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 KANE, JOSEPH J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $120,147.46 Date 07/22/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ALVERNAZ, ANTHONY A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $109,655.79 Date 02/05/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SUHEY, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $106,087.35 Date 04/13/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COLLINS, P MICHAEL Employer name City of Elmira Amount $104,840.76 Date 05/05/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLLINS, DENNIS R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $102,674.87 Date 01/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LA DOUCE, MARK D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $102,471.57 Date 01/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINO, JOSEPH J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $102,097.67 Date 03/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALRATH, EUGENE N Employer name City of Elmira Amount $102,097.28 Date 08/23/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SOLT, WILLIAM R, III Employer name City of Elmira Amount $101,452.44 Date 07/25/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MASIA, CARLO G Employer name City of Elmira Amount $101,136.15 Date 03/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THORNE, KRISTEN M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $99,620.77 Date 03/09/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OVERLY, TIMOTHY E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $98,734.24 Date 02/27/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SINCOCK, JAMES L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $97,998.21 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANDREWS, RUSSELL R, III Employer name City of Elmira Amount $97,959.58 Date 10/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KUJAWSKI, JAMES R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $97,143.78 Date 09/14/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DACEY, LEO T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $96,541.89 Date 08/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PACKARD, SCOTT R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $95,956.47 Date 04/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SINCOCK, DANIEL P Employer name City of Elmira Amount $95,737.86 Date 01/17/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PERRIGO, JOHN W Employer name City of Elmira Amount $94,015.09 Date 04/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PHILPOTT, ROBERT E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $92,825.97 Date 06/24/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MUSTICO, CARL U, II Employer name City of Elmira Amount $91,352.63 Date 12/27/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VANSKIVER, JOSHUA D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $91,332.58 Date 05/22/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC GRAIN, MATTHEW G Employer name City of Elmira Amount $90,716.33 Date 08/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SNYDER, LANCE E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $90,077.15 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GILLETTE, WILLIAM M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $89,690.09 Date 12/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARRONE, JOSEPH W Employer name City of Elmira Amount $89,624.72 Date 08/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN DINE, DANIEL T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $89,456.61 Date 09/30/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRIFFIN, PATRICK J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $87,622.87 Date 09/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OAKES, JEREMY T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $86,648.00 Date 10/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name City of Elmira Amount $86,161.80 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GUNN, RONALD L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $85,727.96 Date 02/22/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HILLMAN, FRANK B Employer name City of Elmira Amount $85,724.75 Date 05/20/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAUNDERS, MATTHEW D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $84,659.70 Date 04/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLER, DAVID J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $83,967.37 Date 09/14/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LUTZ, DANIEL J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $83,560.62 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHAW, BROOKS A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $83,030.60 Date 10/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PUTNEY, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $82,469.79 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAMUELSON, JAMES K Employer name City of Elmira Amount $82,310.40 Date 07/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, MICHAEL R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $82,084.18 Date 03/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEWART, ZACHARY G Employer name City of Elmira Amount $81,979.10 Date 10/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KEYES, RICHARD L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $80,878.76 Date 10/18/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KETTER, JAMES D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $80,623.23 Date 03/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUCK, BENJAMIN H Employer name City of Elmira Amount $79,708.51 Date 07/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, BRIAN J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $79,536.44 Date 04/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARTON, ERIC D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $79,356.53 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZELKO, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name City of Elmira Amount $78,575.80 Date 09/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, PATRICK D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $78,405.03 Date 10/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BEDNARSKI, BRIAN R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $77,963.10 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RESUE, BRENDA M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $76,901.78 Date 02/26/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CURIONE, JOHN V Employer name City of Elmira Amount $76,879.89 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PENDLETON, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $76,188.77 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SMITH, ADRIAN H Employer name City of Elmira Amount $76,146.75 Date 04/26/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRATT, JOSHUA J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $76,064.43 Date 04/26/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TODD, JOSEPH C Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,856.74 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STORMS, KYLE E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,528.45 Date 01/19/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COLLINS, MICHAEL W, II Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,510.66 Date 06/21/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TRANCHANT, BRYANT M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,184.08 Date 04/29/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OVERBECK, JACOB A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,183.73 Date 08/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAMACHO, CARL Employer name City of Elmira Amount $75,100.00 Date 06/18/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRATT, BRIAN R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $74,367.04 Date 03/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HANVILLE, EDWARD D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $74,327.35 Date 03/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WINSLOW, CHARLES A, IV Employer name City of Elmira Amount $74,268.49 Date 08/01/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STANKO, BRUCE A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $74,156.00 Date 04/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LINCOLN, STEPHEN M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $74,011.37 Date 06/23/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BERNAL, BRYAN S Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,495.15 Date 06/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REESE, THOMAS E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,411.14 Date 03/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KIERST, JACOB P Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,278.70 Date 04/20/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURPHY, MICHAEL L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,141.12 Date 03/15/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COOPER, BRUCE A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,073.55 Date 06/18/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARSH, THOMAS F Employer name City of Elmira Amount $73,022.20 Date 09/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REDDER, DANIEL J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $72,986.97 Date 04/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TROPEANO, ROBERT A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $72,729.53 Date 09/17/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUHMEL, SCOTT J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $72,665.44 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DERR, JAMIE F Employer name City of Elmira Amount $72,652.93 Date 03/15/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TAFT, TODD J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $72,567.51 Date 05/30/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CADY, CALVIN T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $71,637.64 Date 09/09/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OSIECKI, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name City of Elmira Amount $71,505.11 Date 09/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LA PIERRE, ERICA L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,951.57 Date 08/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MALLOW, ANDREW J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,929.67 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAER, JUSTIN W Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,567.50 Date 01/04/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JONES, PAUL L, JR Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,521.83 Date 07/26/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HINTZ, MICHAEL T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,457.66 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ELWOOD, JEFF Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,395.86 Date 03/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARNOLD, JACK H, JR Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,241.60 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JENSEN, BRENT P Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,122.65 Date 03/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FARWELL, JUSTIN B Employer name City of Elmira Amount $70,065.39 Date 02/18/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TUNING, CHARLES E Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,930.77 Date 04/04/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMEY, KENNETH F Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,883.86 Date 07/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PUGH, ZACHARY R Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,453.18 Date 09/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHREIBER, STEPHANIE L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,184.37 Date 02/18/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RIGHTMIRE, JAMES H, JR Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,166.59 Date 07/23/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RAYMOND, ROBERT J Employer name City of Elmira Amount $69,119.65 Date 04/26/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MACK, ALYSSA L Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,986.00 Date 07/23/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSH, MATTHEW A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,856.39 Date 02/18/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROOKS-RIGHTMIRE, AMBER M Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,693.52 Date 12/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LINEHAN, JOSEPH F Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,631.66 Date 02/23/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHARLENOW, YURI A Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,368.10 Date 12/29/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORSI, GREGORY T Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,304.47 Date 02/18/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, ANDREW D Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,129.99 Date 06/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HUGHSON, ANDREW C Employer name City of Elmira Amount $68,059.87 Date 01/02/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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