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 JACOBSON, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $125,596.24 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDIN, TODD E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $117,656.64 | Date 07/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JAMES P, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $105,088.13 | Date 03/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENNEN, JAMES J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $104,412.84 | Date 12/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADSEN, OTTO R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $99,808.77 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARBONNEAU, WILFRED F, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $98,720.25 | Date 12/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $98,080.55 | Date 07/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JOHN | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $97,962.29 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAIGNEAULT, JOHN A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $96,750.85 | Date 07/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, THOMAS P | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $92,290.83 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KOWN, SEAN T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $92,283.84 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, JASON O | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $91,299.32 | Date 06/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $90,100.86 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, TODD W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $89,020.99 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUROCHER, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $88,661.60 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $87,463.19 | Date 08/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAILLEY, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,473.31 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRESSETTE, JEFFREY G | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,465.05 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOUIN, PAUL B | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,089.11 | Date 02/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFRESNE, MARK D | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $85,754.73 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, JASON R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $85,272.88 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, JOHN E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $84,343.75 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MIO, JOHN M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $84,273.13 | Date 10/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HACK, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $84,228.10 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, MICHAEL M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,100.67 | Date 02/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, ROBERT M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,059.17 | Date 01/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REITER, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,959.22 | Date 07/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLOWMAN, DEAN E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,906.86 | Date 08/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREMER, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,893.80 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, DANIEL N | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,268.43 | Date 03/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $82,210.65 | Date 12/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $81,962.88 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RADLIFF, KENNETH A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $81,658.32 | Date 11/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFFE, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $81,519.83 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HESLIN, RAYMOND W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $80,713.40 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $80,157.71 | Date 04/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, SEAN E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $79,521.86 | Date 04/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTON, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $79,419.61 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $79,051.82 | Date 01/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $78,258.75 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEAKER, NATHAN R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $78,054.62 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRETT O | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $77,912.84 | Date 03/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, JOHNATHAN J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $77,820.74 | Date 03/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PAUL A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $76,865.47 | Date 08/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JAMIESON J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $76,712.91 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COONRADT, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $76,439.87 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA BOMBARD, MATTHEW F | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $76,357.85 | Date 01/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANE, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $76,197.27 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SCOTT T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $75,997.23 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRIMEAU, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $75,105.89 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIGNORACCI, RALPH V, IV | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $74,989.85 | Date 07/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, KELLY A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $74,232.94 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBILLARD, CHAD M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $74,126.12 | Date 08/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFFEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,801.99 | Date 10/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERUBINO, MELISSA A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,660.91 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGNEAULT, RAYMOND J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,646.66 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KOWN, SCOTT J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,512.00 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FONTAINE, MARK J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $71,682.28 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, NIKLAS E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $71,258.48 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $70,874.76 | Date 01/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $69,141.04 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, WILLIAM C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $68,621.78 | Date 08/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JASON M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $66,916.86 | Date 11/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDO, JAMES A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $66,466.75 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANNELY, PETER T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $64,678.83 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICOCCO, JOHN L | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $61,971.03 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, KYLE | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $60,756.05 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, SEAN M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $58,726.12 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVER, DANIEL M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $58,042.83 | Date 03/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOZOIS, RICKEY L | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $57,922.58 | Date 03/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVA, JOHN M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $57,548.79 | Date 09/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BRAMER, KARL R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $57,349.33 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURWELL, SEAN | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $56,974.87 | Date 06/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $56,317.93 | Date 07/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, JAMES P | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $56,126.38 | Date 03/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEITRICH, DAVID J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $55,070.65 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTSMAN, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $54,567.64 | Date 03/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKROUPA, DAVID M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $54,451.78 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMEAU, AMANDA L | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $53,965.54 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, HENRY E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $53,934.68 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAST, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $53,223.20 | Date 03/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, STEPHEN E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $52,877.19 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALOR, JACOB A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $52,478.95 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANDO, LORI A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $52,384.64 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASHIN, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $52,119.18 | Date 03/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, SHARON A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $51,573.76 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCIL, THEODORE J, III | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $51,464.00 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURRANT, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $50,861.62 | Date 04/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, DEBORAH J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $50,239.00 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMARO, SANDRA A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $49,799.78 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DEANA M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $49,428.72 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAME, GLEN SE | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $49,122.29 | Date 04/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, MARK E, SR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $48,304.93 | Date 03/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, GERALD J, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $48,103.10 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNEDECOR, RANDALL C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $47,402.64 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGHLIN, FREDERICK J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $46,806.45 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, PATRICIA A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $46,656.38 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONE, JULIE A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $46,547.80 | Date 11/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULERIS, FREDERICK F | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $46,011.00 | Date 10/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, ALLEN M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $45,914.24 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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