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.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name SLEP, KEITH A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $183,382.06 | Date 02/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, CRAIG B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $110,259.22 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALYEA, CHERYL K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $106,884.80 | Date 06/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, ROBERT A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $106,185.32 | Date 12/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, THOMAS A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $105,912.31 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY-DELLO, BARBARA J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $99,781.28 | Date 06/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTWICK, RANDALL L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $96,362.30 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, DONALD J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $93,289.42 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, GUY R | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $87,994.53 | Date 12/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, SHAWN P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $86,267.23 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, TERRI L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $85,075.71 | Date 08/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $84,647.90 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENSYL, NIKKI S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $84,227.14 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, PATRICIA K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $84,099.13 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRONETTI, MATTHEW E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $83,736.34 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, ANDREW M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $83,721.50 | Date 03/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSMAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $83,392.27 | Date 09/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, VICKI L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $81,605.15 | Date 09/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBSON, WILLIAM E, III | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $81,454.49 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDINGER, HAROLD R, III | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $80,754.35 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVERS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $80,731.39 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASI, JULIE A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $80,216.40 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLENGEE, LOREEN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $79,030.96 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, CARISSA M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $78,970.71 | Date 07/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, LINDY L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $78,837.70 | Date 12/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOKER, KEITH M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $77,250.03 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, BRYAN J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $76,510.04 | Date 09/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITESELL, JAMES M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $76,483.41 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKMAN, RAND S, JR | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $76,250.22 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKWART, NANCY E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,874.83 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNES, NORA K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,630.68 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLES, DEAN P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,513.67 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUSENDORF, SHAWN W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,418.64 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYDE, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,195.61 | Date 06/06/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, J R S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,184.23 | Date 12/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, DANA A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,147.25 | Date 10/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, LAURIE A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,110.63 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUOCO, J THOMAS | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $74,870.00 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, JEFFREY W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $74,607.75 | Date 07/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, YVONNE M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $74,188.68 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI COLA, PAUL S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $73,350.62 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERY, DARBY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,458.32 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, RICKY L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,314.40 | Date 01/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, JASON D | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,001.54 | Date 03/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, ROBERT L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $71,639.97 | Date 01/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, RANDELL W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $71,055.89 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JASON A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,390.25 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TITUS Q | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,189.79 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, IAN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,158.80 | Date 02/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDINGER, JOSEPH L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,068.71 | Date 05/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCSIS, GINA M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,053.44 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, JASON S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $69,101.34 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARKS, ROBERT P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $69,012.29 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, CASEY D | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $68,953.79 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JOSEPH W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $68,420.17 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAY, KEVIN L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $68,334.95 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, MATTHEW K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $67,824.32 | Date 03/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUTT, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $67,762.27 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANTIER, SCOTT G | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $67,555.64 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINNIP, TARA J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $67,491.75 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, KEVIN J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $67,016.34 | Date 02/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERGER, ERICK J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,994.30 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRLAM, H. KIER | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,651.30 | Date 01/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JENNA L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,440.42 | Date 06/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEHLE, BRENDA R | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,288.36 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCRAE, GERTRUDE B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,208.12 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, VICKIE A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,119.49 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $66,078.29 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTAINE, JEFFREY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $65,943.11 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, CHAUNCEY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $65,845.81 | Date 09/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORK, MARI M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $65,234.82 | Date 06/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, ANDREW L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $65,184.42 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LAWRENCE A, JR | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,842.57 | Date 01/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLAFER, BRENT J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,655.37 | Date 07/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TRISH A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,425.27 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, KIMBERLIE A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,338.34 | Date 08/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, MICHAEL B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,273.88 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, AMANDA B | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,107.87 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAISTED, CRAIG E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,055.97 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORK, JASON W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,933.63 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBURT, HAL M, JR | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,615.22 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDAUGH, GUY D | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,456.58 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDMAN, HOLLY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,069.23 | Date 04/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, JOHN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,044.22 | Date 05/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALYEA, WESLEY D | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $63,041.90 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, DUSTIN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,974.79 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, GILBERT E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,907.81 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIC W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,685.32 | Date 12/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBECK-LYNCH, REITA M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,669.02 | Date 03/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWER, THOMAS C | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,602.60 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, CAROL A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $62,167.91 | Date 02/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTER, SAMUEL J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,851.59 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDMAN, STEVEN W | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,782.46 | Date 08/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCKLE, PAMELA L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,405.28 | Date 09/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRETEKOS, GEORGE J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,380.71 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE, STEVEN R | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,274.41 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,085.85 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, ROBERT J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,017.78 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, DAWN M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $60,599.15 | Date 06/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, JARED L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $60,541.57 | Date 10/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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