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 STEENBERGH, WILLIAM A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $154,442.18 Date 03/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CACACE, CARL P, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $152,075.17 Date 08/13/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TARQUINIO, JOSEPH D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $151,737.01 Date 02/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLANTE, TORY G Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $149,459.31 Date 08/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANTALEK, AUGUSTUS D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $146,835.08 Date 01/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHOESSOW, ALBERT D, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $144,826.54 Date 09/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MINUNNI, JAMES P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $144,438.51 Date 02/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PELLS, JEFFREY S Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $144,217.85 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAYA, CHRISTOPHER D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $141,499.87 Date 03/14/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALMATIER, JAMES R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $141,491.55 Date 02/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUINBY, CHRISTOPHER W, II Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $141,161.02 Date 04/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FAGER, CHARLES R, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $140,844.47 Date 03/08/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROBERTS, DAVID A, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,955.92 Date 11/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRISCO, JOSEPH A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,421.67 Date 02/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TUTTLE, STEVEN C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,086.40 Date 09/02/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROBISON, DONALD P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $138,631.35 Date 10/04/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLS, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $138,581.06 Date 09/15/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRUM, JUSTIN E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $138,471.01 Date 03/23/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MOORE, JOSEPH P, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $138,189.00 Date 04/12/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRUNDON, DAVID C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $137,610.17 Date 01/17/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KANGAS, ADAM R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $137,341.03 Date 07/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLETTA, PAUL R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $137,323.02 Date 03/03/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARLON, JUSTIN M Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $137,195.50 Date 03/08/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOMPKINS, WILLIAM C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $136,743.53 Date 08/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEWIS, GARY R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $135,046.53 Date 09/02/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MIHANS, ANDREW J, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $135,008.92 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAGUIRE, KEVIN H Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $134,852.10 Date 03/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALESTRO, JOSEPH P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $133,325.00 Date 09/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ORTIZ, JOHN E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $133,123.74 Date 04/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CASSINELLI, LOUIS P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $132,201.75 Date 03/02/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, REGINALD D, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $131,567.25 Date 09/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HANLON, ERIN P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $130,931.65 Date 02/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FINN, GEORGE J, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $130,792.61 Date 09/09/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LIEBERMAN, JAMES A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $128,706.97 Date 07/29/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DUNDERDALE, JOHN R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $127,607.63 Date 08/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PARRISH, DOUGLAS J Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $124,743.30 Date 08/13/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COX, JOHN R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $123,140.96 Date 02/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DONGO, JOHEL E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $119,841.14 Date 03/14/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RINCK, CHRISTOPHER D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $119,837.40 Date 05/29/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VIOLANTE, DAVID A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $117,556.41 Date 01/03/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CAFFREY, RICHARD A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $117,248.63 Date 09/15/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CERNIGLIA, EUGENE E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $116,755.25 Date 02/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name INGLIS, STEPHEN C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $116,557.82 Date 01/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DELLI PAOLI, GENE Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $111,951.12 Date 03/08/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLAUCK, STEPHEN P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $107,586.59 Date 01/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FISCH, JASON W Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $106,427.72 Date 02/27/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, JAMES A, II Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $106,232.73 Date 03/02/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SYLVESTER, DANIEL F Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $105,168.30 Date 01/28/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAULFIELD, JASON T Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $103,907.92 Date 07/21/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PORTER, WILLIAM Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $103,475.60 Date 02/13/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MUELLERLEILE, RICHARD W Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $103,437.12 Date 02/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BURKE, THOMAS J, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $100,867.01 Date 09/29/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSEY, SCOTT L Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $99,815.54 Date 09/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOWDLER, STEVEN P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $99,101.97 Date 02/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WEST, JASEN R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $99,015.65 Date 09/15/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, ALAN B, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $98,491.02 Date 07/22/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HENSCHEL, ERIC G Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $98,378.43 Date 02/25/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LOPEZ, VINCENT B, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $98,146.21 Date 06/02/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOHACK, MICHAEL J Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $98,124.71 Date 03/02/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GIOIA, TIMOTHY E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $97,836.56 Date 07/22/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HASTIE, MURRAY Z Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $94,712.92 Date 02/25/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SIMPSON, JASON R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $94,262.11 Date 09/12/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GOLDSTEIN, SETH R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $93,219.32 Date 03/09/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC GOLDRICK, JAMES D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $91,624.25 Date 11/01/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ASHLINE, VIRGINIA E Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $91,583.54 Date 02/20/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROGER, JAMES R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $89,029.16 Date 09/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHILKUNAS, ROBERT C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $88,581.11 Date 02/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BELSKY, TODD Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $85,945.43 Date 02/20/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LYONS, LUKE Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $84,474.72 Date 11/04/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NIELSON, MATTHEW A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $79,816.92 Date 03/14/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHITNEY, CHRISTOPHER H Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $73,114.09 Date 07/22/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name O'NEILL, RENEE Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $48,153.29 Date 01/19/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PACKER, ADAM L Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $38,460.35 Date 12/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLZBERGER, DENISE A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $20,476.57 Date 02/05/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHOOK, SHANNON L Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $6,912.20 Date 11/18/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WELLS, SABRINA M Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $6,039.08 Date 10/21/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAGUIRE, KEVIN H Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $189,103.09 Date 03/05/1994 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FINN, GEORGE J, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $171,881.10 Date 09/09/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CASSINELLI, LOUIS P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $170,151.01 Date 03/02/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLANTE, TORY G Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $165,334.26 Date 08/19/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TUTTLE, STEVEN C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $161,515.77 Date 09/02/1997 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUINBY, CHRISTOPHER W, II Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $156,878.57 Date 04/01/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLS, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $153,279.62 Date 09/15/2003 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANTALEK, AUGUSTUS D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $148,034.66 Date 01/09/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, REGINALD D, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $142,255.45 Date 09/04/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LIEBERMAN, JAMES A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $140,574.89 Date 07/29/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARLON, JUSTIN M Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $140,421.55 Date 03/08/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TARQUINIO, JOSEPH D Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,920.86 Date 02/24/2003 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHOESSOW, ALBERT D, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,795.98 Date 09/07/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEENBERGH, WILLIAM A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $139,387.94 Date 03/01/1996 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALMATIER, JAMES R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $136,364.52 Date 02/22/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FAGER, CHARLES R, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $136,040.00 Date 03/08/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CACACE, CARL P, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $135,864.79 Date 08/13/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MIHANS, ANDREW J, JR Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $135,152.40 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLETTA, PAUL R Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $134,960.82 Date 03/03/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PELLS, JEFFREY S Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $134,738.74 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOMPKINS, WILLIAM C Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $134,232.08 Date 08/20/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRISCO, JOSEPH A Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $134,231.80 Date 02/23/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROBISON, DONALD P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $133,932.42 Date 10/04/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MINUNNI, JAMES P Employer name Arlington Fire District Amount $133,689.81 Date 02/24/2003 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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