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 ADAMCZAK, JULITA R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $233,139.20 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDEFER, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $205,424.00 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNRIGHT, HOLLEY | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $186,300.80 | Date 02/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CAROL M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $170,094.76 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $133,059.94 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUDLOW, ROBERT A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $129,627.78 | Date 07/31/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, GEORGE F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $129,264.38 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITER, ADELE B | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $123,127.60 | Date 09/28/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, RONALD | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $122,015.84 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANNELL, KENNETH A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $121,627.60 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULNICK, BURTON, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $119,576.62 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DENNIS M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $118,926.00 | Date 11/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVRANEK, BEATRICE E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $118,576.64 | Date 01/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $118,114.65 | Date 03/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLFAHRT, SYLVIA K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $115,926.05 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTIERI, VINCENT V | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $115,512.91 | Date 03/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, ALLEN E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $114,881.19 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IAPOCE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $114,025.60 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKIEWICZ, ABRAM D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $111,915.22 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCK, JASON S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $111,438.77 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDD, DIRK R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $111,056.48 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, KRISTIN M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $110,273.69 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRACKEN, AMY E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $110,273.66 | Date 08/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREER, MICHAEL O | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $109,403.20 | Date 05/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, AUBREY, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $109,304.22 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTOLA, LOUIS A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $107,442.59 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, ERIC | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $106,799.89 | Date 09/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLONSKI, SUSAN K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $105,099.20 | Date 12/26/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISHAUPT, WILLIAM J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $104,783.00 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $104,289.18 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, STEVEN J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $103,764.80 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $103,731.02 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, JOAN | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $103,347.87 | Date 03/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, STUART G | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $103,268.90 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, J CLIFFORD | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $103,146.79 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULE, PERRY M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $102,681.78 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, SHEREE P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $102,385.29 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTENS, SHELLEY K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,800.93 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,581.84 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUERBACH, ELLIOTT G | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,319.40 | Date 05/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTUPACK, NINA A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,319.40 | Date 07/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BLARCUM, PAUL J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $101,316.80 | Date 06/15/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEDDER, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $100,874.45 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, WARREN D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $100,032.58 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINS, MELANIE S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,977.67 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIX, GERALD A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,894.85 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAKER, JOSEPH | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,760.87 | Date 01/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $99,291.31 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINE, EDWARD C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,787.53 | Date 04/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRO, CHRIS C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,651.35 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LOUIS T, SR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,647.82 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEYTIA, NEREIDA | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,489.43 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINWRIGHT, KARLA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,489.40 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GIRR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,021.47 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LOAN, KATHERINE R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $97,787.40 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, BRIAN D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $97,445.41 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DENNIS M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $97,384.08 | Date 05/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, SUZANNE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $97,066.24 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORKIN, BARBARA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $96,355.95 | Date 02/01/1964 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JON M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $96,031.06 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTEN, LISA C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $95,892.80 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ERNEST D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $95,412.85 | Date 02/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LOAN, GERARD | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $95,189.13 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGIRMANJIAN, JUDITH M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $94,515.20 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULFORD, WALLACE R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $93,746.17 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOTT, JANET | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $93,409.04 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EDDIE J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $93,000.72 | Date 04/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOREY, CHAD | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,965.44 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEKETEE, JOHN C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,847.67 | Date 09/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANMYER, THOMAS E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,489.47 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, DORRAINE L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,193.31 | Date 10/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEISEL, CYNTHIA N, MRS | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,193.25 | Date 06/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARX, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $92,090.77 | Date 03/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOOERS, ROBERT D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $91,207.19 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANDREW W | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $91,187.20 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,989.41 | Date 09/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEAU, JASON S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,848.18 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEENBURGH, JARETT C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,427.40 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, NICHOLAS, II | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,291.24 | Date 12/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENNETT, MARIANN C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $90,021.80 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSTEIN, JAMES R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,881.60 | Date 01/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORVERS, THOMAS M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,772.09 | Date 12/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTFORT, PETER D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,289.30 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, NANCY H | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,288.00 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLIS, ALICE M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,224.63 | Date 10/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIANO, JAMES M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,206.04 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, SCOTT B | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,187.67 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOUX, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,151.20 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLD, MAJER | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $89,021.82 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CLINTON G | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,636.85 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, VALERIE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,487.51 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,416.03 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITT, DEBORAH A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,396.01 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIUTTO, JOSEPH W, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,294.44 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMRO, ROBERT J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,154.14 | Date 03/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGTOE, MARK E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $87,156.80 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHINGER, GLENN M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $86,359.88 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURCO, THOMAS F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $86,210.62 | Date 04/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINA, MARY P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $85,674.94 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBNEY, THOMAS F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $85,656.80 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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