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 FAMIGLIETTI, WARREN V | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $101,907.25 | Date 07/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROULLIER, PAUL G | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $97,049.40 | Date 08/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, FREDERICK M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $96,085.65 | Date 05/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPATH, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $91,510.27 | Date 01/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAGENGAST, ANTHONY A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $89,717.68 | Date 06/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $88,930.94 | Date 10/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, PETER C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $87,197.33 | Date 07/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANKOSKI, JAMES R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $87,161.71 | Date 08/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $87,016.22 | Date 07/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JAMES J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $86,005.85 | Date 01/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $85,615.90 | Date 07/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANNIGAN, JAMES G, III | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $83,898.63 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, GREGORY J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $82,117.99 | Date 06/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EARING, SCOTT P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $81,589.78 | Date 09/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JO-ANN | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $80,984.47 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIMSHER, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $79,779.11 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONIFACE, STEPHEN H | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $76,596.99 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMAKER, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $76,329.58 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICARE, DANIEL D, II | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $76,281.89 | Date 01/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLINGERLAND, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $75,423.02 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLEASMAN, DAVID S | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $75,097.83 | Date 04/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, ERIK C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $74,931.76 | Date 05/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $73,315.40 | Date 07/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBBINS, JASON M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $73,236.83 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVENPORT, JOSHUA M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $72,121.29 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $72,085.73 | Date 07/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, TERRI A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $71,421.29 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, STEVEN T | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $71,235.33 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $69,259.23 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CHARLES E | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $68,815.06 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEHR, CLARK L, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $67,026.57 | Date 06/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAMES E | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $66,490.54 | Date 07/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGLIENTO, DOMINICK M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $66,274.96 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, DAVID C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $66,006.62 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, SEAN D | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $65,522.47 | Date 07/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZOWNIR, PETER C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $64,958.27 | Date 06/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUMAROLA, DANIEL W | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $64,089.12 | Date 08/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOWERS, GARY | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $63,583.68 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMON, TYLER J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $62,846.45 | Date 01/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BILLETTS, KEVIN W | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $62,308.70 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDEN, KEVAN L, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $60,786.78 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIZENER, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $60,168.91 | Date 12/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, MARK J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,540.58 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DAVID M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,114.43 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANNIGAN, RYAN M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,096.20 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,003.02 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARCZYK, PAUL J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $57,711.94 | Date 05/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $57,252.51 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, JUAN B | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $55,201.97 | Date 06/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDT, NANCY E | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $54,168.91 | Date 04/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLEY, AARON E | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $51,278.40 | Date 01/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOUST, PETER J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $49,781.10 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLETTS, KEVIN W, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $47,439.94 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRGWIN, JANE L | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $46,867.88 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, EDWARD J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $45,400.67 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUCCI, SARAH E | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $43,725.37 | Date 03/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRECHETTE, HEATHER M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $43,323.97 | Date 09/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, STEVEN A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $43,111.79 | Date 03/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, JENNIFER A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $41,939.77 | Date 08/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, MARY K | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $41,906.55 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VADNEY, STEPHEN J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $41,803.64 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUSA, ANDREA | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $41,376.12 | Date 10/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLINS, DANIELLE M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $40,592.32 | Date 10/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $39,534.90 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKS, MARK R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $39,386.67 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMAKER, JOHN E, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $38,683.83 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGER, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $38,035.66 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL F, SR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,837.86 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCNALLY, BRYAN W | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,709.50 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATH, NICOLE M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,517.66 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARYOFILLES, MARCIA M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,487.20 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, BRENT S | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,363.59 | Date 11/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $37,327.03 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANNES, RAYMOND J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $36,985.25 | Date 05/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMBROSE, ERNEST | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $36,285.29 | Date 01/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUICKENTON, ALFRED F, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $36,201.38 | Date 02/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKS, DOUGLAS C, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $36,085.51 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ERICA A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $35,945.36 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, PETER J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $35,901.18 | Date 01/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, ANNETTE M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $35,826.99 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JOHN J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $35,274.74 | Date 09/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUREK, PATRICE | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $35,170.71 | Date 05/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, JAURDEN A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $34,291.20 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLEFEUILLE, JASON M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $34,204.67 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, CORNELIUS A | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $33,396.18 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPEK, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $33,229.86 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GATES, THERESA R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $32,956.93 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIACCO, JAMES M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $32,742.18 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHRUP, CHARLES H | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $32,068.11 | Date 08/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNHORST, DANIEL T, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $31,585.75 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARWOOD, STEVEN W | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $31,562.09 | Date 03/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ALBERTO | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $31,468.07 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JOHN P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $31,091.14 | Date 06/19/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, MARSDEN T | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $29,419.34 | Date 07/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOERGEN, LEE J, SR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $28,446.04 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADALIAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $28,102.04 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MICHELLE R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $27,620.71 | Date 07/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMART, WILLIAM H | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $20,190.00 | Date 11/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARD, NICHOLAS R | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $17,267.02 | Date 06/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMMEL, MICHAEL E, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $17,228.43 | Date 09/26/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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