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 RUTHERFORD, THOMAS A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $49,632.87 Date 02/24/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARKLEY, WILLIAM R Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $47,233.19 Date 01/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUTHERFORD, ROBERT A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $46,146.26 Date 09/01/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROOKEY, STEVEN G Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $44,667.32 Date 06/12/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINGSTON, DEREK D Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $43,140.81 Date 05/12/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARVEY, GEORGE D, III Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $42,597.66 Date 06/20/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARGRAVE, JUDY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $30,257.40 Date 01/17/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAIGE, BRIAN P Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $12,441.88 Date 11/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'BRYAN, KERRI E Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $12,192.44 Date 08/29/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHARPE, ELIZABETH R Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $10,254.88 Date 01/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COOPER, ANTHONY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $10,000.00 Date 12/04/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GILSON, JEFFREY L Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $9,553.17 Date 11/15/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEMAY, MARCIA L Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $3,225.00 Date 01/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNEGAN, KEVIN P Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $2,500.00 Date 09/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THISSE, TIMOTHY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $2,500.00 Date 01/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BECKSTEAD, GARNET S Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $1,764.00 Date 06/20/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUTHERFORD, ADAM M Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $774.00 Date 10/30/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARKLEY, WILLIAM R Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $48,079.07 Date 01/01/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUTHERFORD, THOMAS A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $47,267.68 Date 02/24/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUTHERFORD, ROBERT A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $45,236.20 Date 09/01/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROOKEY, STEVEN G Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $44,975.21 Date 06/12/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINGSTON, DEREK D Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $43,072.32 Date 05/12/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARVEY, GEORGE D, III Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $42,156.43 Date 06/20/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARGRAVE, JUDY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $30,820.10 Date 01/17/1991 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAIGE, BRIAN P Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $12,431.84 Date 11/15/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'BRYAN, KERRI E Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $12,101.89 Date 08/29/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COOPER, ANTHONY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $10,384.62 Date 12/04/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GILSON, JEFFREY L Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $9,867.46 Date 11/15/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEMAY, MARCIA L Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $3,349.04 Date 01/01/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNEGAN, KEVIN P Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $2,596.15 Date 09/09/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THISSE, TIMOTHY A Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $2,596.15 Date 01/18/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BECKSTEAD, GARNET S Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $1,162.00 Date 06/20/2012 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUTHERFORD, ADAM M Employer name Town of Madrid Amount $49.50 Date 10/30/2015 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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