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 CATALANO, FRANK M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $119,298.37 Date 02/29/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COOK, MACK Employer name City of Cortland Amount $113,497.78 Date 09/20/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANDY, PAUL A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $100,859.50 Date 11/19/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ADAMS, BRUCE A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $97,686.63 Date 08/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BISTOCCHI, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $95,573.58 Date 02/14/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETERS, JOSEPH B Employer name City of Cortland Amount $91,687.08 Date 01/17/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TROYER, RICHARD J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $91,510.01 Date 08/30/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GLOVER, CHARLES S Employer name City of Cortland Amount $91,046.18 Date 01/30/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROWLAND, SETH D Employer name City of Cortland Amount $91,014.04 Date 04/30/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, DANIEL A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $90,632.57 Date 06/29/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name POOLE, EDWARD S Employer name City of Cortland Amount $90,449.49 Date 08/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUERRERA, DAVID M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $89,903.55 Date 05/20/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STRANGEWAY, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $89,460.10 Date 11/14/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRANTHAM, A. CARLETON Employer name City of Cortland Amount $89,219.11 Date 09/19/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROGERS, RICHARD E, JR Employer name City of Cortland Amount $88,579.96 Date 03/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KNICKERBOCKER, WILLIAM F Employer name City of Cortland Amount $88,473.26 Date 02/06/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ONDRAKO, MICHAEL L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $86,555.62 Date 08/15/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC NERNEY, JOHN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $86,422.78 Date 09/26/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REYNOLDS, DEREK M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $85,958.79 Date 08/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FITTS, JEFFREY M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $85,628.80 Date 04/13/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HINES, CHADD T Employer name City of Cortland Amount $85,447.78 Date 06/21/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN HEUSEN, MATTHEW W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $85,385.72 Date 02/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GUERRERA, PENNY L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $84,846.19 Date 03/07/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BECKER, BRADLEY E Employer name City of Cortland Amount $84,379.23 Date 07/17/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EDWARDS, DANIEL L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $84,107.93 Date 03/01/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CONTRI, DUSTIN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $83,943.18 Date 02/22/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GREEN, KYLE J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $83,542.39 Date 09/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SWEENEY, PATRICK C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $83,513.93 Date 04/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CASTERLINE, THOMAS E Employer name City of Cortland Amount $82,898.13 Date 02/13/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CROMPTON, LORI J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $82,703.11 Date 09/20/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRIEDMAN, WAYNE C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $81,936.88 Date 01/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN DONSEL, RICHARD C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $81,721.22 Date 02/07/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BYRNES, BRENDAN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $81,255.06 Date 07/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JENSEN, DAVID C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $81,152.54 Date 03/15/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STAFFORD, ROGER A, JR Employer name City of Cortland Amount $80,313.47 Date 07/31/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUCHANAN, SCOTT A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $80,199.34 Date 10/19/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CUTE, CHEYENNE Employer name City of Cortland Amount $80,118.74 Date 09/13/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STARR, ELIZABETH Employer name City of Cortland Amount $79,384.84 Date 06/30/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BYRNES, SEAN P Employer name City of Cortland Amount $79,206.66 Date 03/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PIERCE, DUANE M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $78,836.86 Date 03/15/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LOCKE, BENJAMIN M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $78,836.80 Date 02/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NATOLI, ANTHONY D Employer name City of Cortland Amount $78,505.67 Date 08/04/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOBIN, THOMAS M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $78,339.04 Date 01/06/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RILEY, RYAN M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $77,719.87 Date 09/15/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ABBOTT, JESSE S Employer name City of Cortland Amount $77,603.97 Date 03/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRICE, COLLEEN ANN Employer name City of Cortland Amount $77,341.55 Date 03/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUSH, KENNETH R Employer name City of Cortland Amount $76,289.24 Date 02/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ELDRED, JEFFERY B Employer name City of Cortland Amount $76,287.39 Date 09/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZELSNACK, JAMES P Employer name City of Cortland Amount $76,218.60 Date 05/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLATER, JOSEPH B Employer name City of Cortland Amount $76,128.41 Date 