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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name SHERMAN, MARGARET MCGRATH Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $174,332.90 Date 09/10/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, RICHARD G Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $138,998.30 Date 10/22/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPENCER, TIMOTHY P Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $125,310.08 Date 04/17/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWTON, COURTLAND G Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $125,055.45 Date 04/02/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYERS, MICHAEL A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $124,998.01 Date 10/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MATROSE, BRIAN E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $119,864.90 Date 06/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLATTERY, STEPHEN J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $116,233.22 Date 08/24/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KALINOWSKI, PAUL C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $113,775.87 Date 02/06/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FELDMAN, DANIEL M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $109,792.03 Date 07/26/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIXON, WILLIAM C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $109,721.76 Date 03/16/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AUCOIN, ROGER F Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $109,697.91 Date 08/11/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YAU, JOCELYN Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $109,002.43 Date 10/20/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHONEY, ANGELA J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $105,924.63 Date 04/11/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEDDERMAN, SUSAN E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $105,360.80 Date 10/26/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOATS, LAURENCE E, JR Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $103,867.53 Date 03/22/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CERULLI, ANTHONY A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $103,769.69 Date 07/13/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, JOHN C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $102,109.25 Date 02/02/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLAVICK, PATRICIA J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $101,309.15 Date 04/09/1970 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARONE, RICHARD I Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $101,242.92 Date 10/26/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEMMER, AARON J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $101,219.49 Date 03/29/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTIN, KIMBERLY A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $101,205.60 Date 02/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROGERS, TIMOTHY Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $101,157.04 Date 06/04/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RISCH, KRISTEN M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $100,926.86 Date 08/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARCIA, THOMAS Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $100,925.90 Date 03/27/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FUTIA, JOHN A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $100,786.69 Date 01/16/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PELCHER, KRISTEN M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $99,342.88 Date 05/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'GRADY, SARA R Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $99,287.02 Date 07/17/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BHOWMICK, SARMISTHA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $97,545.88 Date 09/26/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHAAP, PATRICIA M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $97,044.26 Date 09/22/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BHARTI, VIVEK Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $96,785.88 Date 12/02/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BECKER, NICOLE L Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $96,632.51 Date 12/13/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THIRUMURU, BHAGYA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $96,562.26 Date 09/08/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DONOVAN, MARISA E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $96,411.19 Date 08/23/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAIL, MOSS J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $94,669.72 Date 06/26/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANDENBURGH, ELIZABETH K Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $92,502.09 Date 12/21/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROGERS, JOHN A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $91,744.91 Date 10/16/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHONEY, ROBERT W Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $91,356.15 Date 11/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAARSTAD, RICHARD E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $91,292.85 Date 11/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VYE, ROSEANN A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $90,690.85 Date 05/22/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TIERNEY, MARLENE K Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $89,926.21 Date 05/18/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SOLOMON, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $88,919.74 Date 11/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOBIN-LEGERE, ROCCO A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $88,176.65 Date 07/22/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARRINER, ANDREW S Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $87,847.62 Date 10/06/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISS, CHARLES K, JR Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $87,746.62 Date 04/19/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCINTYRE BREW, KAREN L Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $87,745.99 Date 02/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENWOOD, VIRGINIA C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $87,739.86 Date 09/03/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DZIKOWICZ, SARAH E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $87,187.11 Date 09/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE FRANCESCO, ALEXANDRA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $86,908.48 Date 10/24/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WRIGHT, LISA CONNERS Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $86,807.08 Date 01/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALBER, MARY M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $86,440.83 Date 11/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAFF, CYNTHIA M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $85,376.23 Date 05/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHERUBIN, JARED M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $85,123.92 Date 10/10/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURIVAGE, KATHLEEN M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $84,458.67 Date 01/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KURIAN, SHINOJ J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $84,193.15 Date 08/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHENG, DAVID R Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $83,837.88 Date 10/14/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TWEEDIE, BETSY M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $83,836.29 Date 06/03/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MATHURIN, SUZE Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $83,330.44 Date 01/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ENGLISH, KAREN M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $83,301.62 Date 12/29/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLINT, BRENDA L Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $82,938.55 Date 11/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOAG, JEANNIE E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $81,663.00 Date 07/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHADALAVADA, DIVYA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $81,330.10 Date 09/22/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIGMAN, SCOTT C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $80,696.05 Date 06/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEINBACH, BARBARA-JEAN Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $80,670.82 Date 10/12/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIANA, FRANK A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $80,179.90 Date 01/28/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NAIR, PRIYAKALA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,728.57 Date 09/07/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOESSLER, PATRICIA E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,440.59 Date 12/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHELTON, DONNA C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,427.41 Date 02/06/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AGUANNO, ANTONIO Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,065.44 Date 08/21/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN NATTEN, CHARLES E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,063.99 Date 07/24/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AUSTIN, DEBRA A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $79,053.50 Date 08/20/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOISETTE, COURTNEY V Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $78,333.88 Date 10/26/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VASTO, MELINDA J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $78,275.08 Date 01/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRINGTON, SEAN J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $77,828.29 Date 06/16/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOSE, SUBHEN Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $77,514.25 Date 05/24/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BREAULT, JOYCE Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $77,273.11 Date 08/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYSENKO, ELENA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $77,142.75 Date 11/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARLOW, MARY E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $76,964.26 Date 01/29/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAVI-POKA, SRUJANA Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $76,533.51 Date 12/01/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLEIN, KATELYN C Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $75,497.00 Date 06/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SOSINSKI, HEATHER M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $75,491.41 Date 10/17/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EDWARDSEN, JEFFREY R Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $74,352.57 Date 10/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HIBBARD, MARKUS R Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $72,970.65 Date 11/15/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOSZTYLA, AARON A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $72,841.18 Date 03/28/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAARSTAD, RICHARD E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $72,584.89 Date 06/19/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAVOY, ROBERT R, II Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $71,695.62 Date 01/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BILICA, ANDREW A Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $69,162.15 Date 11/06/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, DENISE E Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $66,203.76 Date 02/15/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORDE, RANDOLPH R Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $65,814.33 Date 06/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCCLEARY, SHANNON L Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $65,045.57 Date 05/16/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CULLOUGH, MATTHEW S Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $63,556.45 Date 11/21/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETTINELLI, TOBIAS L Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $62,862.04 Date 02/22/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEAVER, ROBERT J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $62,810.82 Date 05/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLLINGTON, TERRENCE X Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $62,174.12 Date 05/17/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GONZALEZ, ISMAEL Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $61,792.05 Date 08/25/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC LOUGHLIN, ANN M Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $59,567.13 Date 09/10/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOLAND, JENNIFER Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $59,195.65 Date 08/26/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REED, LON D Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $59,138.87 Date 05/24/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROCHE, CECILE G Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $58,694.30 Date 10/03/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MITCHELL, KYLE J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $58,525.48 Date 07/31/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'BRIEN, LINDA J Employer name Statewide Financial System Amount $58,056.81 Date 07/23/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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