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 PRITCHARD, GEOFFREY F Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $150,329.28 Date 07/23/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHAFER, RAYMOND J, JR Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $146,305.46 Date 11/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUZMA, NATHANIEL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $144,534.06 Date 03/05/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GILANI, SANJAY Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $138,931.06 Date 12/20/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIEDLECKI, DAVID P Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $134,909.84 Date 05/04/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BETZ, EDWARD A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $129,167.87 Date 06/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOGUCKI, MICHAEL P Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $125,576.54 Date 09/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'CONNOR, BRYAN W Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $123,335.47 Date 04/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, AARON L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $121,918.28 Date 10/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, RANDY J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $120,919.49 Date 07/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORNMAN, JEFFREY D Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $119,273.09 Date 12/08/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEIDINGER, THOMAS R Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $119,046.82 Date 02/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAMICO, ALBERT P Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $118,505.38 Date 09/04/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PUCHALSKI, DONALD J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $115,593.64 Date 09/25/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MASECCHIA, NAZZARENO Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $113,140.50 Date 01/14/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RACINO, NICHOLAS J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $111,736.22 Date 03/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COONS, RONALD D Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $109,996.16 Date 01/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIUSIANA, JOSEPH P Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $109,459.50 Date 01/05/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARRANCA, JAMES Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $109,200.28 Date 12/31/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAKATOS, JOSEPH A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $109,084.75 Date 07/14/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENNEDY, CHERYL E Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $107,567.92 Date 05/26/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN VOLKENBURG, TERRY L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $107,535.76 Date 12/21/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOUSTON, TOBIT G Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $107,209.59 Date 12/04/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EMEL, JUDAH J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $106,945.34 Date 04/15/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POHANCSEK, EUGENE L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $106,909.56 Date 10/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAK, JAMES E Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $105,847.15 Date 01/26/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VASI, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $103,173.00 Date 08/28/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ISCH, CHARLES R Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $102,880.65 Date 06/10/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEMPISTY, ERIC M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $100,107.64 Date 08/27/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI STEFANO, MICHAEL F Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $99,486.45 Date 04/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRATT, DAVID W Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $99,107.05 Date 03/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARNES, JAMES R Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $97,942.24 Date 05/21/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRADDOCK, ROBIN J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $96,835.85 Date 09/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRINGTON, PATRICIA M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $96,589.47 Date 10/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNEGAN, RICHARD M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $95,909.77 Date 12/16/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DONNELL, PAUL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $94,185.88 Date 02/19/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WATERHOUSE, JOHN E Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $93,046.01 Date 11/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROCK, MICHAEL H Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $92,267.95 Date 12/30/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOORE, JOEL C Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $91,462.76 Date 09/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VENTRESCA, ASSUNTA R Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $91,061.19 Date 06/24/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAM, DAVID A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $90,993.67 Date 12/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KIRKER, BARRY A, JR Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $90,980.53 Date 03/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALSKI, JAN T Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $89,858.26 Date 09/21/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORDON, YVETTE Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $89,372.58 Date 05/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'BRIEN-WOOD, BRIDGET M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $88,687.35 Date 07/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, WILLIAM J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $88,512.82 Date 02/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BIONDI, JUDITH Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $88,289.76 Date 12/22/1975 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, GWENDOLYN Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $87,293.91 Date 10/18/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRENTICE, ALAN G Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $85,510.47 Date 12/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLEY, THOMAS J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $85,498.62 Date 11/22/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONROY, LORI-ANNE Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $85,237.67 Date 02/07/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOLF, MARIE A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $83,406.73 Date 11/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YEATES, MICHAEL S Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $83,305.37 Date 03/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALSTON, MEL L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $83,111.02 Date 04/12/1967 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, BARRY Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $82,740.56 Date 05/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURTON, CYNTHIA J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $82,614.23 Date 04/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUSCARINO, ELENA C Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $82,109.54 Date 03/09/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAZEPA, TERENCE J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $82,106.88 Date 04/13/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KEEFE, DANIEL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $81,811.02 Date 12/22/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEREZ, JUAN Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $81,811.02 Date 10/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BORKOWSKI, MARY LOU Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $81,479.00 Date 12/07/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BONVISSUTO, PAUL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $80,296.24 Date 01/12/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAUNDERS, STEPHANIE A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $79,886.60 Date 12/08/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, SANDRA M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $78,617.95 Date 07/16/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEED, CHARLES R Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,835.94 Date 11/30/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FITZGERALD, JOHN V Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,545.23 Date 04/07/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REID, JAMES Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,294.50 Date 05/27/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOVACICH, JOSHUA D Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,231.60 Date 08/25/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRAUTMAN, MICHAEL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,165.47 Date 02/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLORIANO, DANA Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $77,106.32 Date 10/08/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASHINGTON, DEBORAH L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $76,586.10 Date 03/06/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POWELL, KIMBERLY G Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $75,605.73 Date 02/22/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, SHERYL L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $74,668.86 Date 07/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDLE, DONALD F Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $74,489.15 Date 11/22/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEWART, WILLIE L Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $74,311.50 Date 10/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAZ, ROBERTO Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $74,046.59 Date 10/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERZON, HILARY S Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $73,975.02 Date 05/11/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI PALMA, JODY J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $73,803.91 Date 03/14/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARONE, GRACINE E Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $73,110.76 Date 02/01/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'MARA, SHAWN P, SR Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $72,304.00 Date 12/05/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZEIGLER, KIONE Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $72,143.58 Date 12/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIVERA, EMLYN Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $72,029.89 Date 12/23/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC ILVAIN, BRADLEY D Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $71,070.14 Date 12/31/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BINDA, THOMAS J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $69,673.01 Date 02/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIANADDA, MARGARET M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $68,877.97 Date 11/01/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDSTEIN, JODY Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $68,481.40 Date 11/19/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, LAWRENCE Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $68,283.58 Date 04/23/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DENNIS, DEBORAH A Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $68,145.71 Date 03/29/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEAVER, TODD H Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,914.00 Date 11/13/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIRANDA, MICHAEL Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,696.36 Date 01/25/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENTZ, CHRISTINE C Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,670.71 Date 04/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LORENTZ, BRIAN T Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,499.70 Date 09/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARNEVALE, KAREN M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,219.51 Date 12/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRUZ RODRIGUEZ, LUIS M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,035.48 Date 07/03/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAWRENCE, ROSALIND F Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $67,030.08 Date 10/11/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOUGH, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $66,807.22 Date 02/12/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALDWIN, SUSAN M Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $66,700.52 Date 10/07/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EHRMANN, ROBERT J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $66,655.92 Date 01/19/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOTEMPIO, JENNIFER ANN, MRS Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $66,258.76 Date 09/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIDDIONE, CARL J Employer name Buffalo City School District Amount $65,993.18 Date 02/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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