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 MEKULIK, DONALD, JR Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $81,569.08 Date 05/26/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAWEIN, JAMES L Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $77,915.23 Date 01/07/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYSACK, THOMAS Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $71,237.60 Date 12/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TANNER, ROBERT J, II Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $69,581.20 Date 05/09/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, MARTIN W Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $67,814.55 Date 01/02/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PFLEGER, ROBERT E, III Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $67,214.45 Date 10/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSON, LEE A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $63,025.25 Date 06/09/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BABB, MICHAEL E, JR Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $61,085.30 Date 04/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURANTE, CHRISTINE T Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $56,805.69 Date 12/05/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TALAVERA, TERESA A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $43,232.20 Date 04/07/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISSBERG, DIANE Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $38,406.42 Date 04/08/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NILON, LINDA A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $21,630.15 Date 07/28/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELLIS, KENNETH W Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $17,947.09 Date 02/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDEN, RICHARD B Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $12,505.00 Date 12/23/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SOUTO, EDWARD P Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $12,505.00 Date 05/30/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COCCHIARA, RICHARD Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $8,903.27 Date 01/15/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOERST, FRANCINE L Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $8,721.98 Date 02/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COUGHLIN, WILLIAM D Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $472.68 Date 02/01/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEKULIK, DONALD, JR Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $81,985.80 Date 05/26/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAWEIN, JAMES L Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $78,055.17 Date 01/07/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYSACK, THOMAS Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $66,055.44 Date 12/12/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TANNER, ROBERT J, II Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $65,681.70 Date 05/09/1983 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, MARTIN W Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $65,574.66 Date 01/02/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PFLEGER, ROBERT E, III Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $63,275.25 Date 10/03/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURANTE, CHRISTINE T Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $59,819.97 Date 12/05/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSON, LEE A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $55,280.37 Date 06/09/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BABB, MICHAEL E, JR Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $53,603.03 Date 04/07/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISSBERG, DIANE Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $38,013.11 Date 04/08/1982 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TALAVERA, TERESA A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $37,878.68 Date 04/07/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NILON, LINDA A Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $19,245.75 Date 07/28/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELLIS, KENNETH W Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $17,701.08 Date 02/07/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDEN, RICHARD B Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $12,141.24 Date 12/23/1976 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SOUTO, EDWARD P Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $12,141.24 Date 05/30/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COCCHIARA, RICHARD Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $8,644.23 Date 01/15/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOERST, FRANCINE L Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $8,468.03 Date 02/03/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COUGHLIN, WILLIAM D Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh Amount $156.00 Date 02/01/2016 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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