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 SWANSON, PATRICK E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $180,943.34 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, LAWRENCE D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $115,420.06 | Date 10/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANOS, GEORGE P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $105,865.07 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, STEVEN E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $103,869.71 | Date 08/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUYLER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $102,758.66 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUROSKI, JOHN C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $101,789.48 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, DEREK V | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $99,757.07 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEICHNER, JASON J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $98,489.72 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOVER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $97,983.03 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORPIGLIA, JOSEPH | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $97,404.65 | Date 01/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKMAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $96,886.93 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CAROL L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $94,898.17 | Date 05/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, BRYAN S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $94,681.32 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTPFAHL, RICHARD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $94,301.15 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, JACOB P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $93,622.33 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTELI, PANTELIS K | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $93,109.18 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, NATHANIEL L, II | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $92,377.67 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, ALICIA J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $91,756.60 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, THOMAS H | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $91,667.97 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGONER, RICHARD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $91,258.74 | Date 05/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, PEGGY C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $90,601.55 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLITOR, ANDREW M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $89,995.89 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLETTER, JAMES J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $89,282.64 | Date 02/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, CHARLES J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $88,649.15 | Date 02/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUDLEY, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $87,866.48 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDELLA, STEPHEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $87,846.03 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-YOUNG, REBECCA T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $87,531.23 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUATTRONE, JAMES B | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $86,519.84 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, LYNN S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $86,078.24 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENSEL, JAMES R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $86,014.84 | Date 01/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDRIG, BARBARA L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,938.73 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELO, JONATHAN J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,664.78 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUPP, RICHARD D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,518.68 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, BRIAN J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,347.22 | Date 08/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKILLIP, MARK D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $85,104.40 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCKHUYT, TROY M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,633.38 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIELGASZ, KENNETH M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,390.14 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, STEPHEN D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,207.29 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, DAVID W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,187.46 | Date 02/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRALEY, DARRYL W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $84,073.99 | Date 09/18/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGERT, BRADLEY M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $83,983.82 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, CHARLES R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $83,904.14 | Date 06/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMAGIN, ALEXEY J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $83,753.99 | Date 08/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARGAR, CHAD R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $83,567.69 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSBERG, DANIEL M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $82,801.82 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTRETTA, DAVID | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $82,038.15 | Date 12/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIDEME, NATHAN P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,993.14 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, DREW E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,979.58 | Date 08/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINDBERG, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,770.48 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, LORI S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,548.98 | Date 04/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, WILLIAM R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,490.48 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELFORD, RICHARD D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,040.48 | Date 04/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAFSON, KURT D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,978.67 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, JOHN T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,841.23 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROW, KITTY L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,238.47 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, JANE E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,038.69 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAID, RAECHEL L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,036.44 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWELL, JAMES E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $79,373.93 | Date 07/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESNERCK, JON A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $79,073.38 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANIK, STEPHEN P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $78,888.87 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORD, DONALD W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $78,299.16 | Date 04/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDBERG, ERICK C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,583.80 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, KIRK E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,488.79 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLAND, RANDALL S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,409.46 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADONIA, STEPHEN | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,406.82 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WESTLEY F, III | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,257.89 | Date 06/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAJBOR, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $76,719.27 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVAS, TYLER H | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $76,639.23 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUTT, ALEX C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $75,852.81 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCANINCH, STEVEN E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $75,119.37 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, JASON W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $74,869.96 | Date 06/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTZ, TINA L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $74,855.24 | Date 01/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, ARTHUR G | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $74,498.08 | Date 03/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, JOSHUA S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $74,190.35 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFORGIAT, JON M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $74,189.33 | Date 01/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, THOMAS M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,953.32 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRY, ERIC M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,842.08 | Date 05/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, CHESTER A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,841.89 | Date 08/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, DAVID R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,765.80 | Date 02/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, CATHERINE M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,678.89 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,466.94 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELCAMP, THOMAS L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,977.10 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBECKI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,950.17 | Date 12/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULSON, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,903.66 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEELEY, MICHAEL E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,788.45 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, KEVIN P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,610.40 | Date 03/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, MICHAEL T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,349.64 | Date 05/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOW, MARK | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,106.68 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATTA, BRENDA J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,007.19 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,764.58 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESMER LUDWIG, RACHEL M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,658.34 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZE, DONALD T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,343.41 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, SUSAN | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,319.12 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, JOSHUA G K | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,317.83 | Date 03/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARRAWAY, THOMAS A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,240.32 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECHARD, RONALD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,156.71 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTHNER, WILLIAM J, II | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,069.80 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATTA, MICHAEL P | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $70,548.52 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KRISTEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $70,517.79 | Date 12/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, EDWIN O | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $70,452.67 | Date 03/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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