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 WATSON, EDWARD E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $173,966.45 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, JOHN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $134,249.99 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $132,541.79 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, WALTER P, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $126,939.84 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANGLAIS, MARC A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $118,205.89 | Date 07/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPAIN, MARK J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $115,489.60 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, LYMAN R, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $109,776.84 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EAGAN, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $107,437.43 | Date 08/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARTRAND, JAMES T | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $103,970.44 | Date 02/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOLEMAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $103,263.17 | Date 06/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PENN, LEROY N, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $102,562.14 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONLEN, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $101,941.46 | Date 02/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROCK, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $101,159.72 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARBOUR, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $99,511.58 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $97,297.85 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $96,600.57 | Date 08/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, JAMES J, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $95,739.94 | Date 02/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEGAULT, JODY L | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $95,133.83 | Date 01/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTTOFUCCO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $94,986.28 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, THOMAS R, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $94,192.97 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROCK, JAMES J, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $92,492.54 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GROUTY, PATRICK Q | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $92,371.36 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRONCZEK, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $92,264.18 | Date 03/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUTZ, DAVID M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $91,776.47 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DANIEL | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $90,489.94 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, EVANGELISTA | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $90,032.32 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELISLE, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $89,909.64 | Date 03/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN PATTEN, WILLIAM J, II | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $89,446.02 | Date 08/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $88,738.94 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RENTZ, SCOTT C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $88,215.25 | Date 03/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAZZANO, RICHARD E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $87,361.82 | Date 04/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, AUSTIN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $86,723.71 | Date 06/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $86,604.19 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, PAUL M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $86,257.91 | Date 08/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARIELLO, JOHN J, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $83,608.91 | Date 03/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANICHI, ERIC M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $83,105.33 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROLFE, EDWARD E, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $82,650.02 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YERRY, JOHN A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $82,160.00 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIERA, DANIEL K | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $81,322.62 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOISVERT, RYAN A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $80,611.60 | Date 03/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CADY, MARK R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $80,423.75 | Date 07/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, JODI L | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $79,396.10 | Date 08/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOYA, ROBERT J, SR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,744.52 | Date 04/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, VINCENT M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,498.47 | Date 08/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEREMY A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,449.77 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,381.70 | Date 01/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAUS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $76,031.13 | Date 04/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELL, PAUL M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $74,665.98 | Date 11/20/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARK E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $74,106.66 | Date 07/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTIGE, HENRY J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $73,813.20 | Date 03/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRESSEL, DAVID R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $68,012.38 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBAN, YORDEN C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $66,251.19 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTAN, JOHN H | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $63,350.35 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUSVILLE, MATTHEW | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $58,545.88 | Date 05/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIMMER, MATTHEW P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $58,385.67 | Date 07/30/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEGAN, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $57,335.69 | Date 09/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, JOHN K, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $54,942.76 | Date 07/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLANERI, BENJAMIN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $54,288.81 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, PHYLLIS A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $54,041.55 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEFF, MICHAEL F | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $53,698.83 | Date 03/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEATLEY, DAVID C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $53,279.17 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARTRAND, CHRISTINE | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $47,922.05 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, STEVEN N | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $46,675.22 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, MARGARET R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $46,427.50 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERNAN, AMANDA L | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $45,470.66 | Date 12/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOISSIERE, PAUL J, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $44,739.27 | Date 04/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JANICE M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $43,285.14 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, BRADLEY F | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $42,451.30 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, CLAYTON W, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $41,569.12 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, SCOTT P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $39,886.77 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGNARDI, JOSHUA R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $37,273.51 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SHAWN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $34,652.71 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTLE, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $34,507.29 | Date 10/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTINGS, ERIK X | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $26,806.57 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPLIN, JASON R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $22,708.14 | Date 09/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $20,644.41 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, TOMMY J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $18,640.46 | Date 07/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGLIA, NICHOLAS W | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $15,070.96 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAZZANO, SIMONE A, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $15,068.02 | Date 07/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, ELLEN R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $12,093.53 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN PATTEN, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $10,640.10 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JAMES E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $7,083.00 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, DANIEL P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $3,972.50 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPITULA, QUINN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $3,001.00 | Date 08/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZIENZA, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $2,600.00 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, VICTORIA M | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $2,197.00 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CHIARO, THERESA R | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $1,385.00 | Date 06/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUSVILLE, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $1,223.00 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ-REYES, YARITZA L | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $957.13 | Date 07/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARLO | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $899.00 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPITULA, MITCHELL D | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $670.00 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, NATALIE J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $639.00 | Date 07/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LEUVEN, DANIELLE N | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $536.25 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $480.00 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARTRAND, ALYSA C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $208.00 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, EDWARD E | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $181,936.53 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, JOHN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $142,738.66 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANT, JOHN P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $138,574.38 | Date 01/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARBOUR, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $132,974.88 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, WALTER P, III | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $119,759.23 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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