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 ROTELLA, RICHARD A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $132,849.14 Date 04/28/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA GAMBA, JOSEPH M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $128,528.76 Date 01/30/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DROF, PAUL J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $113,808.52 Date 06/20/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUTEY, WILLIAM E, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $112,024.01 Date 04/21/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PHILLIPS, DONALD K, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $103,584.11 Date 04/13/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROLL, RICHARD R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $95,330.76 Date 04/03/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN, NORMAN D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $90,897.73 Date 09/26/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHEFF, ANTHONY L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $89,259.54 Date 12/29/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAHN, ANTHONY M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $89,203.68 Date 08/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANIELS, LORA M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $83,491.12 Date 01/07/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FAMA, PATRICK A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $78,173.06 Date 05/09/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARGONA, JOSEPH S Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $77,394.83 Date 10/28/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WRIGHT, WILLIAM D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $77,284.39 Date 10/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROWE, ROBERT G Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $74,137.65 Date 03/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REID, ROBERT J, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $70,484.64 Date 03/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILROY, WILLIAM D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $69,090.03 Date 01/07/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SICURELLA, ANTHONY L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $67,478.47 Date 06/30/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUDDENHAGEN, MARY JEAN Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $67,360.03 Date 09/10/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARADISE, JOEL Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $65,160.80 Date 05/19/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHOOLOKIAN, GLENN A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $64,393.96 Date 01/23/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMSON, DOUGLAS S Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $64,179.01 Date 07/06/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KARGATIS, KIMBERLY L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $64,135.85 Date 04/12/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUMMERSON, JOHN J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $62,345.40 Date 10/12/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZYSK, NEIL A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $62,102.61 Date 09/03/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EAGLER, MICHAEL S Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $56,526.09 Date 07/07/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEWART, STEPHEN C Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $55,942.38 Date 05/14/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINEAU, DONALD J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $55,152.11 Date 10/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, SCOTT B Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $54,035.84 Date 06/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA GAMBA, TIMOTHY M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $53,077.22 Date 11/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACRI, MICHAEL F Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $52,587.38 Date 04/05/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLIVERIO SENIA, GINA L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $52,493.70 Date 06/06/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JANESE, MICHAEL A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $51,485.89 Date 02/18/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EMMICK, NICHOLAS R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $51,306.51 Date 02/04/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRACE, WILLIAM L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $49,952.08 Date 01/16/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLOMBEK, GARY R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $49,395.30 Date 02/04/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLEMAN, KEVIN C Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $48,580.76 Date 07/16/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONDE, NICHOLAS F Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $48,516.81 Date 11/05/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRATELLO, LOUIS C Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $47,439.44 Date 10/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, KEVIN S Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $47,208.29 Date 10/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUMMERSON, JOHN T Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $47,078.51 Date 09/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILNE, ROBERT Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $47,078.10 Date 06/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUNN, ROBERT J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $46,808.08 Date 01/04/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAUL, JOHN N Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $46,601.54 Date 04/22/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANDONATO, FIFI A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $45,422.63 Date 05/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JANZEN, ADAM D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $44,809.58 Date 12/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSS, MICHAEL J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $44,788.22 Date 07/06/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BATEMAN, BRIAN P Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $44,647.12 Date 12/09/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUPON, DAN E Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $44,337.64 Date 01/16/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAEPFEL, PATRICIA A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $44,295.15 Date 06/21/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRADBERRY, CORTEZ L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $43,988.81 Date 08/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC NAUGHTON, JOHN H Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $43,952.97 Date 07/08/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MATSULAVAGE, JOSEPH A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $43,641.00 Date 02/24/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DILLON, KEVIN M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $43,539.14 Date 02/16/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASHINGTON, CONDOLIUS Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $42,718.40 Date 10/01/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, ERIC J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $42,042.77 Date 02/27/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAEPFEL, STEVEN G Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $41,694.21 Date 10/14/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREDERICK, PATRICIA L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $41,693.64 Date 02/09/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CANNA, NATHAN A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $41,233.95 Date 03/02/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE RUBEIS, FERNANDO A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $40,730.01 Date 05/05/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROTELLA, FRANK A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $40,718.90 Date 01/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELDRIDGE, BRIAN G Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $39,065.46 Date 07/10/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VESCI, RUSSELL F Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $38,783.41 Date 03/16/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURNS, RANDALL E Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $37,847.36 Date 11/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KIRKLAND, DENNIS R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $37,657.24 Date 12/09/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHITE, EDWARD M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $37,032.14 Date 04/13/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANDERS, LISA L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $36,868.33 Date 06/28/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA GAMBA, STEPHEN Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $36,611.06 Date 03/31/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VIRTUOSO, VINCENT D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $35,217.87 Date 07/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEMPA, JOSEPH E, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $35,194.79 Date 01/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA BELLE, BRIAN C Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $34,402.83 Date 01/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHEFF, MICHAEL P Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $33,946.21 Date 01/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARNONE, TAMMY L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $33,746.88 Date 03/30/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOYD, JORDAN C Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $32,626.71 Date 03/30/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRISON, RALYNN M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $32,593.99 Date 03/21/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALFIERE, MICHAEL R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $30,840.90 Date 08/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TIGHE, DAVID M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $30,273.36 Date 04/18/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSS, JAMES A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $30,219.61 Date 04/01/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, MARK P, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $24,869.96 Date 01/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GROSE, RONDA L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $23,084.41 Date 02/18/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ECKERSON, BRIAN A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $22,058.07 Date 05/23/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLLAND, DARREN J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $18,032.60 Date 08/23/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOPA, TODD M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $16,015.81 Date 02/06/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASTILE, CHRISTOPHER Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $16,003.87 Date 10/24/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUM, DANIEL J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $13,879.64 Date 11/21/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE FRANCO, IGNATIUS V Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $12,358.33 Date 11/15/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRECO, MAX A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $3,834.09 Date 02/21/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA GAMBA, JOSEPH M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $121,976.40 Date 01/30/1984 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILKINSON, ROBERT W, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $119,162.20 Date 07/25/1977 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DROF, PAUL J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $110,000.80 Date 06/20/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROTELLA, RICHARD A Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $109,675.50 Date 04/28/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PHILLIPS, DONALD J, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $100,090.78 Date 04/13/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUTEY, WILLIAM E, JR Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $90,619.51 Date 04/21/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROLL, RICHARD R Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $90,409.81 Date 04/03/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUDDENHAGEN, MARY JEAN Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $86,529.15 Date 09/10/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN, NORMAN D Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $86,529.13 Date 09/26/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROWE, ROBERT G Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $85,069.68 Date 03/31/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAHN, ANTHONY M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $85,064.22 Date 08/04/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DANIELS, LORA M Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $77,399.66 Date 01/07/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name INFANTINO, THOMAS J Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $76,158.42 Date 01/27/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHEFF, ANTHONY L Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth Amount $74,229.47 Date 12/29/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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