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 CULICK, GREGORY J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $115,974.68 Date 07/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HUGO, VICTOR E, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $115,937.26 Date 04/29/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALTERS, KIRK S Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $112,401.73 Date 08/01/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THOMAS, JOHN J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $105,369.65 Date 07/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NETHAWAY, THOMAS L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $102,513.84 Date 04/07/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUST, CARL J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $101,563.39 Date 09/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HENNESSY, THOMAS L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $97,822.56 Date 08/19/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHITTY, MICHAEL T Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $97,351.67 Date 06/29/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DI CAPRIO, THOMAS J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $96,263.90 Date 07/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRATT, LEON S Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $94,591.47 Date 03/01/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLER, RICHARD C Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $89,365.74 Date 01/11/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI CAPRIO, JOHN F Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $86,095.06 Date 03/18/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MEGNA, SALVATORE G Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $85,501.90 Date 07/15/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ORTIZ, EDUARDO Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $83,214.31 Date 08/18/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC NAMARA, PETER J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $83,051.86 Date 03/09/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORLYON, AMANDA M Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $80,676.32 Date 07/08/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PASQUARELLI, STEPHEN B Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $80,112.70 Date 01/16/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PARIS, JOHN T Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $80,029.87 Date 03/31/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DE PASQUALE, RICHARD P Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $79,787.02 Date 03/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FIORILLO, AURELIO J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $79,370.05 Date 07/15/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BRACCHI, PHILIP R Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $78,619.18 Date 11/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRIAMO, ANTHONY D Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $77,234.96 Date 04/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name AGRESTA, ANTHONY J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $76,079.19 Date 12/03/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STARK, TODD J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $75,697.79 Date 12/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MALATINO, MICHAEL B Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $75,205.26 Date 07/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name URBANCZYK, JEFFERY P Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $75,067.73 Date 12/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SANTIAGO, ARIEL Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $74,048.37 Date 08/15/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GIFFORD, JACOB A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $74,002.74 Date 09/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CASTLER, ANDREW L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $73,852.53 Date 02/26/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ALUKONIS, CHAD J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $73,508.70 Date 04/10/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, AARON L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $72,494.24 Date 08/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRYGOWSKI, ROBERT J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $71,648.42 Date 06/30/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LISICKI, JEFF Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $71,209.02 Date 07/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARTUSCELLO, MICHAEL J, SR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $71,084.18 Date 01/17/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JABLONSKI, RONALD L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $70,892.75 Date 12/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CLINE, CALVIN N Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $70,675.60 Date 10/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAPATI, CORRIDON T Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $70,665.63 Date 07/11/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SANTIAGO, ELMER L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $70,513.12 Date 08/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DISCENZA, ROBERT L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $69,628.44 Date 01/03/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPENCER, JOSEPH E Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $69,448.54 Date 07/14/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PASQUARELLI, THOMAS P, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $69,158.36 Date 12/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CUDDY, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $67,462.11 Date 09/11/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JANETSKY, JAMIE J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $66,979.30 Date 01/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KASZUBA, RONALD R, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $66,154.59 Date 08/21/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZYZES, KEELAN E Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $66,124.69 Date 07/08/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SIUDY, JAMES M Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $65,656.11 Date 12/09/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC QUADE, THOMAS Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $65,120.22 Date 08/29/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IANNOTTI, ANDREW M Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,701.44 Date 08/29/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HAZZARD, JEFFREY W Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,662.54 Date 12/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name YATES, PETER J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,565.31 Date 12/22/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAPUTO, ROBERT A, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,264.22 Date 07/15/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DEMARS, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,088.92 Date 09/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAKE, ALAN M Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $64,025.25 Date 03/07/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROOKS, KENNETH M, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $63,567.99 Date 08/06/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RENZI, RAYMOND G Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $63,257.18 Date 02/14/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SOPER, DANIEL P Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $63,250.94 Date 03/09/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DEL COSTELLO, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $63,111.78 Date 09/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARNISH, ERWIN R Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,569.16 Date 01/08/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLANKENBAKER, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,558.59 Date 02/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHANG, ROBERT J, III Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,536.41 Date 02/03/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUSSENO, WARREN A, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,453.76 Date 08/14/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPAGNOLA, ROBERT A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,242.78 Date 08/22/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRITZ, JOSEPH C, III Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $62,060.47 Date 08/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HUTCHINGS, GENE A, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,736.49 Date 01/05/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, TIMOTHY J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,530.20 Date 08/07/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARTMAN, JOSHUA E Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,433.41 Date 10/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DAW, PAUL A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,418.58 Date 09/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHECKTON, ANTHONY Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,141.49 Date 12/10/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YAGER, CHRISTOPHER G Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $61,071.46 Date 03/02/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOTALING, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $60,688.81 Date 12/04/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SENECAL, JEFFREY D Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $60,368.94 Date 02/22/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TESIERO, BARTLEY J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $59,904.51 Date 12/08/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IANNOTTI, JOHN A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $59,842.75 Date 09/20/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLATT, WILKIE J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $59,661.00 Date 09/05/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEGGIERO, ANTHONY D Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $59,298.06 Date 05/09/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARDINIER, RANDY R Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $58,835.34 Date 06/12/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUSNICA, ROSANNE Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $58,553.03 Date 01/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZWACK, ERIC J, SR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $58,543.60 Date 11/08/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEGGIERO, MARK J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $58,183.01 Date 11/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEYERS, JAMES W, III Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $58,068.85 Date 08/20/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAWITZKI, GREGOR P Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $57,865.60 Date 04/08/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, RALPH L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $57,295.31 Date 04/16/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, BRYAN T Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $57,154.75 Date 11/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HIDDE, FREDERICK G Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $57,135.09 Date 01/06/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIRICO, WILLIAM A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $56,734.89 Date 06/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAF, DARREN S Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $56,657.60 Date 01/26/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURROUGHS, RICHARD D, JR Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $56,580.04 Date 04/05/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOICE, DENNIS P Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $56,395.01 Date 01/12/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PARILLO, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $56,168.79 Date 04/30/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUFRESNE, SEAN W Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $55,897.07 Date 12/07/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUDWIN, JASON A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $55,395.83 Date 07/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AGRESTA, MATTHEW A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $55,258.64 Date 11/25/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARKEVICH, KEITH B Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $55,113.48 Date 11/14/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DU FRESNE, TIMOTHY W Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $54,615.95 Date 02/04/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOGANTES, JOSE A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $54,093.84 Date 07/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EGELSTON, GRANT Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $53,892.28 Date 10/05/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZOTTA, WILLIAM J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $53,836.28 Date 01/01/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALMERINO, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $53,592.86 Date 08/22/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUIST, JAMES L Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $53,042.21 Date 12/28/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAKELY, BRIAN J Employer name City of Amsterdam Amount $52,511.85 Date 07/11/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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