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 SHEEHAN, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $126,384.21 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOELS, FREDRIC F | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $118,137.50 | Date 09/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRASSBURG, WILLIAM L, II | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $110,794.46 | Date 06/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUART, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $108,515.47 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $106,065.75 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, JAMIN J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $101,621.07 | Date 07/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLONTZ, ROBERT IVAN | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $100,584.83 | Date 08/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JAMES R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $99,152.18 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLOSE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $98,977.50 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MATTHEW P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $97,569.09 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARTHLING, JOSEPH L, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $96,268.07 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSON, ERIK C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $95,667.69 | Date 07/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCARPENA, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $95,510.07 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MONACO, JASON J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $94,626.79 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPENA, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $94,012.57 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUART, CHARLES B, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $93,637.94 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LJILJANICH, DAVID B | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $93,587.55 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANKINSON, PHILIP L | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $92,515.92 | Date 10/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ULMER, KEVIN A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $91,016.76 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARK, MATHEW L | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $90,862.02 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, VINCENT D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $90,150.43 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVEY, BRYAN C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $89,866.17 | Date 01/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $89,414.99 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POHZEHL, GARY R, II | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $89,250.83 | Date 08/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RANK, JOSEPH R, II | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $88,004.00 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, NATHAN J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $87,775.32 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JOHN C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $86,901.05 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, THOMAS V | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $86,189.67 | Date 04/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAPHAM, JOSHUA D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $84,462.88 | Date 07/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, FRANK E, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $84,159.15 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $84,017.97 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLING, JASON J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $83,945.73 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, STEPHEN D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $83,307.72 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERENO, ADAM J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $82,552.02 | Date 08/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAST, SHANE M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,716.33 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KITSON, THOMAS B, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,417.54 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'AGOSTINO, CAE'SARE S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,405.77 | Date 01/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, JEFFREY H | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,260.75 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, DOUGLAS L | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,246.55 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $80,041.06 | Date 01/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $79,657.58 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELO, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $79,200.11 | Date 02/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIRISITS, ADAM R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $79,154.56 | Date 01/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRAFT, DAVID J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $78,084.21 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STATE, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $78,078.66 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAY, DAVID J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $78,072.32 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREARS, LEONARD M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $77,909.76 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOFFT, AMANDA A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $77,866.77 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGENKAMP, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $77,453.87 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, AMY S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $74,731.69 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, DONALD R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $70,305.74 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALLEY, JASON R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $65,891.55 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRUDEAU, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $64,996.63 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLGA, RONALD V | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $61,552.20 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISLOSKI, AARON C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $61,550.65 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOELS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $60,009.95 | Date 03/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZORN, DAVID F | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $59,230.20 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZEMINSKI, ERIC S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $58,753.69 | Date 08/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORNETT, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $58,727.26 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLOMEO, JOHN C, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $58,192.31 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDHURST, ERIK C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $58,083.24 | Date 02/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, JAMES W | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $57,878.48 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, JOSHUA H | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $57,124.77 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, CORIE M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $56,867.66 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASKILL, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $56,843.20 | Date 05/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUGHERTY, JAMES A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $56,037.11 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADOS, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,914.51 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRONCZAK, DAVID A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,847.12 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOATE, DAVID J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,830.15 | Date 11/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, CHARLES R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,777.33 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, MARTIN S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,735.17 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARSZLAK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,681.10 | Date 02/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,535.25 | Date 05/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, KURT J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,370.00 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLPP, ERIC M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,255.47 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KURTZWORTH, PETER B | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,091.43 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERHOLT, COLEEN M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $54,980.94 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $54,368.40 | Date 10/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, BRANDON D | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $54,348.58 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $54,076.08 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKWOOD, JAMES M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,974.10 | Date 07/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,937.87 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMO, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,888.17 | Date 09/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DUANE R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,676.42 | Date 03/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANDOLFI, DAVID K | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,623.19 | Date 01/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPA, ERIC J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,339.07 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $53,214.69 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $52,994.91 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, DAVID L | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $52,539.36 | Date 01/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, FREDERICK R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $52,275.33 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ROBIN A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $51,916.34 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GREGOR, SCOTT C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $51,808.98 | Date 07/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $51,635.35 | Date 04/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALZONE, CHELCY M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $51,333.97 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEHLINGER, LINDA J F | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $50,719.57 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIENIEK, JAMES E | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $49,699.32 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILATO, ERIC M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $49,285.03 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $49,242.97 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, LINDA A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $48,878.15 | Date 05/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKINOFF, JAMES N | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $48,783.90 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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