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 RYCKMAN, MARK L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $148,838.24 | Date 07/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $118,778.09 | Date 08/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, BRAD W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $99,708.09 | Date 03/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEHRING, BRYAN W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $97,974.54 | Date 03/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, STEPHEN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $91,994.64 | Date 01/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, ERIC D | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $88,181.34 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, JESSE C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $87,056.39 | Date 04/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEVERLY, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $86,785.10 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, LARRY F | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $86,378.10 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMP, SCOTT H | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $85,518.91 | Date 06/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURRELL, RYAN C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $83,974.94 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOEGEL, KATHRYN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $82,056.99 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, RHONDA R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $81,249.12 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, JAMES P | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $80,462.82 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, RICHARD W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $79,190.78 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, CHARLES A, II | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $77,874.71 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, JEREMY F | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $77,400.66 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DONALD L, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $77,047.84 | Date 10/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARGESON, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $76,583.14 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DININNY, JASON M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $75,079.09 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, KENZIE M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $74,861.36 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRISBIE, ANDREW T | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $74,668.20 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, CHAD M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $74,474.11 | Date 12/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DYRING, PENROSE J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $71,799.94 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, CARTER J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $71,414.71 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, FRANCIS C, III | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $71,317.71 | Date 01/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, JAMIE M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $71,203.64 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $70,171.68 | Date 10/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DIVITT, JONATHAN D | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $70,076.44 | Date 01/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $69,698.12 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, STEVEN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $68,562.29 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DAVID L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $68,056.95 | Date 08/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNING, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $67,954.68 | Date 05/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONBERGER, SHANE M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $66,513.51 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, JEFFERY P | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $66,263.63 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, FRANCIS C, II | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $66,154.89 | Date 08/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, MARK F | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $65,985.24 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELDON, MICHELLE L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $65,038.08 | Date 12/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, ZACKARY R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $64,904.00 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $62,015.90 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KARIUS, BRANDON L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $61,512.27 | Date 08/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEATCRAFT, FLORENCE M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $61,401.33 | Date 02/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, JUSTIN J R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $60,641.00 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EATON, GREGORY W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $59,373.01 | Date 10/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, JUSTIN R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $58,769.35 | Date 05/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $58,659.79 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, TREVOR S | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $58,184.83 | Date 07/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERGER, ROY W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $57,557.16 | Date 12/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DARIN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $57,273.80 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DANIEL, STEVEN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $56,670.24 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMRHEIN, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $54,847.17 | Date 11/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLEUE, CLAIRE ANN | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $54,522.89 | Date 05/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, PETER C, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $54,390.96 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, DUANE A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $52,984.97 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLEUE, JOHN D | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $52,525.04 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $52,160.11 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAIR, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $51,928.84 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, FORREST W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $49,276.64 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, MATTHEW A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $48,595.96 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBER, BRYAN E | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $48,495.40 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, ERNEST T, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $47,432.84 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, AUDREY L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $46,967.20 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRATH, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $46,504.24 | Date 02/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKSON, JEREMY J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $46,307.52 | Date 06/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, THOMAS D | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $44,038.03 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $43,971.88 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENSLEY, DAVID C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $42,788.09 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, JEREMY D | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $42,149.65 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONGUE, JOSEPH S | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $41,973.65 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $41,092.93 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITULLI, DANIEL | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $40,314.78 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEMAN, AMANDA L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $39,747.05 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, KATIE M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $39,656.52 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, DIANA L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $38,670.96 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMES, JOHN E | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $38,575.12 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DIANA L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $38,001.61 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, JOHN E | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $37,554.11 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANS, TERESA A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $37,434.04 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLISON, JESSICA A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $36,149.26 | Date 09/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREON, RUSSELL T | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $36,041.41 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RARRICK, TANNER J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $35,609.46 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, ALEX C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $34,575.61 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $34,206.34 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISELLA, HEIDI L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $34,178.74 | Date 07/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, JAMES W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $33,884.83 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, DAVID J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $33,876.86 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELEHANY, DANIEL T | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $33,741.81 | Date 11/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LAUREN E, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $31,952.40 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPERCZAK, JARED J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $31,814.93 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $31,188.11 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWDLE, SHANNON M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $29,978.12 | Date 04/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBY, BENJAMIN L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $28,741.81 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, SHANE A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $24,179.84 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, COREY J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $21,578.43 | Date 06/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $15,556.82 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, ADAM T | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $13,843.89 | Date 10/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACKEL, BRAD J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $12,307.70 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, KARL A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $11,816.40 | Date 10/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $11,684.73 | Date 05/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, DEBORAH J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $11,619.60 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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