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 LEO, JOSEPH E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $137,238.85 Date 01/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WELSH, JEFFREY D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $117,403.23 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JANOWSKI, ROBERT F Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $114,658.36 Date 01/19/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GIRDLESTONE, BRYAN T Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $108,154.87 Date 07/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BRENNAN, AARON M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $108,050.08 Date 07/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ADAMS, MATTHEW J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $107,451.73 Date 01/04/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHMIELOWIEC, RICHARD J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $105,970.55 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORANO, ANTHONY J, III Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $103,802.12 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PAWLOWSKI, WILLIAM S, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $102,030.59 Date 11/17/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LALKA, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $101,806.64 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WODZINSKI, MARK J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $99,802.55 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CATUZZA, ANTHONY R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $97,677.30 Date 05/19/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DARMSTEDTER, DAVID M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $97,542.18 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GORCZYCA, MATTHEW C Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $96,398.92 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STRZELCZYK, GARY R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $95,919.88 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILKOWSKI, JOSEPH V Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $95,326.85 Date 07/21/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BEHR, MATTHEW L, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $95,126.88 Date 01/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KUKOLECA, WILLIAM M, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $95,074.90 Date 06/29/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KWIATKOWSKI, KEITH R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $94,246.03 Date 07/27/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PACKARD, MARK D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $94,033.44 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLIMAK, CASEY J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $93,644.30 Date 01/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALCZEWSKI, JEFFREY C Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $92,720.33 Date 12/31/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALANTI, RALPH J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $92,526.01 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DESANTIS, NICHOLAS G Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $92,420.08 Date 01/04/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PYJAS, JOSEPH M, II Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $92,008.12 Date 07/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BALCARCZYK, ROBERT E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $89,819.32 Date 07/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FINO, JAMES J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $89,470.43 Date 05/16/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WOZNIAK, PATRICK M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $89,108.84 Date 01/14/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZENTESY, JASON Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $88,251.45 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OLSZOWY, THOMAS Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $88,248.41 Date 06/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JANCZYK, DARYL M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $87,787.21 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOWALSKI, MARK E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $87,770.84 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOBIN, DANIEL R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $87,761.72 Date 11/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name AFIF, RASHID N Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $87,442.43 Date 09/02/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OMAR, ABDUL-FATTAH I Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $86,999.20 Date 01/09/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOYCE, DAVID M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $86,493.05 Date 07/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JUDD, JAMES E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $86,418.04 Date 04/13/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KATRA, THEODORE Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $85,804.55 Date 08/10/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PIETRAS, RODNEY C Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $84,862.55 Date 07/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FRATERRIGO, PHILIP A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $84,253.06 Date 01/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KUSZNIAJ, JOSEPH Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $84,044.31 Date 06/28/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STAMPONE, CHRISTOPHER Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $83,495.62 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALAWENDER, GARY S Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $83,271.23 Date 02/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CATUZZA, ANTHONY R, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $83,041.55 Date 01/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PIENTA, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $82,198.42 Date 01/16/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MICHEL, JAMES L, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $82,128.80 Date 08/11/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LAKSO, BRIAN R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $81,322.73 Date 07/26/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JAWORSKI, CHUCK Z Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $80,912.92 Date 01/22/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOJEK, WILLIAM M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $80,553.87 Date 03/03/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JONES, DAWAN D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $80,327.15 Date 07/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GORCZYCA, RICHARD, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $79,478.92 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KAMINSKI, ANDREW P Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $79,398.03 Date 08/26/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GAWRONSKI, MICHAEL W, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $79,218.85 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HRUBY, JOHN S Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $78,685.12 Date 01/23/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CABER, CHRISTOPHER S Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $78,430.74 Date 01/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARRIERO, JOHN D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $78,144.12 Date 08/08/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAWICKI, DANIEL T Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $78,109.38 Date 02/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GEORGEVICH, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $77,524.92 Date 07/13/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAVAGLIO, ANTONIO M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $76,996.14 Date 01/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SZPARA, JASON D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $76,749.18 Date 03/25/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TANYI, GABRIEL V Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $76,564.63 Date 03/25/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZYMANSKI, GEOFFREY M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $76,080.69 Date 02/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BIGAJ-SOBOL, PEGGY L Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $75,980.59 Date 09/27/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHUL, RONALD J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $75,931.09 Date 11/17/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SURDYKE, JASON J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $75,351.74 Date 08/15/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DILLON, FRANCIS M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $75,104.10 Date 03/09/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GAWEL, JEFFREY B Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,969.98 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FIGLEWSKI, JOHN-PAUL R Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,850.92 Date 08/17/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LESTER, ROBERT D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,651.79 Date 02/19/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JANCZYK, RAYMOND F Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,620.47 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LITWIN, RICHARD A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,561.72 Date 08/26/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CINTRON, ROBERT M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $74,529.23 Date 01/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHMIELOWIEC, ROBERT T Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $73,996.23 Date 01/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BALCARCZYK, SCOTT T Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $73,568.08 Date 12/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BELLAGAMBA, GREGG A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $73,514.67 Date 02/19/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOCH, JOHN N, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $72,423.60 Date 08/15/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ALVAREZ, KEITH Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $72,215.55 Date 07/26/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZYBERT, JUSTIN M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,768.45 Date 06/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PIOTROWSKI, EDWARD S Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,758.62 Date 02/20/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DESANTIS, ANTHONY G Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,708.64 Date 05/05/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KASPRZAK, NICHOLAS S Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,317.10 Date 06/25/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SIREIKA, REBECCA L Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,012.99 Date 03/25/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FINO, PAUL R, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $71,007.40 Date 01/04/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CIERECHOWICZ, PAUL E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $70,352.84 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAPODICASA, JARRETT A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $70,302.03 Date 08/08/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OLIVIERI, GENE M, JR Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $68,692.49 Date 02/22/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KULCZYK, THOMAS J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $67,327.16 Date 03/20/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GARNER, SHAD E Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $67,014.13 Date 01/08/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAFERRO, ANTHONY T Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $66,787.75 Date 01/02/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORETTI, DEAN J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $66,240.31 Date 08/26/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ABDALLAH, CHUCK M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $65,271.61 Date 02/19/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BURKE, KEVIN J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $64,308.84 Date 10/03/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BURE, ROBERT A Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $63,258.17 Date 05/08/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWTON, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $63,168.69 Date 03/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRUZBIK, CHRISTOPHER D Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $62,216.04 Date 08/13/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAM, JASON V Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $61,078.50 Date 02/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKE, MICHELLE M Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $59,890.45 Date 09/08/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALDELLI, RICHARD J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $59,301.12 Date 07/28/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALABISI, VINCENT J Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $59,206.47 Date 02/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KATRA, THEODORE Employer name City of Lackawanna Amount $59,126.03 Date 12/07/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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