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 MAKRAM, MERVAT R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $173,166.67 Date 11/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE PAOLO, DOUGLAS D Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $145,655.91 Date 10/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LILLEY, LYNN J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $143,042.31 Date 11/11/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PORCARO, JOSEPH L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $140,461.84 Date 09/20/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOWERS, JEFFREY S, SR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $134,983.32 Date 11/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOWKER, ROGER B Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $131,039.04 Date 02/28/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLLORAN, WILLIAM M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $127,077.57 Date 10/15/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEAD, WILLIAM R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $124,578.27 Date 09/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GONZALEZ, TOMAS J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $123,984.74 Date 02/25/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FURMAN, SUZANNE Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $121,104.30 Date 03/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KATZ, STEVEN A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $121,079.43 Date 05/07/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC KENNY, HORACE E Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $120,574.27 Date 12/15/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FASSETTA, MARIO O Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $119,580.95 Date 10/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARTER, KENNETH O Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $114,266.88 Date 10/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIAVARO, PETER A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $113,454.83 Date 09/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUMPHREY, TIMOTHY Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $113,442.90 Date 04/03/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANCO, LUIS A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $113,336.95 Date 09/23/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MANELL, TIMOTHY A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $109,014.55 Date 01/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWELL, JODY A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $107,193.92 Date 02/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLCOTT, ERIC M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $105,810.36 Date 07/03/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAAS, WILLIAM F, JR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $105,108.12 Date 10/21/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARRETT-WILSON, JEANETTE M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $102,951.10 Date 02/08/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ESSEX, PAUL D Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $102,804.00 Date 04/27/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CYR, ARTHUR G, JR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $102,377.22 Date 03/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOXIE, JEFFREY S Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $100,026.53 Date 06/22/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AUSTIN, LARRY G Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $97,813.14 Date 11/30/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURNS, LYLE R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $97,689.77 Date 06/28/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOYLE, TIMOTHY R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $97,643.82 Date 01/15/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALOY, CHRISTOPHER A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $95,556.20 Date 03/31/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TER BUSH, KENNETH M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $95,282.02 Date 06/02/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COHN, MICHAEL R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $94,828.56 Date 10/24/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEMBDT, GEORGE J, JR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $94,708.24 Date 03/31/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHABOTY, TAMMI Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $94,569.33 Date 06/21/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTA, JOSEPH C Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $94,402.04 Date 03/15/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BYRNE, BARBARA L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $93,750.85 Date 11/18/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLSEN, SONIA Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $93,436.43 Date 10/23/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EDWARDS, NEAL R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $93,376.71 Date 11/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HART, MARVIN O Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $93,155.83 Date 09/27/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAUMGARTEN, DEBRA C Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $91,832.69 Date 10/24/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NDULAKA, MATTHIAS O Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $91,571.68 Date 09/28/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KITAYCHIK, TATYANA Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $91,235.18 Date 05/26/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANTOS, ALBERTO Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $90,940.98 Date 06/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACKIEL, THOMAS J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $90,091.67 Date 10/17/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PHELPS, KIRT W Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $90,027.16 Date 10/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COMFORT, RONALD J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $89,628.23 Date 11/12/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROYCROFT, AMY L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $89,481.34 Date 03/23/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MADISON, EDWARD W Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $88,777.47 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORTIN, ALLEN M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $88,333.88 Date 02/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUTIERREZ, BIENVENIDO J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $86,625.98 Date 03/15/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARLSON, RICHARD Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $86,604.16 Date 11/30/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORMLEY, KEVIN P Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $86,267.07 Date 09/12/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, BRIAN Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $86,220.31 Date 01/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAUFMANN, THOMAS W Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $85,995.08 Date 06/12/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOUCKS, DOUGLAS E Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $85,668.50 Date 01/12/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRACY, PAUL R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $84,940.61 Date 11/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUGGLER, HAROLD G, III Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $84,768.02 Date 11/10/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, TERRY A, SR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $83,815.22 Date 05/23/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $83,473.44 Date 03/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELLSWORTH, ROGER W, JR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $83,070.24 Date 04/16/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KROM, KEVIN G Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $83,003.17 Date 03/21/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOOD, GEORGE J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $82,979.48 Date 10/17/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TER BUSH, CRAIG A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $82,642.85 Date 02/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HELMS, ALBERT T Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $82,229.27 Date 10/08/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KORTRIGHT, DALE R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,695.75 Date 02/27/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAMOS, ANGEL H Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,522.32 Date 04/03/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHERWOOD, CLARENCE Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,359.06 Date 11/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEVITO, DAVID B Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,316.36 Date 08/13/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STICKLES, STEPHEN M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,281.42 Date 04/18/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARK, JAMES J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,178.69 Date 11/22/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, KAREN L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,025.36 Date 08/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLEURY, DEBORAH L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $80,691.88 Date 01/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TUCKER, SETH R Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $80,194.18 Date 10/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOODARD, RICKY T Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $80,035.52 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONTINO, MARTIN J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $79,685.16 Date 08/18/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KISSENBERTH, JACK W Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $79,599.12 Date 07/25/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLANSY, DIANN Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $79,574.02 Date 07/16/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC ARTHUR, KEITH A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $79,475.79 Date 07/22/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, ROSS H Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $79,000.96 Date 06/06/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORGAN, BRENDAN Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $78,724.94 Date 11/20/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUSE, KAREN J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $78,682.82 Date 08/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOSTER, ROBERT P Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $78,642.72 Date 06/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TORRENS, JAMES M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $78,290.35 Date 08/16/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REARDON, EDWARD P Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $78,020.09 Date 03/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MELNICK, GEORGE M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,922.20 Date 09/07/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENDRICKSON, RANDY M Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,838.62 Date 09/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE BETTA, DARYL J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,583.38 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DANIEL V Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,531.65 Date 06/13/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MICELI, FRANK Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,444.54 Date 10/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANNOLD, JUSTIN C Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,304.59 Date 03/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FODOR, MITCHELL A Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,293.80 Date 01/29/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUSETTI, PAUL E Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $77,204.45 Date 09/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROGERSON, BRIAN S Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,902.37 Date 04/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOECKER, EDWARD B Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,793.66 Date 07/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREESTONE, STEVEN J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,776.75 Date 08/08/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NUZZO, MICHAEL, JR Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,567.28 Date 11/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHELDON, RICHARD P Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,563.59 Date 01/29/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIESCHER, GREGORY J Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,328.37 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEPPER, SCOTT P Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,219.54 Date 11/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEFMAN, TOUSETTE G Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,213.69 Date 06/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARPENTER, SETH E Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $76,024.92 Date 06/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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