DEBRA A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $28,384.69 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROHBERG, LESLIE G | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $28,070.80 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, L SUSAN | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $27,784.65 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHETTI, BARBRA S | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $27,200.22 | Date 12/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIETLEY, TRACEY A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $27,123.18 | Date 03/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSER-BERNARDO, TERRY L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $26,700.08 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANNE RHEA | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $26,653.98 | Date 04/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, MIGUEL A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $26,630.24 | Date 02/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $26,420.00 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, JAMES M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $26,160.00 | Date 03/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, KIMBERLEY R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $25,880.83 | Date 12/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIKES, BONNIE J | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $25,861.90 | Date 09/25/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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