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 RUSU, IUSTINIAN | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $179,000.00 | Date 08/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEARWOOD, RONALDO S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $166,600.00 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, RICHARD R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $113,638.56 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRTS, BARRY C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $107,574.48 | Date 05/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, DANIEL C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $104,678.27 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAITZ, JAMES M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $101,692.71 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, KEVIN P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $98,488.41 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCROSSEN, MICHAEL G | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $98,212.54 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GARY L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $98,043.01 | Date 11/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNAN, JAMES S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $96,295.30 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSDICK, JEFFREY A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $95,854.37 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREIA, ANDREW D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $94,765.59 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOKELMAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $94,555.52 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYE, CHARLES A, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $92,659.74 | Date 05/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYOTTE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $92,601.36 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, JAMES M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $91,520.55 | Date 04/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, SCOTT C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $90,999.59 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZ, GEORGE R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $90,514.36 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLADD, DONNA M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $90,046.34 | Date 04/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKLENAR, STEPHEN F | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $89,669.96 | Date 06/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINNIK, DENIS M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $89,107.26 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCRIBNER, DONNA R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $88,837.29 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SANTO, AARON M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $88,308.24 | Date 07/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $87,812.56 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCHILL, MARGARET M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,981.56 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERK, GILBERT T | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,668.19 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTEDO, GEORGE A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,588.54 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBY, ROBERT E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $86,313.85 | Date 04/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, ALAN H | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $85,782.28 | Date 08/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, DIANE M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $85,770.95 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNTZ, KEVIN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $85,695.41 | Date 06/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNDOCK, MATTHEW M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $84,042.52 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VER PLANK, CHARLES A, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $83,825.43 | Date 09/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, ROGER L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $82,930.09 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBEAU, DAVID W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $82,927.09 | Date 06/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, SHELLY A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $81,948.98 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $81,405.99 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAAC, SANDRA A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $81,192.36 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, FREDERICK N, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $81,135.07 | Date 01/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URY, MATTHEW | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $80,977.31 | Date 11/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, JOSEPH H | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $80,683.73 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, KIMBERLEY J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $80,422.85 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, WILLIAM C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $80,215.65 | Date 02/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES W C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,778.04 | Date 02/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILKERT, MATTHEW J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,632.36 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, RICHARD S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,579.02 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELESS, MARK D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,047.91 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNICK, THOMAS A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $78,881.19 | Date 09/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANDREA R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $78,868.86 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASCZAK, JUDITH G | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $78,537.36 | Date 12/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYNDOCK, TAMMY S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $78,295.37 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, STEVEN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $78,076.98 | Date 07/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, KENNETH E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,919.82 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, RODNEY E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,483.34 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMATO, THOMAS G | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,115.99 | Date 11/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERSTRAETE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,041.98 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROELAND, JOSEPH | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,947.75 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORJONE, DONNA J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,572.88 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, SAMUEL J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,129.56 | Date 02/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTI, CRAIG R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,074.05 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JAMES E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $75,798.24 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSMEN, MONIFI A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,559.30 | Date 05/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEEL, ANDREW R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,470.30 | Date 07/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, KEVIN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,441.27 | Date 11/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINZI, STEPHEN P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,382.07 | Date 12/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRTS, THOMAS R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,323.38 | Date 03/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, PATRICK J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,111.35 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTELL, LISA | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,099.48 | Date 10/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, NICHOLAS D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $73,394.67 | Date 01/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLA, RACHEL A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,761.56 | Date 12/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSTOS, PHILIP A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,758.85 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, CRAIG A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,493.54 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, EDWARD V | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,491.72 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADDOCK, FRANK | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,377.04 | Date 10/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISING, JOILYNN A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,784.11 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTLER, CHAD T | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,784.07 | Date 09/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BERNICE R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,543.34 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKINS, ROBERT J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,525.80 | Date 04/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOT, STEPHEN W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,428.39 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMEELE, MARK D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,322.00 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, MATTHEW L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,265.23 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORITO, ROBERT P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,140.77 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES T | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,878.43 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDNER, LARRY | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,836.76 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLONDELL, DEBORAH A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,639.86 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIALE, ARMAND M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,473.09 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARES, JODI A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,252.83 | Date 12/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, BRIAN W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,057.22 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIARDA SHOCKLEY, PENNY | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,977.15 | Date 12/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUS, ANDREA | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,964.77 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSELL, ROBERT J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,858.57 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, BRIAN W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,843.61 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLCZYNSKI, SCOTT M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,654.26 | Date 11/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARES, ANDREW R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,384.89 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, TINA M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,309.36 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, KAREN A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,286.50 | Date 06/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEMORANO, PAUL K | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,065.07 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,041.64 | Date 09/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, TINA N | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,004.56 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEEDE, BRIAN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $68,929.56 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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