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 LIPPERT, GERARD P | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $194,806.62 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZIRGANIAN, JOHN B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $184,299.99 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, DANIEL M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $158,937.09 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANN, JAMES J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $146,211.89 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOMBS, JODY L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $144,613.49 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOCUM, RYAN P | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $143,420.81 | Date 05/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDERATION, JOHN S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $142,706.67 | Date 05/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JOSEPH R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $134,626.42 | Date 02/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, SHAWN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $132,360.97 | Date 07/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSKINEN, KYLE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $131,503.41 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAVIA, ANDREW J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $131,110.89 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMSEY, TIMOTHY H | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $130,633.29 | Date 10/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWEN, KEVIN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $127,183.85 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JONATHAN | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $125,724.38 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAREANE, JOE C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $125,074.17 | Date 07/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPPA, FRANK W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $122,501.71 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNHARDT, CHARLES M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $121,740.09 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KAREN E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $119,274.46 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIGENFUS, JEREMY G | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $119,245.65 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, BRAD M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $117,669.68 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $114,367.60 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARX, EDWARD C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $114,267.40 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, RICHARD C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $113,716.96 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $113,141.31 | Date 02/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIE, SUSAN A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $112,223.76 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGLOIS, ADAM D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $111,982.85 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLFE, JAMES F | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $111,976.97 | Date 02/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NINIVAGGI, MARC R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $110,871.24 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, SUSAN G | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $110,115.19 | Date 11/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, KENNETH R, JR | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $109,872.49 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RICHARD J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $107,364.27 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORACCO, STEPHEN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $107,295.14 | Date 01/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULKINS, DAWN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $105,805.79 | Date 04/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PETER J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $105,428.41 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPSTEEN, ERIC M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $105,264.70 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARK S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $104,666.18 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUECHEL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $104,068.16 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, GREGORY P | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $103,918.11 | Date 05/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERERRI, AMY A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $103,368.10 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASELMAN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $101,703.70 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, KATRINA M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $101,610.67 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, SCOTT B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $100,461.79 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, AARON A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $99,284.83 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVOCOOL, STEVEN D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $99,283.92 | Date 12/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, KARL T, JR | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $95,789.19 | Date 05/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSEY, OLIVIA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $95,045.85 | Date 12/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINNELL-CROSBY, BRENDA L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,681.21 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,581.73 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEVAL, MATTHEW E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,559.67 | Date 06/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDEN, THOMAS M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,514.29 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNGER, PAULA E F | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,481.37 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARNER, ZACHARY D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $93,991.33 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, TRACEY B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $93,462.20 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULINI, KEVIN S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $92,729.02 | Date 07/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLMAN, ERIC J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $91,374.54 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANN, JEREMY J D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $90,630.11 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVI, SHARON C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $90,626.34 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPOWSKI, ELIZA R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $89,939.90 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, LINDA K | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $88,616.11 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DOUGALL, SHARON C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $88,482.37 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, DIANE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $88,161.11 | Date 05/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, JAMI M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $87,704.22 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DAVID B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,780.42 | Date 08/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHURTLEFF, LEE P | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,780.40 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ARAGON, FERNANDO | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,730.80 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICER, SUSAN L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,630.82 | Date 07/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCER, PATRICK T | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,105.91 | Date 08/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDELL, GARY U | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,081.59 | Date 07/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, KAREN | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,081.29 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MARO, AREL | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.86 | Date 06/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDURA, BETH C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.44 | Date 04/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, RAYMOND C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $86,030.40 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEPHART, KITTEN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,980.85 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, LISA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,980.82 | Date 08/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DANIEL W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,980.74 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSICK, TODD R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,980.46 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, C ELIZABETH | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,931.24 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLING, MAKENZI B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,793.42 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMBLE, NATHAN R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,683.59 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKSTROM, BARBARA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,575.00 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDIN, BRAD | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,432.60 | Date 09/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMA, DIANE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,431.24 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEFFREY B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,430.42 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAER, KAREN W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $85,430.40 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MICHAEL S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $84,988.80 | Date 05/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSTANOSKI, STEVEN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $84,726.98 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, KAREN S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $84,250.40 | Date 05/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DONNA M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $83,421.87 | Date 04/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, GERALDINE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,691.58 | Date 10/25/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DEBRA S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,502.38 | Date 01/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LOUGHLIN, LISA M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,389.05 | Date 03/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,044.50 | Date 04/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSER, SANDRA B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $81,575.28 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $81,505.10 | Date 03/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUETKEN, MICHELLE B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,792.14 | Date 11/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RENAE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,495.99 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGELLA, KATHERINE W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,341.45 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTES, STEPHEN D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.98 | Date 04/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, CATHERINE L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.86 | Date 02/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREE, ELIZABETH W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.69 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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