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 CLEERE, JAMES E Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $61,839.28 Date 06/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERMAN, WILLIAM L Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $57,510.40 Date 10/01/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VACCA, DAVID J Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $57,088.00 Date 09/15/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNERTY, THOMAS D Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $56,012.80 Date 05/07/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, ANDREW P Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $54,976.00 Date 08/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOYD, NATHANIEL P Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $54,106.40 Date 10/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIDLEY, SANDRA L Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $48,810.99 Date 06/14/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MULL, JOSEPH H Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $44,989.94 Date 01/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MESSECAR, ALISON J Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $39,065.04 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA BOUR, ROBIN A Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $29,635.20 Date 01/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOLK, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $15,954.78 Date 01/01/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, JAMES J, JR Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $5,117.46 Date 12/16/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERMAN, WILLIAM L Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $58,517.92 Date 10/01/1979 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLEERE, JAMES E Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $58,277.39 Date 06/07/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNERTY, THOMAS D Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $56,313.50 Date 05/07/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VACCA, DAVID J Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $56,283.91 Date 09/15/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRENCH, JOYCE M Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $55,681.90 Date 01/19/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, ANDREW P Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $54,383.98 Date 08/23/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOYD, NATHANIEL P Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $48,184.26 Date 10/01/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIDLEY, SANDRA L Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $46,147.34 Date 06/14/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MULL, JOSEPH H Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $43,982.28 Date 01/03/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA BOUR, ROBIN A Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $31,520.36 Date 01/01/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHADE, GRACE M Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $30,889.81 Date 07/10/1967 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOLK, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $15,490.26 Date 01/01/2012 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MESSECAR, ALISON J Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $6,228.00 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, JAMES J, JR Employer name Town of Waterloo Amount $4,877.49 Date 12/16/1991 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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