04/30/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TENKATE, MICHAEL P Employer name City of Cortland Amount $75,585.80 Date 06/21/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SWEENEY, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $75,512.10 Date 02/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CLEMONS, TIMOTHY J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $75,467.78 Date 06/05/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EDICK, DERRICK S Employer name City of Cortland Amount $75,320.28 Date 03/13/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRICE, S LEE Employer name City of Cortland Amount $74,860.95 Date 06/02/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUCHANAN, LESLIE J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $74,856.66 Date 04/11/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EVERETT, ROY E Employer name City of Cortland Amount $74,739.61 Date 02/23/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WOOD, JOSHUA W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $74,597.45 Date 02/10/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name O'DONNELL, PATRICK J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $74,535.36 Date 03/26/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MONES, DANIEL J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $73,803.46 Date 03/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TROYER, ADAM C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $73,522.81 Date 09/17/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JENNISON, ROBERT J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $73,214.07 Date 03/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BERNHEIM, WILLIAM E Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,931.68 Date 01/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WATKINS, JEREMY A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,914.97 Date 01/17/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GROSS, RYAN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,875.93 Date 07/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name AIKEN, JARED A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,713.52 Date 05/02/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ECCLESTON, MELISSA M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,242.50 Date 04/10/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REYNGOUDT, ROBERT N Employer name City of Cortland Amount $72,126.98 Date 08/27/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRAUSE, NATHAN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $71,994.93 Date 09/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LOISELLE, LOUIS R, II Employer name City of Cortland Amount $71,888.64 Date 03/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAN JULE, ANDREW C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $71,357.97 Date 03/01/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEWES, DONN W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $71,024.21 Date 03/19/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PERINE, ERIC B Employer name City of Cortland Amount $70,922.47 Date 10/24/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAVICHKY, BENJAMIN W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $70,458.34 Date 12/13/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORAN, NATHAN J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $69,971.74 Date 03/13/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHITE, STEPHEN C Employer name City of Cortland Amount $68,667.97 Date 06/29/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUTTINO, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $68,592.07 Date 01/06/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STATHIS, DAVID P Employer name City of Cortland Amount $68,305.05 Date 02/25/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASTERLINE, BRANDON T Employer name City of Cortland Amount $68,174.55 Date 01/02/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HILL, DREW K Employer name City of Cortland Amount $67,950.04 Date 08/16/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DOVI, NICHOLAS Employer name City of Cortland Amount $67,822.24 Date 01/16/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSHALL, TRAVIS J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $67,525.60 Date 07/24/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KNAPP, CHAD M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $66,805.25 Date 03/12/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZELSNACK, STEPHEN H, JR Employer name City of Cortland Amount $66,516.70 Date 01/17/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DODGE, BENJAMIN K Employer name City of Cortland Amount $66,155.86 Date 01/20/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WETHJE, MATTHEW R Employer name City of Cortland Amount $65,390.20 Date 04/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOOD, WILLIAM W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $64,440.77 Date 04/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAWRENCE, KIMBERLY A Employer name City of Cortland Amount $62,861.43 Date 07/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLAGHER, DENNIS M Employer name City of Cortland Amount $60,814.52 Date 04/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, TYLER J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $60,521.67 Date 10/16/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MATTICE, STEPHANIE L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $60,255.83 Date 12/17/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLIGAN, MICHAEL W Employer name City of Cortland Amount $59,594.46 Date 10/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OPERA, PHILIP J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $55,005.25 Date 06/28/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FIELD, MATTHEW J Employer name City of Cortland Amount $53,676.08 Date 10/25/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUERNSEY, JUSTIN L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $52,504.13 Date 01/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOBIN, TIMOTHY E Employer name City of Cortland Amount $52,047.19 Date 06/18/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILK, RICHARD T Employer name City of Cortland Amount $50,052.78 Date 11/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CALL, BRIAN S Employer name City of Cortland Amount $49,979.20 Date 05/02/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DARLING, GERROD L Employer name City of Cortland Amount $49,933.11 Date 04/14/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, BRIAN D Employer name City of Cortland Amount $49,768.59 Date 05/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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