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 KIENER, LAWRENCE J, JR Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $176,428.73 Date 06/05/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JIN, KEN Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $171,944.42 Date 06/07/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MISA, CRISTINA M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $168,648.01 Date 11/14/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, VINCENT A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $150,537.25 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JERRELD, JAMES F Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $143,652.13 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STITZEL, KURT R Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $141,701.52 Date 07/06/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC KNIGHT, JOHN P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $140,740.83 Date 10/10/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHOENTHALER, GARY G Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $137,301.22 Date 08/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALLACHINO, MARK V Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $137,298.76 Date 07/14/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMPSON, JAMES P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $135,767.21 Date 07/05/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDFUS, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $133,416.95 Date 03/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LENOX, MICHAEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $133,302.60 Date 11/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEAIL, MARK D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $133,233.48 Date 09/13/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, JOE Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $132,345.60 Date 10/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAGER, DOUGLAS A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $129,394.03 Date 02/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CIHAK, WILLIAM G Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $129,302.48 Date 07/01/1974 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COOLEY, MARY C Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $125,635.88 Date 06/06/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SARGENT, DAVID B Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $123,099.29 Date 04/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONTALDI, FRANK M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $121,818.16 Date 03/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOBLE, MICHAEL D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $121,585.42 Date 03/21/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAKOWSKI, ANTHONY Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $120,557.81 Date 09/26/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEBB, DENNIS A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $120,547.91 Date 11/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAWLAK, JOSEPH J, JR Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $120,314.82 Date 04/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WYMER, JOHN A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $119,359.77 Date 11/17/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUDSON, MICHAEL D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $117,704.77 Date 06/12/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TORNABENE, JACK J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $116,997.85 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARNER, NICHOLAS O Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $116,917.88 Date 03/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEDAR, MIKE D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $116,652.35 Date 09/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOJCIECHOWSKI, DAVID D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $113,543.13 Date 12/03/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREIS, PHILIP A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $113,443.48 Date 01/30/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AVOLIO, ANTHONY Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $113,168.43 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CIESLIK, DAVID B Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $112,031.83 Date 12/15/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAPA, ANDREW D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $110,426.37 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALSKI, THOMAS A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $109,715.58 Date 10/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DINSE, SCOT C Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $109,608.85 Date 11/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRALA, MATTHEW M, JR Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $109,087.92 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIGHELLS, STEVEN A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $108,580.37 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPRAWKA, MICHAEL S Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $108,322.82 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEA, TIMOTHY K Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $107,682.77 Date 04/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUNGE, JASON A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $107,341.63 Date 08/30/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRUMSTA, MARK J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $106,922.14 Date 04/04/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLY, KIMBERLY A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $106,801.90 Date 06/22/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEINEMANN, SCOTT D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $106,210.25 Date 09/27/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOCKWOOD, MICHAEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $105,510.71 Date 01/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALVAREZ, JERRY A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $105,323.39 Date 12/29/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAMMER, WILLIAM J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $105,067.41 Date 10/21/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TIGHE, THOMAS J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $104,953.44 Date 10/07/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, RUSSELL C Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $104,631.41 Date 05/20/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STUART, WILLIAM A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $104,314.40 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLER, DANIEL Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $103,844.36 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WATT, ELBERT B Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $103,550.18 Date 11/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GLEASON, MICHAEL P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $102,632.66 Date 11/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZACCAGNINO, PATRICIA A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $101,954.98 Date 07/24/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BISHOP, ADAM Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $101,351.37 Date 03/16/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STROH, SCOTT E Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $99,576.93 Date 12/01/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC HUGH, MICHAEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $99,341.74 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PUGH, DANIEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $98,892.22 Date 01/19/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAZELTON, GREGORY S Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $98,504.71 Date 12/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, ROBERT A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $98,307.65 Date 11/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERBST, ALAN J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $97,679.18 Date 09/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KASPRZYK, DAVID S Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $97,537.51 Date 02/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, KEIR J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $97,424.03 Date 08/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WADE, DAVID P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $97,112.56 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUBA, ROBERT P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $96,920.73 Date 01/22/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOUHEY, TARY T Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $96,716.40 Date 06/12/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STENGER, SCOTT T Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $95,885.19 Date 02/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREEN, ROY A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $94,889.55 Date 01/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL G Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $94,275.13 Date 02/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, MICHAEL C Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $92,861.57 Date 12/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TATE, MICHAEL P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $92,861.33 Date 10/24/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDLE, THOMAS A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $92,331.18 Date 02/27/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SINGLETON, JEFFREY T Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $92,189.07 Date 01/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'NEILL, SHARON N Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $92,021.32 Date 02/29/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREEN, DAWN O Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $91,968.77 Date 10/12/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DECKER, DONALD J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $91,067.21 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOHN, MICHAEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $91,051.33 Date 07/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHAW, JOHN F, III Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $90,883.64 Date 04/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ORTOLANO, MICHAEL J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $90,549.44 Date 04/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POLAND, RAY L Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $90,376.78 Date 08/27/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HINKLEY, FRANK N Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $90,335.37 Date 03/12/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, MICHAEL A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,997.90 Date 08/14/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOODROW, DANIEL F Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,890.60 Date 11/15/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENJAMIN, THOMAS P Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,591.97 Date 12/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAULT, SAYEEDA M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,503.57 Date 06/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KMIDOWSKI, HENRY J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,476.02 Date 01/25/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JIMERSON, ADAIR M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,214.99 Date 11/24/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TATFORD, JAMES Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,086.84 Date 09/28/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARNER, JAMES S Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $89,018.68 Date 09/18/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TERRAGNOLI, JOEL L Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,758.23 Date 12/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, GEORGE A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,711.05 Date 08/02/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THRELKELD, ROBERT S Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,642.87 Date 05/22/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUSTAFSON, JARED D Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,289.62 Date 08/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALCZEWSKI, MICAH J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,229.33 Date 08/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAVERNICK, DONALD W Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $88,189.61 Date 02/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERCE, JEFFREY C Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,760.44 Date 01/11/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GLANOWSKI, GARY A Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,673.53 Date 12/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LILLIS, EDWARD M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,625.90 Date 10/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SZRAMKA, EDWARD J Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,538.71 Date 02/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLAGHER, TIMOTHY T Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,505.81 Date 03/10/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLABEK, DONALD E Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $87,093.17 Date 10/15/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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