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 KAUS, KENNETH A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $111,425.62 | Date 04/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTOLANO, DAVID C | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $103,623.00 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLOWY, MARK E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $102,845.84 | Date 04/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOSINSKI, KRIS T | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $95,477.27 | Date 04/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAUS, RICHARD R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $95,045.94 | Date 03/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIMMERMAN, MARK A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $92,695.37 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC AFEE, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $92,015.80 | Date 01/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $89,601.13 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, TERRENCE V | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $88,087.11 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAKULSKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,991.47 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROZUMALSKI, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,931.20 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUBER, MARK N | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,295.46 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, MICHAEL D, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,215.66 | Date 05/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, EDWIN | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,210.18 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLESZEWSKI, DAVID M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,063.72 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZENTZ, STEVEN E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,644.09 | Date 03/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORZENSKI, SCOTT D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,433.15 | Date 01/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,119.02 | Date 04/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, SUZANNE M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,743.67 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUCH, EDWARD D, III | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,595.47 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIETZEN, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,247.22 | Date 05/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $85,191.22 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,627.67 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TROCHE, CARLOS F | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,577.73 | Date 06/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAZELTON, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,552.25 | Date 03/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTER, NICHOLAS S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,064.28 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,059.19 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATTA, GARY S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $84,027.91 | Date 04/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWITZER, DOUGLAS P | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,698.08 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRZASKA, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,235.69 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,104.40 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZENTZ, DENISE E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $83,097.14 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $82,155.35 | Date 05/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRED, ROBERTO | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $81,973.35 | Date 06/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ADAM S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $81,420.84 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEINFELDER, KENNETH C | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $80,356.59 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTOLANO, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $79,954.92 | Date 03/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $79,815.85 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE GOLIER, RONALD D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $79,740.76 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, MARK A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $78,864.76 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYNOR, SEAN D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $75,374.12 | Date 10/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $74,332.86 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWRIE, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $73,870.65 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JARED J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $73,325.77 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORMAND, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $73,254.77 | Date 08/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRELL, JASON D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $72,827.37 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, JOSHUA A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $71,975.13 | Date 03/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUSCATO, JAMES A, II | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $71,852.22 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, SHANE W | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $71,738.64 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, DARREN J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $71,311.00 | Date 02/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIGLOWSKI, DONALD R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $70,573.98 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VER HAGUE, DANA L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $69,908.99 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSSMAN, PATRICK L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $69,808.01 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, ROBERT W | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $69,096.87 | Date 02/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPPY, PAUL F, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $69,048.29 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $67,839.46 | Date 10/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHALSKI, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $67,384.80 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRUTH, JOSEPH A, II | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $67,209.19 | Date 08/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GANEY, JAMES M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $67,031.49 | Date 05/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, JAMES H, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $66,542.35 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUELS, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $65,635.46 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATSON, JAMES W | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $65,285.09 | Date 01/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, ROGER K, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $64,732.82 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENCEK, HENRY W, II | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $64,638.67 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SURMA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $64,292.21 | Date 03/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURAWSKI, ALLAN L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $64,130.04 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSAS, HECTOR M, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $63,243.66 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAIER, EUGENE H | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $63,238.15 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORPIGLIA, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $62,935.96 | Date 01/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, TERRY F | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $62,538.11 | Date 03/11/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHRENS, PAUL T | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $62,428.83 | Date 03/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLMAN, JAMES D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $61,686.92 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLMAN, TODD J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $61,132.13 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TENAMORE, RUSSELL E, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $60,853.85 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVEN, MATTHEW P | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $59,917.04 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEBZDA, JASON J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $59,506.06 | Date 10/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZATORSKI, STEPHEN P | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $59,112.49 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDER, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $56,786.58 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIESLEWICZ, JASON J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $56,596.56 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTOWKA, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $56,266.07 | Date 03/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLESZEWSKI, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $56,017.62 | Date 05/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRIE, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $55,735.06 | Date 07/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, JACOB A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $55,694.71 | Date 03/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHRANTZ, JASON M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $55,556.78 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUPO, LUIS A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $54,609.18 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANTI, SAMUEL F | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $54,057.42 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUSTER, KYLE A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $53,796.07 | Date 12/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEK, KENNETH | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $53,399.80 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREITAS, DEVIN J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $53,393.16 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURAS, WILLIAM L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $53,392.08 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $53,014.79 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKUCH, RAYMOND R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $52,845.63 | Date 06/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKULA, KEVIN D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $52,839.42 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGIER, PATRICK A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $52,164.98 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JAMES A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $51,914.10 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENAMORE, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $51,874.21 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMOWICZ, RAYMOND V, II | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $50,237.38 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIN, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $50,209.96 | Date 11/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, DOUGLAS E | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $49,410.34 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, RAMON S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $49,221.01 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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