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 READ, JAMES JOHN, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $197,158.60 Date 09/11/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THILBERG, JACK H, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $185,590.56 Date 01/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRONIN, JAMES D Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $156,771.93 Date 01/01/1975 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRONIN, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $146,114.42 Date 05/13/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAKE, CHRISTOPHER C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $143,064.01 Date 06/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MCGAYHEY, DAVID M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $138,724.16 Date 01/01/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RANDO, ANTHONY J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $137,307.43 Date 10/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEGRADY, TERRENCE L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $134,230.89 Date 03/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHERMAN, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $91,211.56 Date 09/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOWD, LAURY L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $86,153.16 Date 01/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, NICHOLAS S Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $77,328.77 Date 12/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORCOFF, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $75,648.75 Date 02/24/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYDER, BARRY W Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $75,133.48 Date 03/27/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARK, DAVID W Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $74,313.36 Date 01/01/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIFFIN, GARTH H Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $73,579.18 Date 05/15/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAGE, BRETT T Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $73,134.30 Date 07/21/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LENZER, JAMES Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $72,866.29 Date 08/23/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JERNICK, RONALD S, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $72,531.25 Date 11/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LABROZZI, ALBERT L, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $72,370.70 Date 01/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GULLUSCIO, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $70,876.42 Date 04/09/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REITER, ROBERT M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $69,124.33 Date 09/13/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL T Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $67,878.88 Date 06/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUNT, MARTIN A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $67,401.19 Date 04/07/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STARZEE, JEFFREY Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $66,774.40 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONGDON, RAY W, III Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $66,563.20 Date 09/23/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, KENNETH L, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $63,002.00 Date 09/09/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JACOBS, SHARON O Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $62,542.47 Date 06/06/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TEHAN, JONATHAN C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $59,486.17 Date 08/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPRINGER, KEVIN J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $57,523.32 Date 05/15/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOTULA, NANCY A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $53,185.78 Date 05/24/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENNETT, KARIN Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $52,640.56 Date 03/16/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAYNE, BEAU E Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $48,983.33 Date 06/04/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, KATHLEEN S Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $46,853.31 Date 05/13/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAREN, REED Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $46,082.29 Date 06/08/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KANARVOGEL, IAN G Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $45,316.71 Date 09/07/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPEECHES, DEBRA A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $44,159.89 Date 03/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEDDIO, ANNMARIE Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $43,694.61 Date 04/01/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GAYHEY, MARY ELLEN Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $43,500.67 Date 05/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERESKY, JENNIFER C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $43,400.54 Date 12/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BREWER, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $42,464.00 Date 05/02/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KARPEH, QUINN M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $42,258.20 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLOOM, BARBARA A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $41,263.76 Date 01/07/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, NANCY C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $38,878.70 Date 01/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEARD RAYMOND, LORI Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $38,876.67 Date 06/13/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, JEANETTE M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $38,565.53 Date 08/28/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IANFOLLA, BARBARAJEAN Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $35,681.40 Date 01/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERINGER, JUDITH L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $35,333.71 Date 12/22/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASTOLDI, PATRICIA A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $33,373.60 Date 01/06/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUTIW, AMANDA M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $32,458.91 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OVERSTREET, TRAMESA E Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $31,351.33 Date 05/09/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MICHALAK, DELPHINE K Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $30,301.98 Date 01/03/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUDLEY, MARY H Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $29,003.60 Date 02/05/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FANELLI, LORETTA Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $27,556.08 Date 04/13/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSENBLUM, HELEN J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $25,918.34 Date 01/26/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORBETT, ANGELA Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $17,539.42 Date 10/17/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KETCHAM, GIOVANNA Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $15,437.09 Date 08/07/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BREWER, DEBORAH A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $13,367.62 Date 09/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAFFAGNINO, ANDREW E Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $12,547.00 Date 11/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RASMUSSEN, CATHERINE P Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $11,141.23 Date 05/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VIELBIG, PETER L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $9,675.72 Date 05/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRACH-WILLIAMS, AMBER F Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $8,875.10 Date 08/09/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONGDON, DAWN M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $8,337.56 Date 05/18/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JERNICK, BRUCE A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $6,776.86 Date 02/25/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLLIGAN, LYNNE O Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $4,156.92 Date 09/08/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI ORIO, PHILIP A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $4,156.92 Date 08/24/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASS, CORI L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $2,513.34 Date 12/22/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ATKINS, CALLIE A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $690.00 Date 02/20/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAYANO CRUZ, JOSE Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $180.00 Date 12/28/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name READ, JAMES JOHN, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $177,483.39 Date 09/11/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THILBERG, JACK H, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $171,716.62 Date 01/01/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRONIN, JAMES D Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $148,508.62 Date 01/01/1975 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RICHARDS, WALTER M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $140,300.11 Date 12/09/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAKE, CHRISTOPHER C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $138,579.06 Date 06/06/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRONIN, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $132,493.70 Date 05/13/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RANDO, ANTHONY J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $129,119.78 Date 10/18/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MCGAYHEY, DAVID M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $128,010.24 Date 01/01/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEGRADY, TERRENCE L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $125,992.62 Date 03/01/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHERMAN, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $85,872.72 Date 09/11/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOWD, LAURY L Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $82,012.93 Date 01/01/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LENZER, JAMES Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $79,413.10 Date 08/23/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, NICHOLAS S Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $76,824.11 Date 12/31/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORCOFF, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $76,338.32 Date 02/24/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARK, DAVID W Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $75,024.37 Date 01/01/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIFFIN, GARTH H Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $73,485.55 Date 05/15/1981 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYDER, BARRY W Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $73,051.66 Date 03/27/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAGE, BRETT T Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $71,873.72 Date 07/21/2003 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GULLUSCIO, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $71,534.03 Date 04/09/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JERNICK, RONALD S, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $70,303.23 Date 11/30/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LABROZZI, ALBERT L, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $70,162.98 Date 01/01/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REITER, ROBERT M Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $68,282.06 Date 09/13/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSON, MARY Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $67,934.25 Date 04/14/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL T Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $66,790.36 Date 06/18/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STARZEE, JEFFREY Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $66,040.00 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONGDON, RAY W, III Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $65,812.48 Date 09/23/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUNT, MARTIN A Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $64,803.59 Date 04/07/2010 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BANKS, WILLIAM W Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $64,314.80 Date 05/24/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JACOBS, SHARON O Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $61,331.64 Date 06/06/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, KENNETH L, JR Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $60,525.25 Date 09/09/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TEHAN, JONATHAN C Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $58,097.62 Date 08/09/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLENAWICUS, LINDA J Employer name Town of Shelter Island Amount $57,456.00 Date 10/25/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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